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Written question asked by Oliver Heald (Conservative) on Thursday, 7 June 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 11 June 2007. It was answered by Anne McGuire (Labour) on Wednesday, 20 June 2007 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Departments: Manpower

Question
(2) how many staff funded by the public purse in the (a) Appeals Service and (b) Child Support Agency are classified as people without posts;
Answer

Currently there are 13 members of staff who, for exceptional reasons, are recorded by the Department’s systems as being paid but not undertaking either permanent or temporary work. This figure represents 0.01 per cent. of the total staff in the Department.The Department’s surplus management procedures operate to ensure that wherever possible staff who become surplus are provided with temporary work until they are redeployed or leave the Department including under management approved release schemes.The distribution of these staff is shown in the following table.

Business area Number of staff
Child Support Agency 3
Disability and Carers Service ¹—
Jobcentre Plus ¹—
The Pension Service 9
Departmental corporate units 1
Departmental total 13
¹ None.

The Appeals Service transferred to the Department for Constitutional Affairs on 1 April 2006.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
142193; 461 c1864-5W;461 c1865W
Session
2006-07
Subjects
Department for Work and Pensions Child Support Agency Staff Appeals Service
Link
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