§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what secondments(a) PricewaterhouseCoopers, (b) Deloitte & Touche, (c) Ernst & Young and (d) KPMG has made to his Department since 2001; for what (i) periods and (ii) tasks 1446W the secondments were made; whether secondments of staff from his Department have been made to those firms; and for what (A) periods and (B) tasks. [156931]
Mr. Gareth ThomasSecondments are part of the Interchange Initiative which promotes the exchange of people and good practice between the Civil Service and other organisations. The Department for International Development has not engaged in any secondment activity with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte & Touche, Ernst & Young and KPMG since 2001.