To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 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. [108093]
Interchange and secondments, which are key components of the Civil Service Reform and Modernising Government agendas, promote the exchange of ideas and good practice between the Civil Service and other organisations. All sectors of the economy (private, public and voluntary) are involved.Details of inward secondments to the Department for Work and Pensions, starting in each year from April 1997 to March 2002, are given in the table. Details for secondments starting since March 2002 are not yet available. For secondments from private sector organisations, the names of the individual organisations are shown. However, the names of seconding organisations in the public and voluntary sectors are not available.
Secondments into the Department starting between April 1997 and March 1998:
(a) Private sector—11 (see table)
Name of private sector organisation
| Dates
|
| Sacker and Partners | October 1997 to February 1998 |
| Guardian Media Group plc | September 1997 to November 1997 |
| Oracle | March 1998 to September 1998 |
| Hospitality Foundation | January 1998 to December 1999 |
| British Aerospace | December 1997 to November 1999 |
| Abbey National | January 1998 to January 1999 |
| GKN | January 1998 to January 1999 |
| Tesco | December 1997 to December 1998 |
| Manpower | October 1997 to September 1998 |
| Standard Life | January 1998 to April 1998 |
| Scottish Power | February 1998 to June 1998 |
(b)NGOs—3
(c)Other—4.
Secondments into the Department starting between April 1998 and March 1999:
(a) Private Sector—11 (see table)
Name of private sector organisation
| Dates
|
| British Airways | April 1998 to February 2001 |
| Securicor | February 1999 to June 2000 |
| HSBC | February 1999 to September 2000 |
| BT | April 1998 to September 2000 |
| Legal and General | February 1999 to February 2000 |
| Abbey National | January 1999 to January 2000 |
| EDS | July 1998 to July 1999 |
| Lloyds TSB | May 1998 to April 1999 |
| Anglian Water | April 1998 to April 1999 |
| Rolls-Royce Military Aero Engines Ltd. | June 1998 to December 1999 |
| Barclays Bank | May 1998 to May 1999 |
(b) NGOs—10
(c) Other—5.
Secondments into the Department starting between April 1999 and March 2000:
(a)Private Sector—3 (see table)
Name of private sector organisation
| Dates
|
| CSL Managed Services | August 1999 to March 2001 |
| Carillion | February 2000 to January 2001 |
| Nexus | November 1999 to March 2001 |
(b) NGOs—6
(c) Other—28.
Secondments into the Department starting between April 2000 and March 2001:
(a)Private Sector—4 (see table)
Name of private sector organisation
| Dates
|
| Sema UK Ltd. (to DSS) | February 2001 to June 2001 |
| Lloyds TSB (to DSS) | December 2000 to December 2001 |
| Britannia Building Society | May 2000 to June 2001 |
| Mouzer Associates | February 2001 to April 2001 |
(b) NGOs—0
(c) Other—86.
Secondments into the Department starting between April 2001 and March 2002.
(a)Private Sector—21 (see table)
Name of private sector organisation
| Dates
|
| British Gas | October 2001 to July 2002 |
| Hays Personnel Services | November 2001 to 31 May 2002 |
| Bovis Lend Lease | January 2002 to date |
| ERP | January 2002 to 31 December 2002 |
| Action 4 Employment | October 2001 to 31 December 2002 |
| MSHED | December 2001 to December 2002 |
| MSHED | December 2001 to December 2002 |
| CIS | December 2001 to 31 March 2002 |
| Archon 2000 | April 2001 to January 2002 |
| The Albert Centre | October 2001 to 10 December 2002 (extended to 16 October 2003) |
| International Family Centre | December 2001 to 20 September 2002 |
| East Durham Development Agency | August 2001 to 31 May 2002 |
| East Durham Development Agency | August 2001 to date |
| East Durham Development Agency | August 2001 to January 2002 |
| East Durham Partnership | July 2001 to date |
| Learning and Skills Council—Durham | July 2001 to date |
| Sunderland Housing Group | April 2001 to 31 May 2002 |
| East Durham Substance Misuse Initiative | January 2002 to 31 January 2003 |
| St. John Trust | September 2001 to 31 August 2002 |
| London Advice Services | September 2001 to 31 August 2002 |
| BY Syntegra | January 2002 to January 2003 |
(b) NGOs—8
(c) Other—20.