HC Deb 23 May 2000 vol 350 cc425-6W
Dr. Cable

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list(a) the commercial companies which have paid staff on secondment to his Department and (b) the projects on which each secondee is working. [122909]

Ms Stuart

Interchange is a key component of the reform agenda. The Modernising Government White Paper committed us to increasing interchange, in particular by bringing in more people on secondment and sending more people out. 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. All sectors of the economy are involved: voluntary, education, health, public and private.

Central records are held on five secondments from the private sector.

Company Project
British Airways Organisational Development
Deloitte and Touche Private Finance Initiative
Taylor Woodrow Construction Ltd. Private Finance Initiative
Herbert Smith Private Finance Initiative
Macfarlanes Private Finance Initiative

Dr. Cable

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many Department of Health employees are on secondment to commercial companies; and if he will list the companies concerned. [122907]

Ms Stuart

Interchange is a key component of the reform agenda. The Modernising Government White Paper committed us to increasing interchange, in particular by bringing in more people on secondment and sending more people out. 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. All sectors of the economy are involved: voluntary, education, health, public and private.

Central records are held on two secondments to the private sector:

  • Company: Sema Group
  • Company: Federal Mogul.