HC Deb 24 July 1996 vol 282 cc455-6W
Ms Quin

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many civil servants have been seconded to the European Commission and to which directorates in each of the last five years. [38690]

Mr. Freeman

For the past five years around 100 United Kingdom and Northern Ireland civil servants have been on secondment to the European Commission as national experts at any given time. The total number of secondees in post at the end of each of the last four years, together with the current figures, broken down by directorates general, are as follows:

Detached national experts
As at 31 December 1992 As at 31 December 1993 As at 31 December 1994 As at 31 December 1995 As at 22 July 1996
DGI 11 13 15 8 6
DGIA — — 1 3 5
DGIB — — — — 2
DGII 2 1 2 1 1
DGIII 11 10 10 6 7
DGIV 5 5 5 4 4
DGV 17 12 4 8 8
DGVI 15 15 11 8 4
DGVII 2 1 5 4 4
DGVIII 1 2 3 4 6
DGIX 2 2 1 2 1
DGX 0 1 1 1 0
DGXI 10 11 12 15 14
DGXII 3 3 4 4 5
DGXIII 2 2 1 1 1
DGXIV 1 1 1 0 0
DGXV 1 3 5 6 4
DGXVI 7 5 5 4 4
DGXVII 1 1 1 1 1
DGXVIII 0 0 0 0 0
DGXIX 1 1 1 0 1
DGXX 1 1 1 1 1
DGXXI 4 8 3 7 7
DGXXII 2 0 2 3 2
DGXXIII 2 3 1 0 0
DGXXIV — — — — 0
Sec General 2 4 2 2 4

Detached national experts
As at 31 December 1992 As at 31 December 1993 As at 31 December 1994 As at 31 December 1995 As at 22 July 1996
Legal Service 2 2 3 1 1
Eurostat 4 8 9 8 8
Cabinet 0 0 0 1 1
Total 109 115 109 103 102

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