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76777

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2014
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Secondment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff of his Department have been seconded to (a) other Ministries of Foreign Affairs and (b) international organisations in each year since 2010; and to which (i) other Ministries of Foreign Affairs and (ii) international organisations such staff have been seconded.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
	uin	204741
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) staff can be seconded to a Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) or international organisations on agreement between the Directorate, Post and the MFA or international organisations. These secondments are a valuable tool for the FCO to meet objectives, increase ties with partner governments or international organisations and develop staff skills and experience.</p><p>There is no centrally held record of each of these secondments since 2010 and to answer this question would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 17/07/2014 11:10:07 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

76783

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2014
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Secondment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many secondees from which other Ministries of Foreign Affairs his Department has received in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
	uin	204742
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>Foreign Service Officers from other Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MFA) are seconded to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) on agreement between the Directorate, Post and MFA. These secondments are a valuable tool for the FCO to meet objectives and increase ties with partner governments.</p><p>There is no centrally held record of each of these secondments since 2010 and to answer this question would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 17/07/2014 11:12:41 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

228304

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Secondment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff in his Department have been seconded to which other Government departments, for what time periods and at what cost to his Department in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
	tabling member printed	Nick Smith
	uin	228207
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The number of staff seconded to other government departments from 2012-2015 are as follows:</p><p>2012 - 37<br>2013 - 80<br>2014 - 94<br>2015 - 103</p><p>We do not hold accurate data for the number of secondments in 2010 and 2011 so have been unable to provide these figures.</p><p>The number of staff seconded to each Government department is detailed below. However, we are not able to disclose where there were fewer than 5 staff members seconded to a department as this could potentially identify them. We also do not have an accurate breakdown by department for 2012.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 23/03/2015 16:19:40 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

228551

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2015
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Secondment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff from his Department have been seconded to external organisations in each year since 2010; to which external organisations and for how long such staff were seconded; and what the cost to his Department was of such secondments.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	228356
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The numbers of staff seconded to other external organisations from 2010-2015 are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td>2010</td><td>27</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>23</td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>26</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td>15</td></tr></tbody></table><p>We cannot mention the names of the companies as this would breach commercial and personal confidentiality.</p><p>Without identifying individuals it is not possible to indicate how long each member of staff was seconded. However, in the majority of cases it was 1-3 years.</p><p>There is no cost to the department when an individual is seconded to an external organisation: either salary costs are reimbursed, or, with the Civil Service secondment scheme, the secondee is replaced by a member of staff from the external organisation.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 24/03/2015 17:30:18 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy