Written question asked by Angus Robertson (Scottish National Party) on Monday, 6 February 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 8 February 2006. It was answered by Jim Fitzpatrick (Labour) on Wednesday, 8 March 2006 on behalf of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

Departmental Staff

Question: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many staff work in the Local Government and Fire Group; how many are based in (i) London and (ii) each region and nation of the UK; how much was spent on their salaries in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by area; and what estimate he has made of the administration costs associated with the group.

Answer: As at 31 December 2005 the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister had 550,72 staff on full-time equivalent (FTE) basis working in the Local Government and Fire Group, of which 463.97 (FTE) staff were based in London and 86.75 (FTE) staff elsewhere.The total salary costs for the 2004–05 financial year was £23.762 million and total administration costs was £29.825 million.The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister does not monitor regional or central London administration costs separately.The figures above refer to England only.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 50030; 443 c1488-9W;443 c1488-9W
Session: 2005-06
Subjects: Greater London Government departments Pay Public bodies Location Staff Office of the Deputy Prime Minister Local Government and Fire Group
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk