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 Corporate Strategy and Resources 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: The Corporate Strategy and Resources Group brings together strategy and the resources to deliver it. The group includes a strategy and performance unit, provides analytical services to the rest of the Department and delivers key corporate junctions including finance, HR, workplace services, IT, procurement, business systems, corporate change and information management.As at 31 December 2005 the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister had 652.8 staff on full-time equivalent (FTE) basis working in the Corporate Strategy and Resources Group, of these 494.99 (FTE) staff were based in London and 157.81 (FTE) staff elsewhere.The total salary costs for the 2004–05 financial year was £23.624 million and total administration costs was £26.626 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: 443 c1489W;443 c1489W; 50031
Session: 2005-06
Subjects: Greater London Government departments Pay Public bodies Location Staff Office of the Deputy Prime Minister Corporate Strategy and Resources Group
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk