HC Deb 01 March 2004 vol 418 cc666-7W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which former officials of the Department have asked for permission to join(a) PricewaterhouseCoopers, (b) Deloitte & Touche, (c) Ernst & Young and (d) KPMG. [156911]

Mr. Caborn

There have been no requests by former officials of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport for permission to join(a) PricewaterhouseCoopers, (b) Deloitte & Touche, (c) Ernst & Young and (d) KPMG.

Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what secondments(a) PricewaterhouseCoopers, (b) Deloitte & Touche, (c) Ernst & Young and (d) KPMG has made to her Department since 2001; for what (i) periods and (ii) tasks the secondments were made; whether secondments of staff from her Department have been made to those firms; and for what (A) periods and (B) tasks. [157060]

Mr. Caborn

There have been no secondments from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to(a) PricewaterhouseCoopers, (b) Deloitte & Touche, (c) Ernst & Young and (d) KPMG for any period of time since 2001. Nor have there been any secondees from these organisations to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport since 2001.