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The inquiry has previously been told that some employees of the big four accounting firms work on secondment to the ATO and Treasury to help provide advice on tax matters.
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Every year, perhaps hundreds of staff from these firms will work on secondments to various Whitehall departments.
You worked on secondment at Leicestershire county council in 2010.
She noted that the tax experts cited in pamphlets entitled Controlled Foreign Company Reform and Patent Box: What's in it For You named KPMG tax experts Robert Edwards and Jonathan Bridges respectively, both of whom had previously worked on secondment at the Treasury, advising on the relevant legislation.
Alexandra Runswick, deputy director of Unlock Democracy, which campaigns for greater government accountability and transparency, said: "We know from our own investigations that there is a particular problem with Decc in terms of its intimate links to industry, with numerous industry staff working on secondment within the department itself and advisers moonlighting as industry lobbyists.
While some of their interventions, such as top-ups for staff working on ART, secondment and training appear to alleviate staff shortages in the short term, and succeed in giving many health sector staff the opportunity to improve their knowledge and skills on HIV/AIDS through short term training, workshops and on-the job training, they appear less successful at staff retention.
Volunteers do stints around the world on secondment to WFP and staff are encouraged to raise money for the programme (they generated €2.5m last year).
British Gas owner Centrica currently has an executive working within Decc on secondment.
Matthew Lugg, director of public services at Mouchel Infrastructure Services, is working part-time on secondment on the highway maintenance efficiency programme at the Department for Transport.
He is working with UNICEF Philippines on secondment until December.
Hill spent the intervening years in public relations for Lexington Communications, before returning on secondment to work on May's leadership campaign.
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