Written question asked by Lord Foster of Bath (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 1 February 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 10 April 2002. It was answered by Elliot Morley (Labour) on Wednesday, 10 April 2002 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff were seconded between (a) PWC Consulting and PricewaterhouseCoopers, (b) Ernst & Young, (c) Deloitte & Touche, (d) KPMG and (e) Andersen and his Department in (i) 1999-2000, (ii) 2000-01 and (iii) April 2001 to the latest date for which figures are available.

Answer: Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many staff were seconded between (a) PWC Consulting and PricewaterhouseCoopers, (b) Ernst and Young, (c) Deloitte and Touche, (d) KPMG and (e) Andersen and his Department in (i) 1999-2000, (ii) 2000-01 and (iii) April 2001 to the latest date for which figures are available. [33864] Mr. Morley: One member of staff (formerly of the Department for Environment, Transport and the Regions) was seconded to Andersen in January 2001.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 33864; 383 c269-70W
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Accountancy Companies Civil servants Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Government departments Secondment EY PwC Arthur Andersen KPMG Deloitte and Touche
Contains statistics: Yes
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