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Legal Services Ombudsman
Helen Jones: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if Ms Ann Chant has completed her review of the Office of the Legal Services Ombudsman; and when it is intended to publish her report. [117207]
Mr. Lock: Ms Chant has completed her Review of the Office of the Legal Services Ombudsman. The Department has today published her Report and copies have been placed in the Libraries of both Houses.
CABINET OFFICE
Advertising Budgets
Mr. Baker: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what is her Department's advertising budget for (a) 1999-2000 and (b) 2000-01. [110257]
Mr. Stringer: The advertising budgets for the Cabinet Office for the 1999-2000 and 2000-01 are as follows:
| Year | £000 |
|---|---|
| 1999-2000 | 8,998 |
| 2000-01 | 69.5 |
These figures include the advertising undertaken by executive agencies in publicising their services provided to other parts of government. The Central Office of Information undertakes advertising on behalf of other parts of government, and this expenditure is excluded from Cabinet Office figures. Of the 1999-2000 total, £8,918,000 is associated with the Millennium Bug Information Programmes.
Civil Service (Secondment)
Dr. Tony Wright: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people from the private sector are on secondment to the Civil Service; and in which Departments they are employed. [116357]
Mr. Stringer:
The Modernising Government White Paper and Sir Richard Wilson's recent report to the Prime Minister on Civil Service reform made it clear that this
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Government are keen to promote the exchange of people and good practice between the Civil Service and other organisations. Such opportunities can take many forms, ranging from temporary secondments, to short term attachments, to job sharing and joint training.
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In the year ended 31 March 1999 there were 362 secondments and attachments from business and industry to the Civil Service. A breakdown of this figure by Department is attached. Figures from 1 April 1999 to 31 March 2000 are due to be provided by Departments.
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| Industry and Commerce--secondments | Industry and Commerce--attachments | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inward only Department/agency | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total |
| Cabinet Office | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charity Commission | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| COI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CPS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Crown Office | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DCMS | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DETR | 14 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| DfEE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| DfID | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DoH | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DSS | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | 0 |
| DTI | 160 | 23 | 183 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Employment Service | 16 | 11 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FCO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Government. Actuary's Department | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Government. Office for the Regions | 16 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GCHQ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Health and Safety Executive | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| HM C and E | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| HM Land Registry | -- | -- | 0 | -- | -- | 0 |
| HM Treasury | 16 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Home Office | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Inland Revenue | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Intervention Board | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LCD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Legal Sec. to Law Officers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MAFF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MOD | 23 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| National Savings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NILO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Northern Ireland Office | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Northern Ireland Court Service | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Offer | -- | -- | 0 | -- | -- | 0 |
| Ofgas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oflot | -- | -- | 0 | -- | -- | 0 |
| Ofsted | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oft | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oftel | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ofwat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ohmcis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Opraf | -- | -- | 0 | -- | -- | 0 |
| Ordnance Survey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ORR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Privy Council Office | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Public Record Office | -- | -- | 0 | -- | -- | 0 |
| Registers of Scotland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Royal Mint | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottish Office | 7 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Serious Fraud Office | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Treasury Solicitors Department | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| War Pensions Agency | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Welsh Office | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 270 | 75 | 345 | 11 | 6 | 17 |
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Car Pool
Mr. Cox: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many motor vehicles in the Government car pool are available for use by Ministers. [116334]
Mr. Ian McCartney:
Responsibility for this matter has been delegated under the terms of the Framework Document to the Government Car and Despatch Agency. I have asked its Chief Executive, Mr. Nick Matheson, to write to my hon. Friend.
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Letter from Nick Matheson to Mr. Tom Cox, dated March 2000:
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The Minister of State, Cabinet Office has asked me in my capacity as the Chief Executive responsible for the Government Car Service to reply to your Parliamentary Question about the number of cars available to ministers.
The Government Car Service (GCS) provided 85 vehicles allocated permanently to Ministers' Private Offices. In addition, GCS has a fleet of 28 "pool" cars which Ministers may use if their usual car and driver is unavailable.
Ministers are not obliged to use GCS and Departments are free to choose other providers of these services.