To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which staff in his Department are seconded from organisations with charitable status; and which have (a) costs and (b) salaries met (i) in part and (ii) in whole (A) from public funds and (B) by the charity from which they are seconded. (102419)

One person is currently on secondment to the Department from the Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB). The Department meets the full costs of the secondee’s salary (including national insurance and pension contributions). Where appropriate, the Department also reimburses the secondee for travelling and subsistence costs incurred in carrying out the Department’s business, in accordance with the departmental scales for the grade.