Question reference: S1W-23988
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 11 March 2002
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Current status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 25 March 2002
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many employees of external organisations are currently on secondment to it; to which department each such employee is seconded, and how long each secondment will last.
Answer
The current number of employees on secondment to the Scottish Executive from external organisations is 62. The duration of secondments will be part of a forthcoming interchange review. The length of each secondment and the Scottish Executive Department to which they are seconded, are as follows:
| Total Number of Inward Secondees | 62 |
| Number of secondments by host department | |
| Health Department | 26 |
| Enterprise & Lifelong Learning Department | 10 |
| Development Department | 8 |
| Environment & Rural Affairs Department | 8 |
| Education Department | 5 |
| Justice Department | 2 |
| Finance and Central Services | 2 |
| Corporate Services | 1 |
| 0-1 year | 1-2 years | 2-3 years | 3+years |
| 19 | 27 | 13 | 3 |