§ Annabelle EwingTo ask the Minister of State, Department for International Development what the Department's policy is on employing secondees from the private sector; how many secondees from the(a) private and (b) public sectors the Department employed in each year since 1997; from which companies and organisations they were seconded; at what level they were employed; and if he will make a statement. [127060]
§ Hilary BennDFID encourages secondments from a wide range of organisations in both the private and public sectors.
Information on inward secondments for the period 1997–98 to 1999–2000 is not readily available. The following statistics relate to secondments into DFID in each financial year from 2000–01.
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Seconded to DFID Private Sector NGO Public Sector Organisation Grade1 Total 2000–01 3 1 1 Marconi 1 Virgin One 1 SCS 3 Band A
4 1 Cisco Systems 1 Other Government Dept 2001–02 1 6 1 International Alert 2 Other Government Dept 1 Met Police 4 Band A 3Band B
7 1 Crown Agents 2 European Commission 2002–03 15 2SCS 1 Band A
12 Band B
15 14 Other Government Dept 1 European Commission 2003–04 1 1 8 1 Rio Tinto 7 Band A 3 Band B
10 1 Christian Aid 8 Other Government Dept 1 SCS: Senior Civil Service 1 Band A: Senior Executive Officer to Senior Principal [Grade 6] 1 Band 8: Executive Officer, Higher Executive Officer, Civil Service Fast Stream