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Departmental Staff

Answer

Total Executive NDPB staff numbers as at 31 March 2005, for which my Department is responsible, are recorded in Public Bodies 2005, a coy of which is in the Libraries of the House and which is available online at: http://www/civilservice.gov.uk/the_ thefuture_of_the_civil_service/agencies_and_public_ bodies/publications/pdf/public_bodies/publicbodies 2005.pdf.However, the NDPB data do not detail the regional breakdowns. This information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.The agency chief executives will individually send to the hon. Member details relating to their own organisations.Letter from Ron Marchant, dated 9 January 2006:"I am responding to this parliamentary question, tabled on 6 December 2005, regarding how many staff were employed by non-departmental public bodies and agencies for which he has responsibility in 2004–5 in (a) total and (b) each (i) nation and (ii) region of the UK and (c) London.""Patent Office staffing figures as at 1 March 2005 were:"

	Number
Total	1,023
Each nation
England	19
Wales	1,004
Scotland	0
Northern Ireland	0
Each region	0
In London	19
(50) London

Letter from Martin Wyn Griffith, dated 9 January 2006:"I am responding to this parliamentary question, tabled on 6 December 2005, regarding how many staff were employed by non-departmental public bodies and agencies for which he has responsibility in 2004–5 in (a) total and (b) each (i) nation and (ii) region of the UK and (c) London.""Small Business Service staffing figures as at 31 March 2005 were:"

	Number
Total	355
Each nation
England	355
Wales	0
Scotland	0
Northern Ireland	0
Each region
NE	5
NW	9
YH	118
EM	7
WM	5
E	4
SE	5
SW	5
In London	197

"On 31 March we closed our regional teams and passed responsibility for those activities to the regional development agencies. We retain headquarters offices in Yorkshire and London."Letter from Jeff Llewellyn, dated 9 January 2006:"The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry has asked me to reply on behalf of the National Weights and Measures Laboratory (NWML) to your question regarding how many staff were employed by non-departmental public bodies and agencies for which he has responsibility in 2004–05 in (a) total and (b) each (i) nation and (ii) region of the UK and (c) London.""The National Weights and Measures Laboratory had 47.3 fte staff at 31st March 2005. All were employed at Teddington, Middlesex."Letter from Clare Clancy, dated 9 January 2006:"I am responding to your recently tabled Parliamentary Question to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry on behalf of Companies House, which is an Executive Agency of the DTI.""The number of staff employed in our offices in 2004/5 as a total, and individually is as follows:"

	Total employees (including part-time)	Full-time equivalent posts
Cardiff, Wales	1,244	1,127
Edinburgh, Scotland	38	36
London, England	9	9
Total	1,291	1,172

Letter from Graham Horne, dated 9 January 2006:"The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry has asked me to reply to you directly on behalf of The Insolvency Service in respect of your question (2318/2005) asking how many staff were employed by non-departmental public bodes and agencies in 2004–05 in (a) total and (b) each (i) nation and (ii) region of the UK and (c) London.""As at 31 March 2005 a total of 1,806 staff were employed by The Insolvency Service.""By nation of the UK these staff were distributed as follows:"

	Number
Wales	48
Scotland	33
England	1,725

"The split for Insolvency Service Regions is shown below. These are not the same as government regions but are based on county court jurisdictions."

	Number
North East	179
North West	208
Midlands	403
South West	169
South East	166
Anglia	158
Croydon/Watford	81
London	409

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

35964; 441 c280-2W

Session

2005-06

Subjects

Executive agencies Civil servants Department of Trade and Industry Non-departmental public bodies

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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