Secondments

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many individuals have been seconded to his Department from (a) the private sector, (b) NGOs and (c) other, in each case listing (i) from which organisation and (ii) dates of secondments, in each year since 1997–98. [108085]

The following information sets out the secondments into HM Treasury from 1 April 1997 to 31 March 2003:

Secondments into HM Treasury—1 April 1997 to 31 March 1998
Range	Location	Organisation	Start date	Number of people
D	UK	AA	27 March 1997	1
D	UK	LGMB	1 April 1997	1
		Banks of
D	UK	England	13 April 1997	1
D	UK	Other	5 January 1998	1
Total Range D
E	UK	QBM Ltd.	1 January 1998	1
E	UK	BZW	21 April 1997	1
		Coopers
E	UK	Lybrand	21 July 1997	1
		Pannell Kerr	22 September
E	UK	Foster	1997	1
		Ernst and
E	UK	Young	5 January 1998	1
		New Zealand
E	UK	Treasury	7 April 1997	1
E	UK	Tresor	19 May 1997	1
		New Zealand
E	UK	Reserve Bank	7 August 1997	1
		Australian
E	UK	Treasury	8 December 1997	1
Total Range E				9

Secondments into HM Treasury—1 April 1998 to 31 March 1999
Range	Location	Organisation	Start date	Number of people
D	UKM	AA	27 April 1998	1
	UK	Irish Finance	28 September
D			1998	1
	UK	Irish Finance	4 November
D			1998	1
D	UK	Army	4 January 1999	1
Total Range D				4
	UK	Dilston	—
E		Management		—
E	UK	Midland Bank	14 April 1998	1
	UK	Coopers	5 May 1998
E		Lybrand		1
	UK	AA	1 September
E			1998	1
E	UK	Deloitte Touch	4 January 1999	1
	UK	Ernst and	4 January 1999
E		Young		1
	UK	Slaughter and	21 January 1999
E		May		1
	Europe	European	1 December 1998
E		Commission		1
	UK	Audit	5 May 1998
E		Commission		1
	UK	Audit	29 June 1998
E		Commission		1
E	UK	Manpower	10 August 1998	1
	UK	Save the	1 September
E		Children	1998	1
	UK	NEW Zealand	10 November
E		Treasury	1998	1
	UK	New Zealand	10 January 1999
E		Res. Bank		1
	UK	New Zealand	6 May 1998
E		Treasury		1
Total Range E				14

Secondments into HM Treasury—1 April 1999 to 31 March 2000
Range	Location	Organisation	Start date	Number of people
D	UK	FSA	15 November
			1999	1
D	UK	Slaughter and	13 December
		May	1999	1
D	Japan	Japanese	2 August 1999
		Ministry of
		Finance		1
D	UK	London	10 January 2000
		borough of
		Lambeth		1
Total Range D				4
E	UK	Price	6 September
		Waterhouse	1999	1
E	UK	Brunswick	19 July 1999
		Public		1
E	UK	Price	10 January 2000
		Waterhouse		1
E	UK	Institute of	7 February 2000
		Fiscal Studies		1
E	UK	National Audit	4 October 1999
		Office		1
E	UK	Thurrock	31 August 1999
		district council		1
E	UK	Housing	15 November
		Corporation	1999	1
E	UK	National Audit	1 January 2000
		Office		1
E	UK	National Audit	10 January 2000
		Office		3
Total Range E				11

Secondments into HM Treasury—1 April 2000 to 31 March 2001
Range	Location	Organisation	Start date	Number of people
D	UK	National Audit	6 August 2001
		Office		1
D	Europe	Swiss Finance	29 August 2001
		Ministry		1
D	UK	Legal Services	3 December 2001
		Co		1
Total Range D				3
E	UK	Deloitte Touche	24 September
			2001	1
E	UK	Institute of	24 September
		Fiscal Studies	2001	1
E	UK	Accenture	18 February
			2002	1
E	UK	Bank of	23 April 2001
		England		1
E	UK	Tidy Britain	24 September
		Campaign	2001	1
E	UK	Bank of	10 December
		England	2001	1
E	UK	Japanese	13 July 2001
		Ministry of
		Finance		1
E	UK	Bank of	1 September
		England	2001	1
E	UK	PUK	14 January 2002	1
E	UK	University of	8 June 2001
		Bristol		1
E	UK	Oxfam	3 September
			2001	1
E	UK	CARE	28 November
			2001	1
Total Range E				12

Secondments into HM Treasury—April 2002 to 31 March 2003
Range	Location	Organisation	Start date	Number of people
D	UK	FSA	7 October 2002	1
D	UK	Women's	6 March 2003
		Budget		1
D	UK	FSA	23 September
			2002	1
D	UK	Bunk of	17 February
		England	2003	1
D	UK	NCVO	15 November
			2002	1
Total Range D				5
E	UK	Pannell Ker	22 July 2002
		Foster		1
E	UK	Environment	7 January 2003
		Age		1
E	UK	LGMB	24 February
			2003	1
E	UK	National Audit	6 January 2003
		Office		1
E	UK	Other	23 February
			2003	1
E	UK	HM Forces	6 January 2003	1
E	UK	Cambridge CC	19 June 2002	1
E	UK	NCVO	15 November
			2002	1
Total Range E				8

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many civil servants have been seconded from his Department to (a) the private sector, (b) NGOs and (c) other, broken down by (i) grade of civil servants seconded, (ii) location and (iii) dates of secondments, in each year since 1997–98. [108086]

The following information sets out the secondments out of HM Treasury between 1 April 1997 to 31 March 1998

Secondments out of HM Treasury
Range	Location	Organisation	Start date	Number of people
1 April 1997 and 31 March 2003
D	EU	Bank of	15 September
		England	1997	1
D	UK	British Cement	5 January 1998	1
D	UK	Securities and	13 October 1997
		Investments		1
D	UK	UKBI	1 August 1997	1
D	UK	Securities and	19 May 1997
		Investments		1
D	UK	Sanetra	1 December 1997
		(Consultants)		1
D	UK	NHS	13 June 1997	1
D	UK	European	7 April 1997
		Banking RD		1
D	UK	Bromley by Bow	25 September
		CC	1997	1
Total range D				9
E	EU	EC	3 November 1997	1
E	EU	EC	8 December 1997	1
E	EU	EC	16 June 1997	1
E	EU	German	12 September
		Ministry of	1997
		Finance		1
Total range E				4
1 April 1998 to 31 March 1999
D	EU	EC	14 September
			1998	1
D	UK	Countryside	5 May 1998
		Agency		1
D	EU	EC	1 April 1998	1
D	EU	EC	21 September
			1998	1
D	EU	EC	14 September
			1998	1
Total range D				5
E	UK	Youth Justice	22 February 1999
		Board		1
E	EU	Irish Finance	3 August 1998
		Ministry		1
E	EU	EC	10 October 1998	1
Total range E				3
F	UK	Youth Justice	11 December 1998
		Board		1
F	UK	Westminster and	11 November
		Industry	1998	1
F	UK	International	4 January 1999
		Commission		1
Total range F				3
G	NEU	IMF	1 August 1998	1
Total range G				1
1 April 1999 to 31 March 2000
D	UK	CML	21 February 2000	1
D	UK	SM Consultants	21 February 2000	1
D	UK	NHS	1 April 2000	1
D	Japan	Japanese	2 August 1999
		Ministry of
		Finance		1
D	EU	EC	6 September 1999	1
D	EU	EC	1 May 1999	1
Total range D				6
E	EU	Strategic	2 August 1999
		Planning
		Services		1
E	UK	HSBC	27 September
			1999	1
E	UK	Granada Media	14 February 2000	1
E	EU	Ministry of	3 May 1999
		Finance
		(Sweden)		1
E	EU	EC	1 January 2000	1

Secondments out of HM Treasury
Range	Location	Organisation	Start date	Number of people
E	UK	London	6 April 1999
		Borough of
		Camden		1
E	EU	EC	1 December 1999	1
E	UK	London	14 July 1999
		Borough
		Lewisham		1
E	EU	German	31 March 2000
		Chancellory		1
E	UK	Kent County	12 July 1999
		Council		1
E	EU	EC	1 June 1999	1
E	UK	Azernjan	5 September 1999
		Ministry of
		Finance		1
Total range E			12
G	UK	Capital RAS	13 September
		(Consultants)	1999	1
G	UK	Youth Justice	13 August 1999
		Board		1
Total range G				2
1 April 2000 to 31 March 2001
D	UK	Institute of	30 May 2000
		Fiscal Studies		1
D	EU	United Nations	17 April 2000
		Eco. Comm.		1
D	EU	IMF	18 August 2000	1
D	EU	EC	18 September
			2000	1
Total range D				4
E	UK	3I'S	1 August 2000	1
E	UK	Audit	21 August 2000
		Commission		1
E	EU	EC	1 February 2001	1
E	Japan	Japanese	10 July 2000
		Ministry of
		Finance		1
E	UK	Stats	1 July 2000
		Commission		1
E	UK	Stats	3 January 2001
		Commission		1
Total range E				6
F	UK	Charities	15 January 2001
		Commission		1
Total range F				1
1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003
D	UK	Charity	2 September 2002	1
D	Japan	Japanese	17 September
		Ministry of	2002
		Finance		1
D	EU	EC	9 September 2002	1
D	EU	EC	3 March 2002	1
D	EU	EC	17 February 2003	2
Total range D			6
E	EU	European	21 October 2002
		Banking
		Federation		1
E	UK	Gartmore	9 September 2002
		Investments		1
E	UK	Accenture	31 March 2002	1
E	UK	CRE	1 February 2003	1
E	UK	Tesco	17 June 2002	1
E	EU	French Finance	3 March 2003
		Ministry		1
E	UK	RBS	31 March 2003	1
E	EU	EC	1 April 2002	1
E	UK	3I'S	2 December 2002	1
Total range E				9
F	EU	EC	1 September 2002	1
Total range F			1

Volume 403: debated on Thursday 10 April 2003