To ask the Prime Minister how many secondments of staff were made (a) to and (b) from his Office in each year since 1997; which organisations’ staff were seconded (i) to and (ii) from; how many staff were seconded in each year; for how long each secondment lasted; and what the cost was of each secondment in each year. (167237)

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office (Gillian Merron) on 5 December 2007, Official Report, column 1343W.