Sir David Lidington corrected the Commons record on Departmental Secondment
Sir David Lidington made the correction and printed in Hansard's Written Corrections on 13 October 2010. The figure 110 in the original became 108 in the correction, lower by 2. Altogether 16 words differ between the two versions.
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many civil servants from each Government Department are on secondment to EU institutions. Letter of correction from Mr Lidington: Errors have since been identified with the figures in my written answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Richmond Park (Zac Goldsmith) on 27 July 2010. The full answer given was as follows:
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| There are approximately The largest groups are from the following Departments: Department for International Development: Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Department for Transport: Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs: six Her Majesty's Treasury: six Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: six. The correct answer should have been: | There are approximately 108 British civil servants on secondment to the EU institutions. The largest groups are from the following Departments: Department for International Development: 17 Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: nine Department for Transport: nine Foreign and Commonwealth Office: seven Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs: six Her Majesty's Treasury: six Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: six. |
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| Date read | 15 October 2026 |
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