To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many civil servants in his Department were seconded to work for (a) trades unions and (b) the Trades Union Congress in each year since 2003. (229094)

Since 2003 the Department for Culture, Media and Sport have seconded to work for (a) trade unions, one civil servant from the Department to the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) from January 2006 to June 2007; (b) Trade Unions Congress, no civil servants.