§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs what secondments(a) PricewaterhouseCoopers, (b) Deloitte & Touche, (c) Ernst & Young and (d) KPMG have made to the Department since 2001; for what (i) periods and (ii) tasks the secondments were made; whether secondments of stiff from the Department have been made to those firms; and for what (A) periods and (B) tasks. [156929]
§ Mr. LeslieSince 2001 there have been two secondments to the Department from Deloitte & Touche. Both worked in the Business Support Office (BSO) in the Department's headquarters. The BSO was set up to support the introduction of programme and project work in Policy Group. Their roles contained both development work (setting up the Business Support Office and defining its roles and responsibilities) and supporting work underway in Policy Group. Their appointments were effective from 29 October 2001 until the end of July 2002.
Since 2001 there have been no secondments of staff from the Department to any of the companies specified.