HC Deb 14 April 2003 vol 403 cc653-4W
Dr. Cable

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many civil servants have been seconded from his Department to(a) the private sector, (b) NGOs and (c) other, broken down by (i) grade of civil servants seconded, (ii) location and (iii) dates of secondments, in each year since 1997–98. [108094]

Maria Eagle

Secondments 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.

The information that we have available is as follows.

Secondments that began between April 1997 and March 1998
Number
By grade
SCS 1
6, 7, SEO 13
HEO/EO 18
AO/AA 25
Total commenced between April 1997 and March 1998 57
Categories of secondments that commenced, continued or completed between April 1997 and March 1998
(a) Private Sector 7
(b) NGOs 9
(c) Other 72
Secondments that began between April 1998 and March 1999
Number
By grade
SCS 0
6, 7, SEO 9
HEO/E0 56
AO/AA 20
Total commenced between April 1998 and March 1999 85
Categories of secondments that commenced, continued or completed April 1998 to March 1999
(a) Private Sector 11
(b) NGOs 14
(c) Other 111
Secondments that commenced between April 1999 to March 2000
Number
By grade
SCS 1
6, 7, SEO 13
HEO/EO 72
AO/AA 87
Total commenced between April 1999 and March 2000 173 Categories of secondments that commenced, continued or completed between April 1999 and March 2000
(a) Private Sector 101
(b) NGOs 73
(c) Other 91
Secondments that commenced between April 2000 to March 2001
Number
By grade
SCS 2
6, 7 8
SEO/HEO 28
EO 166
AO/AA 106
Other 2
Total commenced between April 2000 and March 2001 312
Categories of secondments that commenced, continued or completed April 2000 and March 2001
(a) Private Sector 127
(b) NGOs 47
(c) Other 470
Secondments that commenced between April 2001 and March 2002
Number
By grade
SCS 0
6, 7 2
SEO/HEO 17
EO 119
AO/AA 84
Other 1
Total commenced between April 2001 and March 2002 223
Categories of secondments that commenced, continued or completed between April 2001 and March 2002
(a) Private Sector 312
(b) NGOs 8
(c) Other 212

Note:

The Department for Work and Pensions was formed in June 2001. Information for earlier years are for the former Department of Social Security and the Employment Service.

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