§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if she will list the names of staff who have been seconded to her Department from the private sector since May 1997, indicating(a) the names of the organisation from which each has come, (b) their responsibilities and Civil Service grades within her Department, (c) the organisation responsible for paying their salary and (d) the start and end dates of their secondment. [35833]
§ Mrs. LiddellThe Scotland Office was established in its present form on 1 July 1999. No staff have been seconded to my Department from the private sector.