§ Mrs. BeckettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many private sector employees have been seconded to work in(a) the NHS executive, (b) regional offices, (c) her Department and (d) elsewhere in the NHS. [28642]
§ Mr. SackvilleThere are no private sector employees seconded to work in the national health service executive or regional offices. We do, however, have one such secondee elsewhere in the Department of Health. Statistics on private sector employees seconded to work elsewhere in the NHS are not available centrally.