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Written question asked by Mark Hoban (Conservative) on Wednesday, 9 January 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 14 January 2008. It was answered by Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour) on Thursday, 20 March 2008 on behalf of the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

Media Monitoring Unit: Manpower and Costs

Question
(2) how many (a) civil servants, (b) special advisers and (c) other staff worked in the Media Monitoring Unit in each of the last five years.
Answer

The costs and staffing levels of the Media Monitoring Unit (MMU) are shown in the following table:

Cost (£) Permanent staff (FTE) Other staff (FTE)
2002-03 715,925 n/a 5
2003-04 1,068,714 12 5
2004-05 1,065,382 13 5
2005-06 1,108,216 13 5
2006-07 1,277,441 14 5

No special advisers are employed by the MMU. However, a No. 10 special adviser did work for some of the time alongside the MMU until 2006-07.Staffing levels and costs reflect the fact that the MMU is operational for 24 hours a day.Staff numbers for 2002-03 are not available, because there was no analysis of staff numbers by management unit at that time.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
473 c1306W;473 c1302W; 178949
Session
2007-08
Subjects
Staff Media Monitoring Unit
Link
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