§ Bob SpinkTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many staff in his Department 125W and its agencies were seconded from the (a)private and (b)academic sector in each of the last three years. [175363]
§ Mr. PearsonIn the last three years there have been 22 inward secondments from the private sector and 12 from the academic sector to the 11 departments of the Northern Ireland Administration and its agencies. In the same period there were no inward secondments from either of these sectors to the Northern Ireland Office.
Further detail is provided in the following table:
Private Sector Academic sector 2001 11 1 2002 9 4 2003 2 7