To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for North East Bedfordshire of 24 July 2007, Official Report, column 1020W, on the Valuation Office Agency: visits abroad, to which bodies the agency's staff have been seconded in Australia; how many staff have been seconded; and what divisions of the agency they come from. (158283)

The Valuation Office Agency has sponsored three reciprocal, six-month, secondments from the Valuation Office to the Australian Valuation Office.

1. Secondee from Tunbridge Wells Valuation Office to Australian Valuation Office for the period 30 January 2006 to 30 July 2006.

2. Secondee from DV Services Central (Shrewsbury) to Australian Valuation Office for the period 2 October 2006 to 30 March 2006.

3. Secondee from Harrogate Valuation Office to Australian Valuation Office for the period 2 April 2007 to 28 September 2007.