To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many individuals have been seconded to his Department from the private sector, in each case listing (a) from which organisation and (b) dates of secondments in 2002–03. [108101]
The Department has no records of any secondments from the private sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many individuals have been seconded to his Department from NGOs, in each case listing (a) from which organisation and (b) dates of secondments in each year since 1997–98. [108102]
The Department has only maintained detailed records of secondments from Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) since 2001.The number of staff seconded into the Department of Health from NGOs and the organisations from which they came is shown in the table.
| Number of people | (a)Organisation | (b)Date of secondment |
| 1 | Social Services Department | 2002–04 |
| 1 | London Borough of Croydon | 2002–03 |
| 1 | Birmingham Social Services Department | 2002–03 |
| 1 | London Borough of Lewisham | 2001–03 |
| 1 | South London and Maudsley NHS Trust | 2002–03 |
| 1 | London Borough of Islington | 2002–03 |
| 1 | Age Concern England | 2001–03 |
| 1 | Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea | 2002–04 |
| 1 | Staffordshire County Council | 2002–03 |
| 1 | Gateshead Council, Community Based Services | 2002–03 |
| 1 | Help and Care | 2002–04 |
| 1 | Nottingham City Council | 2002–04 |
| 1 | Brighton and Hove City Council | 2000–04 |
| 1 | London Borough of Ealing | 2002–03 |
| 1 | London Borough of Lambeth | 2002–03 |
| 1 | Hillingdon Primary Care Trust | 2003–05 |
| 1 | Warrington Borough Council | 2002–04 |
| 1 | Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea | 2003–03 |
| 1 | London School of Economics | 2002–04 |
| 1 | Calderdale Primary Care Trust | 2002–04 |
| 1 | Leeds North West Primary Care Trust | 2002–04 |
| 1 | Barnet Primary Care Trust | 2003–04 |
| 1 | Hampshire Ambulance Services Trust | 2003–03 |
| 1 | Harrow Primary Care Trust | 2000–01 |
| 1 | Brighton and Sessex NHS Trust | 2001–02 |
| 1 | St. George's Hospital | 2001–02 |
| 1 | St. Mary's Hospital | 2002–03 |
| 1 | Public Health Laboratory Service | 2002–03 |
| 1 | Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority | 2002–03 |
| 1 | ||
| 1 | Trust for the Study of Adolescence | 2002–03 |
| 1 | Brent Primary Care Trust | 2002–03 |
| 1 | Drugscope | 2002–03 |
| 1 | Islington Primary Care Trust | 2002–03 |
| 1 | National Children's Bureau | 2002–03 |
| 1 | Salford Primary Care Trust | 2003–04 |
| 1 | Health Advisory Service | 2003–04 |
| 1 | Portsmouth City Primary Care Trust | 2003–04 |
| 1 | National Heart Forum | 2003–04 |
| 1 | Wirral Hospitals NHS Trust | 2001–03 |
| Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals | 2000–04 | |
| NHS Trust | ||
| 2 | University College London | 1999–04 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health 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. [108103]
The Department has only maintained detailed records of secondments from the Department to other business organizationsߞprivate sector and non-government since 2001.To obtain accurate information on the dates for each secondment would incur disproportionate costs.Information on the number of staff seconded from the Department of Health to "other" sectors is shown in the table.
| Number of staff | Grade | Location |
| 5 | SCS (Senior Civil Servant) | England |
| 1 | IP4 (G6/7) | EC |
| 36 | IP4 (G6/7) | England |
| 18 | IP3 (HEO/SEO) | England |
| 13 | IP2 (EO) | England |
| 4 | IP I (AA/AO) | England |