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Written question asked by Grant Shapps (Conservative) on Tuesday, 5 January 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 7 January 2010. It was answered by Liam Byrne (Labour) on Monday, 18 January 2010 on behalf of the Treasury.

Strategy and Delivery Units

Question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many full-time equivalent officials were employed in the Prime Minister's (a) Strategy Unit and (b) Delivery Unit in each year since 2007; what the cost of employing these staff was in each of those years; and how many staff were employed in each unit at the latest date for which figures are available.
Answer

The total number of full-time equivalent staff employed at year end (31 December) was:

Strategy Unit Delivery Unit
2007 46.09 33.64
2008 44.63 34.67
2009 38.50 37.11

The cost of employing these staff in each of these years was:

£
Strategy Unit Delivery Unit
2007-2008 3,108.000 2,744,011
2008-2009 3,043.000 2,177,317
2009-2010 2,682,457 2,172,796

Costs of employing staff include salaries, bonuses, overtime and other allowances, as well as other social security and other pension costs.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
504 c197W; 309850
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Strategy Unit Delivery Unit
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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