§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 6 March 2000,Official Report,column 524W, on departmental secondment, if he will list the companies from which staff were seconded to his 47W Department in the periods (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. [114544]
§ Miss Melanie Johnson[holding answer 15 March 2000]: The information is as follows:
1 May 1997 to 30 April 1998 1 May 1998 to 30 April 1999 1 May 1999 to date British Petroleum British Petroleum — Arthur Andersen Arthur Andersen Arthur Andersen BZW BZW — Coopers and Lybrand Coopers and Lybrand Coopers and Lybrand Tarmac Tarmac — Price Waterhouse Price Waterhouse — Pannell, Kerr Foster Associates Pannell, Kerr Foster Associates Pannell, Kerr Foster Associates Midland Bank Midland Bank Midland Bank — Slaughter and May Slaughter and May Ernst and Young Ernst and Young Ernst and Young Quality Business Management Quality Business Management Quality Business Management Esso — — Peat Marwick — — Robson Rhodes — — — Manpower Manpower — Deloitte Touche Deloitte Touche — Price WaterhouseCoopers Price WaterhouseCoopers — Dilston Management Dilston Management — — Financial Services Agency — — Brunswick Public Relations — — Institute of Fiscal Studies