HC Deb 16 June 2004 vol 422 c1021W
Bob Spink

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many staff in the Department and its agencies were seconded from the(a) private and (b) academic sector in each of the last three years. [175362]

Mr. Lammy

No staff were seconded to this Department from either the private or academic sector in the 2000–01 or 2002–03 financial years. Five staff were seconded from the private sector during the period April 2001 to March 2002.

Figures for 2003–04 are not yet available.