§ Mr. VazTo ask the Minister for the Civil Service if he will give the numbers and names of(a) persons currently seconded to the Civil Service from private companies and (b) the companies from which they are seconded.
§ Mr. LuceMy Department's report on interchange in 1988 between the Civil Service and other organisations, a copy of which is in the Library, shows that there were 194 secondments (of three months or more) into the Civil Service from industrial or commercial organisations, and 311 outward secondments (of three months or more) to such organisations last year. The report lists the industrial or commercial organisations which were involved in the secondment. Data for 1989 will be included in the next report, which I hope will be available in the spring.
Secondments are arranged by agreement between the outside organisation and the Government Department concerned. It would not be appropriate to list the names of the employees of the outside organisations involved without their consent. This could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.