§ Mr. BreedTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many secondments and exchanges of staff there have been between central and regional Government offices and organisations with a rural remit since November 2000. [65393]
§ Mr. Morley[holding answer 1 July 2002]: There have been nine exchanges of staff between central and regional Government and 39 exchanges with organisations with a rural remit.
251W23 staff have been seconded to the European Commission and eight staff to other organisations abroad and those organisations may touch on rural issues.