§ Mr. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for Defence how many people were temporarily seconded to his Department from outside occupations in each of the last 10 years; and from what types of employment they came.
§ Mr. PymThe numbers of secondments commencing each year since 1973 were:
1973 NIL 1974 1 1975 9 1976 11 1977 5 1978 5 1979 11 The types of employment from which the people concerned came were industry and commerce, local authorities, other public bodies and universities.
The information is not available for the years prior to 1973. The numbers given for the years 1973 to 1976 are approximate figures based on the available information.
§ Mr. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for Defence how many civil servants in his Department were seconded to outside occupations, in each of the last 10 years, in order to broaden their experience; and which specific types of employment were involved.
§ Mr. PymThe numbers of secondments commencing each year since 1973 are:
1973 26 1974 33 1975 43 1976 53 1977 77 1978 53 1979 31 The types of employment involved were NATO and European organisations, foreign and Commonwealth Governments, overseas meteorological and research 478W centres, industry and commerce, United Kingdom public bodies, universities and others.
The information is not available for the years prior to 1973. The numbers given for the years 1973 to 1976 are approximate figures based on the available information.