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Mr. Maxton
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many Scottish Office civil servants were sent on (a) permanent and (b) temporary Brussels placements in each year from 1973 to 1997 [33708]
Mr. Dewar
This information is not available from 1973. Reliable records are available only from 1990. The number of Scottish Office civil servants sent to Brussels each year is set out in the table. All were seconded on a temporary basis.
| Year | Number |
| 1990 | 1 |
| 1991 | 2 |
| 1992 | 6 |
| 1993 | 4 |
| 1994 | 4 |
| 1995 | 6 |
| 1996 | 5 |
| 1997 | 7 |