HC Deb 21 December 1999 vol 341 c554W
Mr. Don Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many staff were seconded from the private sector to his Department in(a) May 1997 to April 1998, (b) May 1998 to April 1999 and (c) May 1999 to the latest date for which figures are available, stating in each case the companies from which staff have been seconded. [103605]

Mr. Wills

Between May 1997 to April 1998, this Department had three secondees from the private sector. They came from Aquemen Services, Glaxo Wellcome and Pannell Kerr Forster Associates.

Between May 1998 to April 1999, we had five secondees—one from Aquemen Services, one from IICL, one from Glaxo Wellcome and two from the BBC.

From May 1999 to date, we have had two secondees—from the Link Group and from Glaxo Wellcome.