§ Ms QuinTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list the seconded civil servants referred to in his answer of 24 July,Official Report, column 455, by the Departments from which they were seconded.[4709]
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§ Mr. FreemanMany Government Departments, together with a few executive agencies, have seconded staff to the European Commission as national experts. The number of staff each Department/agency has seconded—
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 31 December 1996 MAFF 12 13 8 6 5 Building Research Agency 0 0 1 1 1 Cabinet Office 0 1 0 0 0 Central Statistical Office 1 4 5 5 3 HM Customs and Excise 12 15 8 8 6 Crown Prosecution Service 1 1 0 0 0 Data Protection Registrar 0 0 1 1 0 Ministry of Defence 1 1 1 1 0 Defence Research Agency 0 0 0 1 1 Department for Education and Employment 11 7 6 7 9 Department of the Environment 7 9 9 9 7 Equal Opportunities Commission 1 0 0 0 0 Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1 3 3 2 2 Department of Health 3 6 5 4 4 Health and Safety Executive 4 6 5 7 7 Home Office 3 3 0 0 0 Inland Revenue 1 1 2 2 2 Northern Ireland Civil Service 11 6 4 4 2 Office of Fair Trading 0 0 1 1 2 Patent Office 1 1 1 0 0 Overseas Development Administration 4 4 5 7 10 Scottish Office 8 6 5 4 4 Serious Fraud Office 0 0 1 1 1 Department of Social Security 4 2 2 2 1 Department of Trade and Industry 15 13 10 11 14 Department of Transport 6 5 6 5 5 HM Treasury 0 0 2 2 4 Treasury Solicitor's Office 1 0 0 0 0 Welsh Office 1 1 1 0 0 European fast stream1 0 7 17 11 8 Total 109 115 109 102 98 1European fast streamers are funded by the Cabinet Office, although they are placed in other Government Departments while they are on the scheme and may be seconded to the European Commission as part of their training programme.