§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many staff from his Department were seconded to private sector companies in(a) May 1997 to April 1998, (b) May 1998 to April 1999 and (c) May 1999 to April 2000; and if he will list in each case the companies to which staff were sent, the names and ranks of the staff involved and the duration of the secondment. [123417]
§ Mr. RookerThe information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the table.
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. 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 of our people out.
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Number of staff recorded as having been seconded to private sector companies Grade Number Company Start date End date May 1999 to April 2000 G7 1 Oracle August 1999 May 2000 SEO 1 Kazakhstan Central Bank October 1999 December 1999 2xEO, 9xAO, 1xAA 12 Action for Employment November 1999 —1 15xAO, 1xAA 16 Reed Shaw November 1999 —1 8xEO, 32xAO 40 Deloitte Consulting November 1999 —1 1Continuing Note:
Names of individuals have not been provided in accordance with part II of the "Code of Practice on Access to Government Information".