How many staff it has had on secondment from other organisations since May 1999; from which organisations these staff were seconded; at who…

The total number of staff on secondment to the Scottish Executive from other organisations during the period stated is 119. The organisations are as follows:Aberdeenshire CouncilAngus Council Argyll & Bute CouncilAudit ScotlandBorders Primary Care TrustBritish CouncilBrodies SolicitorsCardonald CollegeCentral Council for Education and Training in Social Work City of Edinburgh CouncilCommon Services AgencyCoSLADumfries and Galloway CouncilDundee City CouncilEast Ayrshire CouncilEast of Scotland Water AuthorityEast Renfrewshire CouncilEdinburgh College of ArtFalklands Islands GovernmentFife Careers LtdFife CouncilFife Health BoardGlasgow City CouncilGlasgow College of Nautical StudiesHighland CouncilHouse of CommonsIslay & Jura Council for Voluntary ServiceLanarkshire Careers ServiceLanarkshire Primary Care Lothian and Borders PoliceLothian HealthMental Welfare CommissionNational Health ServiceNorth Lanarkshire CouncilPaisley Partnership Regeneration CompanyPerth and Kinross CouncilPerth Royal InfirmaryProject Management InternationalRenfrewshire CouncilRobert Gordon UniversityScottish National Blood Transfusion ServiceScottish Council for Voluntary OrganisationsScottish EnterpriseScottish Enterprise BordersScottish Enterprise GlasgowScottish Federation of Housing AssociationsScottish HomesScottish Library & Information CouncilScottish Natural HeritageScottish PowerShepherd & Wedderburn SolicitorsSouth Ayrshire CouncilSouth Lanarkshire CouncilStagecoachStevenson CollegeStirling CouncilStrathclyde Euro PartnershipStrathclyde Fire BoardStrathclyde UniversitySummerhill Education CentreThe TASC AgencyUniversity of AberdeenUniversity of DundeeUniversity of GlasgowUniversity of SheffieldUniversity of StirlingVolunteer Development ScotlandWest Lothian CouncilYorkhill Hospital NHS TrustInward secondees normally continue to be paid by the employing organisation with the costs reimbursed, either fully or partially, by the Scottish Executive. Of these 119 inward secondments, 113 were fully reimbursed, one was partially reimbursed and five were seconded at no cost to the Scottish Executive. Recruitment to the civil service is governed by the Civil Service Commissioners' Recruitment Code. This stipulates a range of measures to ensure that all recruitment to the civil service is through fair and open competition. Conversion of an inward secondment to a permanent appointment is permitted only in exceptional circumstances and approval must be sought from the Commissioners in all cases. None of the inward secondments listed has been converted to a permanent appointment.