<p>The number of civil servants who have been seconded to an organisation in the private sector from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is shown in the following table.</p><p><table><thead><tr><td valign="top">Yearsecondmentcommenced<br /></td><td valign="top">Numberof civilservants<br /></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td valign="top">2010<br /></td><td valign="top">3<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2011<br /></td><td valign="top">1<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2012<br /></td><td valign="top">1<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2013<br /></td><td valign="top">5<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p>No civil servants have been seconded from DECC to any trade union.</p>