The information requested is as follows:
(a) Secondments to the Department
Organisations who have seconded employees to the Department since 1997 are:
3i
Accenture
Army
Arthur Anderson
Audit Commission
Australian Department of Finance
Australian Treasury
Bank of England
Bechtel
BP
Brunswick Public Relations
BZW
Camden Council
Christian Action Research and Education
City of London
Clifford Chance
Competition Commission
Coopers/Lybrand
Deloitte Touche
Dilston Management
English Nature
Ernst and Young
Estonian Ministry of Finance
European Commission
Financial Services Authority
Health Development Agency
HM Forces
Housing Corporation
Institute of Financial Services
Institute of Fiscal Studies
IPPR
Irish Finance Ministry
Japanese Finance Ministry
Kent County Council
KPMG
Legal Services Commission
Local Government Management Board
London Borough of Lewisham
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
LSE
Manpower
Midland Bank
Morgan Stanley Asia
National Audit Office
NCVO
New Zealand Reserve Bank
New Zealand Treasury
NHS
NS and I
Pannell Kerr Foster
Partnerships UK
Patent Office
Price Waterhouse Coopers
Quality Business Management
Save the Children
Slaughter and May
Social Market Foundation
Strategic Rail Authority
Tarmac
Thurrock District Council
Tidy Britain Campaign
Tresor
UBS Warburg
Women's Budget Group
Woodrow Wyatt LLP.
The number and average length of each secondment is as follows:
Number of secondments Average length 1997 14 1 year 7 months 1998 18 1 year 6 months 1999 13 1 year 7 months 2000 12 1 year 6 months 2001 11 1 year 3 months 2002 11 1 year 4 months 2003 14 1 year 7 months 2004 12 1 year 5 months 2005 15 1 year 2 months 2006 23 11 months
(b) Secondments from the Department
The Department has seconded employees to the following organisations:
3i
ABI
Accenture
Astra Zeneca
Azerbaijan Ministry of Finance
Bank of England
Barclays Bank
Barnados
BBC
British Cement Association
British Embassy Washington
Bromley by Bow Centre
Capita RAS
Centrica
Charity Commission
Church House
Cisco Systems
Civil Aviation Authority
CML
Commission for Racial Equality
Commonwealth Secretariat
Croydon Council
Deloitte Touche
École Nationale d'Administration
Ernst and Young
European Bank of Reconstruction and Development
European Banking Federation
European Commission
French Finance Ministry
Gartmore Investment Management plc
German Chancellery
German Finance Ministry
Granada Media
Greater London Authority
Halifax Bank of Scotland
HSBC
IMF
Institute of Fiscal Studies
International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims
International Monetary Fund
Irish Finance Ministry
Japanese Ministry of Finance
Kent County Council
KPMG
Local Government Management Board
London Borough of Brent
London Borough of Camden
London Borough of Croydon
London Borough of Hackney
London Borough of Lewisham
London Development Agency
London School of Economics
Morgan Stanley
National Electricity Code Administrator
National Health Service
New Zealand Treasury
Ocean New Deal for Communities
Ockham Holdings
Oxfam
Pannell Kerr Foster
Personal Investment Authority
RNID
Royal Association of Disability and Rehabilitation
Royal Bank of Scotland
Sanetra
Securities and Investment Board
Social Enterprise Coalition
Social Market Foundation
South West of England Regional Development Agency
Statistics Commission
Strategic Planning Society
Suffolk County Council
Sweden Ministry of Finance
Tesco
The Giving Campaign
The World Bank
UK Business Incubation
UKREP
UN Economics Commission for Europe
Vegan Society
Whitehall and Industry Group
Youth Justice Board.
The number and average length of each secondment is as follows:
Year Number of secondments Average length 1997 18 1 year 1 month 1998 11 10 months 1999 27 1 year 8 months 2000 10 1 year 5 months 2001 17 1 year 10 months 2002 12 1 year 10 months 2003 20 1 year 6 months 2004 12 1 year 9 months 2005 10 1 year 6 months 2006 15 1 year 2 months