HC Deb 03 March 2004 vol 418 c994W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which former officials of the Department have asked for permission to join(a) PricewaterhouseCoopers, (b) Deloitte & Touche, (c) Ernst and Young and (d) KPMG. [156902]

Mr. Mike O'Brien

Since 1998, we are unaware of any former officials of 1 he Foreign and Commonwealth Office who have asked for permission to join Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Deloitte & Touche, Ernst and Young or KPMG.

To locate individual requests from officials earlier than 1998 would incur disproportionate costs.