To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many individuals have been seconded to her 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 (A) 2001–02 and (B) 2002–03. [108097]

Two individuals were seconded to my Department from the Bank of Scotland in 2002, and two individuals were seconded from the House of Lords, one in 2001 and one in 2002.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many civil servants have been seconded from her 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 1990–2000. [108098]

No civil servants have been seconded from my Department to the private sector, NGOs or elsewhere.