To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 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. [108094]
Secondments are part of the Interchange initiative which promotes the exchange of people and good practice between the civil service and other organisations. All sectors of the economy are involved: Voluntary, Education, Health, Public and Private. Interchange is a key component of the reform agenda. The Modernising Government White Paper committed us to increasing interchange, in particular by bringing in more people on secondment and sending more of our people out.The information that we have available is as follows.
| Secondments that began between April 1997 and March 1998 | |
| Number | |
| By grade | |
| SCS | 1 |
| 6, 7, SEO | 13 |
| HEO/EO | 18 |
| AO/AA | 25 |
| Total commenced between April 1997 and March 1998 | 57 |
| Categories of secondments that commenced, continued or completed between April 1997 and March 1998 | |
| (a) Private Sector | 7 |
| (b) NGOs | 9 |
| (c) Other | 72 |
| Secondments that began between April 1998 and March 1999 | |
| Number | |
| By grade | |
| SCS | 0 |
| 6, 7, SEO | 9 |
| HEO/E0 | 56 |
| AO/AA | 20 |
| Total commenced between April 1998 and March 1999 | 85 |
| Categories of secondments that commenced, continued or completed April 1998 to March 1999 | |
| (a) Private Sector | 11 |
| (b) NGOs | 14 |
| (c) Other | 111 |
| Secondments that commenced between April 1999 to March 2000 | |||
| Number | |||
| By grade | |||
| SCS | 1 | ||
| 6, 7, SEO | 13 | ||
| HEO/EO | 72 | ||
| AO/AA | 87 | ||
| Total commenced between April 1999 and March 2000 | 173 | Categories of secondments that commenced, continued or completed between April 1999 and March 2000 | |
| (a) Private Sector | 101 | ||
| (b) NGOs | 73 | ||
| (c) Other | 91 | ||
| Secondments that commenced between April 2000 to March 2001 | |
| Number | |
| By grade | |
| SCS | 2 |
| 6, 7 | 8 |
| SEO/HEO | 28 |
| EO | 166 |
| AO/AA | 106 |
| Other | 2 |
| Total commenced between April 2000 and March 2001 | 312 |
| Categories of secondments that commenced, continued or completed April 2000 and March 2001 | |
| (a) Private Sector | 127 |
| (b) NGOs | 47 |
| (c) Other | 470 |
| Secondments that commenced between April 2001 and March 2002 | |
| Number | |
| By grade | |
| SCS | 0 |
| 6, 7 | 2 |
| SEO/HEO | 17 |
| EO | 119 |
| AO/AA | 84 |
| Other | 1 |
| Total commenced between April 2001 and March 2002 | 223 |
| Categories of secondments that commenced, continued or completed between April 2001 and March 2002 | |
| (a) Private Sector | 312 |
| (b) NGOs | 8 |
| (c) Other | 212 |
Note:
The Department for Work and Pensions was formed in June 2001. Information for earlier years are for the former Department of Social Security and the Employment Service.