To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many staff the Homes and Communities Agency has had on secondment since its establishment; from which organisations the employees were seconded; and what the cost of each secondment has been. (301597)

There are approximately 50 secondees currently working in the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA), most of them from Communities and Local Government. The overall cost of HCA posts filled by secondees rather than direct HCA employees since 1 December 2008 is approximately £2.3 million. Information on the cost of each secondment is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.