Departmental Staff Mr. Tom Clarke To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the current shortfall in staffing levels in Foreign and Commonwealth offices overseas posts by grade; and if he will make a statement. Mr. Lennox-Boyd There is no such shortfall: it is our policy to fill all posts overseas. Mr. Tom Clarke To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list for each of the last five years the number of secondments (a) into and (b) out of his Department; and if he will give details of which Departments were involved. Mr. Lennox-Boyd Tables I to V contain details of inward and outward secondments between other Government Departments and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office over the last five years. Secondments between the Overseas Development Administration and diplomatic wings of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office are shown separately, as are secondments to the Cabinet Office.In addition to exchanges with other Whitehall Departments, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has an interchange programme with the private sector. Details of these secondments over the last five years are contained in tables VI and VII.------------------------ |Receiving department | ------------------------ |Treasury | ------------------------ |MAFF | ------------------------ |ECGD | ------------------------ |DTI | ------------------------ |NIO | ------------------------ |MOD | ------------------------ |Office of Fair Trading| ------------------------ ------------------------- |Law Officers Department| ------------------------- |Cabinet Office | ------------------------- |ODA | ------------------------- |Home Office | ------------------------- |Privy Council Office | ------------------------- |Other | ------------------------- | | ------------------------- ---------------------- |DTI | ---------------------- |MAFF | ---------------------- |MOD | ---------------------- |Employment | ---------------------- |Home Office | ---------------------- |Treasury | ---------------------- |DOE | ---------------------- |Northern Ireland CS | ---------------------- |NIO | ---------------------- |Scottish Office | ---------------------- |CAA | ---------------------- |Energy | ---------------------- |Customs and Excise | ---------------------- |ODA | ---------------------- |Transport | ---------------------- |Cabinet Office | ---------------------- |Department of Health| ---------------------- | | ---------------------- ------------------------- |Treasury | ------------------------- |MAFF | ------------------------- |ECGD | ------------------------- |DTI | ------------------------- |NIO | ------------------------- |MOD | ------------------------- |Office of Fair Trading | ------------------------- |Law Officers Department| ------------------------- |Cabinet Office | ------------------------- |ODA | ------------------------- |Other | ------------------------- | | ------------------------- ---------------------- |DTI | ---------------------- |MAFF | ---------------------- |MOD | ---------------------- |Employment | ---------------------- |Home Office | ---------------------- |Treasury | ---------------------- |DOE | ---------------------- |Northern Ireland CS | ---------------------- |NIO | ---------------------- |Scottish Office | ---------------------- |CAA | ---------------------- |Energy | ---------------------- |Customs and Excise | ---------------------- |ODA | ---------------------- |Transport | ---------------------- |Cabinet Office | ---------------------- |Department of Health| ---------------------- ------- |Total| ------- ------------------------- |ECGD | ------------------------- |DTI | ------------------------- |NIO | ------------------------- |MOD | ------------------------- |MPO | ------------------------- |Office of Fair Trading | ------------------------- |Law Officers Department| ------------------------- |Cabinet Office | ------------------------- |ODA | ------------------------- |Home Office | ------------------------- |Treasury | ------------------------- |Total | ------------------------- -------------------------- |DTI | -------------------------- |MAFF | -------------------------- |MOD | -------------------------- |Employment | -------------------------- |Home Office | -------------------------- |Treasury | -------------------------- |DOE | -------------------------- |Northern Ireland Civil || -------------------------- |Service | -------------------------- |NIO | -------------------------- |Scottish Office | -------------------------- |Civil Aviation Authority| -------------------------- |Energy | -------------------------- |Customs and Excise | -------------------------- |ODA | -------------------------- |Department of Transport | -------------------------- |Cabinet Office | -------------------------- | | -------------------------- ------------------------- |ECGD | ------------------------- |DTI | ------------------------- |NIO | ------------------------- |MOD | ------------------------- |MPO | ------------------------- |Office of Fair Trading | ------------------------- |Law Officers Department| ------------------------- |Cabinet Office | ------------------------- |ODA | ------------------------- |Home Office | ------------------------- | | ------------------------- ------------- |DTI | ------------- |MAFF | ------------- |MOD | ------------- |Employment | ------------- |Home Office| ------------- -------------------------------- |Treasury | -------------------------------- |DOE | -------------------------------- |Northern Ireland Civil Service| -------------------------------- |NIO | -------------------------------- |Scottish Office | -------------------------------- |Civil Aviation Authority | -------------------------------- |Energy | -------------------------------- |Customs and Excise | -------------------------------- |ODA | -------------------------------- |Department of Transport | -------------------------------- | | -------------------------------- ------------------------- |DTI | ------------------------- |NIO | ------------------------- |MOD | ------------------------- |Energy | ------------------------- |MPO | ------------------------- |Office of Fair Trading | ------------------------- |Law Officers Department| ------------------------- |Home Office | ------------------------- |Cabinet Office | ------------------------- |ODA | ------------------------- |Treasury | ------------------------- | | ------------------------- -------------------------- |DTI | -------------------------- |MAFF | -------------------------- |MOD | -------------------------- |Employment | -------------------------- |Home Office | -------------------------- |Treasury | -------------------------- |DOE | -------------------------- |Northern Ireland Civil || -------------------------- |Service | -------------------------- |NIO | -------------------------- |Scottish Office | -------------------------- |Civil Aviation Authoroty| -------------------------- |Energy | -------------------------- |Customs and Excise | -------------------------- |ODA | -------------------------- |Department of Transport.| -------------------------- | | -------------------------- Table VI Diplomatic Service:Interchange with the private sector: Secondments into the Diplomatic Service Organisation Starting during 1990 BarclaysBritish GasBank of EnglandBritish TelecomBNF Starting during 1989 Nil Starting during 1988 JaguarBPPeat MarwickBNFBDH Chemicals Ltd. Starting during 1987 Bank of EnglandShellBarclays Starting during 1986 Bank of EnglandBPDe La RueDeloitte, Haskins and SellsPeat Marwick Table VII Interchange with the private sector: Secondments from the Diplomatic Service Organisation Starting during 1990 Price WaterhouseBarclaysHongkong BankStarting during 1989Northern Engineering IndustriesLondon Chamber of CommerceDe La RueHambrosBirmingham Chamber of CommerceBritish AerospaceThorn EMIBritish GasLondon Chamber of Commerce Starting during 1988 Smiths IndustriesThorn LightingBBCShorts, Vosper Thornycroft, GKN Starting during 1987 Rank XeroxICI Starting during 1986 British AerospaceBarclays