§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Harrogate and Knaresborough (Mr. Willis) of 10 February 2000,Official Report, column 279W, on secondments, if he will give the names, grades and job titles of the staff seconded into his Department from each organisation mentioned, stating in each case the name of the section they were seconded to and a summary of the work that they were involved with. [128245]
§ Dr. Reid[holding answer 29 June 2000]:Secondments and attachments are part of the Interchange Initiative which promotes the exchange of people and good practice between the civil service and other organisations. Before an Interchange can occur all parties must be satisfied that no conflict of interest arises.
Further information on the inward secondments to the Scotland Office referred to in my previous answer is provided as follows: