Written question asked by Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 6 March 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 11 March 2002. It was answered by Patricia Hewitt (Labour) on Monday, 11 March 2002 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.

Dept of Trade and Industry

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many civil servants in his Ministry have used the services of Cendent or its subsidiaries (a) to relocate in London and (b) to be housed in London since May 1997; what the name was of the company employed in each case; and what were the dates on each occasion.

Answer: Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many civil servants in her Ministry have used the services of Cendant or its subsidiaries (a) to relocate in London and (b) to be housed in London since May 1997; what the name was of the company employed in each case; and what were the dates on each occasion. [42366] Ms Hewitt: From April 2000 to March 2002 11 DTI civil servants have used the services of Cendant Relocation Services to relocate to and to be housed in London or within a reasonable travelling distance of London. The relocations were initiated on: 23 May 2000, 2 June 2000, 17 August 2000, 27 July 2000, 19 January 2001, 30 January 2001, 22 May 2001, 4 September 2001, 19 October 2001, 2 January 2002 and 7 March 2002. Prior to April 2000 DTI did not record data on relocation by location from other data on staff relocations. To provide the information requested from May 1997 to March 2000 would entail disproportionate cost.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 42366; 381 c667W
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Companies Civil servants Department of Trade and Industry Housing Greater London Government departments Location Cendant
Contains statistics: Yes
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