§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 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. [108105]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienUnder Cabinet Office interchange procedures, the term secondment relates solely to movement of staff to and from the private sector and other non-civil service organisations.
British Trade International (the joint DTI/FCO organisation leading on trade development and investment) has provided the information requested on FCO secondments to the private sector as set out in the table.
The second table shows FCO secondments to other non-civil service organisations. The FCO does not hold comprehensive records for the year 1997, so the information begins from 1998.
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Secondments from the FCO to private sector: March 1997-April 2003 FCO grade Secondment location Start End SMS Andersen Consulting August 1999 May 2000 D7 London First Centre April 1998 June 2000 D7 British Invisibles June 1998 June 2000 D6 Fidelity June 1999 July 2000 C5 ICL November 1998 July 2000 C4 Totectors Ltd. May 2000 August 2000 SMS Andersen Consulting January 1998 September 2000 C4 Fire Industry Confederation May 2000 October 2000 D6 Standard Chartered Bank September 2000 November 2000 SMS Standard Chartered Bank October 2000 November 2000 C4 Institute of Waste Management August 2000 November 2000 SMS New Millennium Experience Co April 1999 December 2000 C4 Institute of Export August 1999 February 2001 SMS BP February 2001 May 2001 SMS BP Amoco Cape Town (South Africa) November 2000 April 2001 B3 London Chamber of Commerce May 1999 April 2001 D6 CBI February 2001 June 2001 SMS Standard Chartered Bank October 2001 February 2002 SMS Lehman Bros March 2000 March 2002 C4 Asia House May 2001 May 2002 C4 Halcrow (Singapore) February 1999 July 2002 C5 Partnership Sourcing Ltd. April 2001 August 2002 D6 BAE Systems Tokyo October 2001 September 2002 SMS Shell International May 2002 November 200 B3 Bacon and Woodrow February 2001 November 2002 TP/C5 BCB Worldwide August 2000 December 2002 SMS International Financial Services (formally British Invisibles) September 2000 January 2003 SMS Unilever September 2001 March 2003 C4 B. Link Manchester (formerly Oldham Chamber) October 1998 September 2003 C4 United Response August 2002 August 2003 C4 Petrofac Chemicals May 2000 July 2003 B3 London Chamber of Commerce June 2001 June 2003 D6 Technical Assistance and Development Services (TADS) Ltd. April 2002 April 2004 TC/5 Partnership Sourcing Ltd. October 2002 October 2003 TC/5 CBI October 2002 May 2003 C4 Business Link West November 2002 November 2003 B3 Greater Merseyside Enterprise January 2003 January 2004 C4 North West Development Agency January 2003 January 2004 SMS International Financial Services (formally British Invisibles) January 2003 January 2005 T/D6 BCCB January 2003 January 2005 C4 South Yorkshire International Trade Council March 2003 March 2004 B4 BL Notts March 2003 August 2003 502W503W
Non private sector FCO grade Secondment location Start End SMS EU Commission 01/01/1998 01/06/1999 D6 Turks and Caicos 01/03/1998 01/12/1999 D6 House of Lords 01/04/1998 19/04/2002 D6 Council of European Union 08/07/1998 01/08/2001 SMS SHAPE 01/08/1998 01/09/2002 SMS Career Dev Attachment (CDA) Harvard 01/08/1998 01/06/1999 SMS Ditchley Foundation 01/08/1998 01/08/2001 SMS UN 01/08/1998 01/01/2000 SMS EU Commission 01/09/1998 01/09/2000 C5 EnergyCharter Secretariat, Brussels 15/10/1998 15/10/2001 C4 CDA Ecole National d'Admin (ENA) 01/11/1998 01/07/1999 SMS Buckingham Palace 01/01/1999 15/09/2002 SMS CDA Sussex University 01/01/1999 01/12/1999 D6 Imperial College 01/01/1999 09/04/2000 D6 UN 30/01/1999 07/12/2001 SMS Office of High Rep Sarajevo 01/02/1999 01/02/2000 D6 IMF 01/02/1999 25/02/2002 D6 International Org for Migration Geneva 19/04/1999 09/04/2002 SMS CDA Harvard 01/07/1999 01/04/2000 B3 Football Association 01/07/1999 31/08/2000 D6 London Business School 26/08/1999 26/08/2001 SMS EU Commission 01/09/1999 01/09/2004 D6 EU Commission 01/09/1999 01/09/2002 C4 NGO Article 19 01/09/1999 01/12/1999
Non private sector FCO grade Secondment location Start End D6 CDA ENA 01/09/1999 01/03/2001 D6 Office of Special Coord, Brussels 01/09/1999 13/08/2001 D6 Academic Study Masters 01/10/1999 01/10/2001 SMS CDA St. Anthony's College 01/10/1999 01/06/2000 SMS EU Commission 01/10/1999 01/10/2004 D6 EU Commission 01/12/1999 15/07/2002 D6 EU Commission 01/12/1999 01/11/2000 D6 CDA NATO Defence College, Rome 01/02/2000 01/07/2000 D6 CU Commission 01/02/2000 28/01/2002 D6 States of Jersey: St. Helier 01/04/2000 01/09/2003 SMS Career Development Attachment 01/05/2000 01/12/2000 SMS New Zealand MFA 01/05/2000 01/12/2000 D6 St. James's Palace 01/06/2000 26/06/2003 D6 Population Council HGO, Hanoi 01/07/2000 01/07/2001 SMS CDA Harvard 01/07/2000 01/07/2001 D6 Oxfam 04/09/2000 13/07/2001 D6 DFA Dublin CDA 01/10/2000 01/04/2001 D6 NGO Interights 23/10/2000 31/12/2000 SMS Romanian MFA 01/12/2000 01/12/2001 SMS German MFA 08/01/2001 08/08/2001 SMS Mostar Deputy High Rep/Sarajevo 14/01/2001 14/01/2003 D6 EU Comm 01/02/2001 01/07/2003 SMS OSCE Belgrade 21/02/2001 28/02/2003 D6 Buckingham Palace 12/06/2001 01/06/2004 SMS CDA St. Anthony's College 01/10/2001 13/07/2002 D6 German MFA 04/10/2001 15/06/2002 SMS SHAPE 01/11/2001 15/03/2003 SMS RCDS 01/12/2001 01/12/2003 D6 Office of Czech President's Office 02/01/2002 31/03/2002 D6 Czech MFA 01/04/2002 15/01/2003 SMS EU Council Secretariat 01/05/2002 15/05/2007 SMS OHR Sarajevo 15/05/2002 15/05/2004 D6 CDAENA 01/01/2003 01/09/2003 SMS St. James's Palace 14/04/2003 14/04/2006 Notes:
The FCO grading system equates as follows:
- SMS = Senior Civil Service
- D7 = Home Civil Service 6
- D6 = Home Civil Service 7
- C5 = Senior Executive Officer
- C4 = Higher Executive Officer
- B3 = Executive Officer