Written question asked by Jacqui Lait (Conservative) on Monday, 2 November 1998, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 9 November 1998. It was answered by Nick Raynsford (Labour) on Monday, 9 November 1998 on behalf of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, to what extent the Leasehold Valuation Tribunals Service is understaffed; and how many staff have (a) left the Leasehold Valuation Tribunals Service, (b) been redeployed and (c) been made redundant in the last year. - Includes figures.

Answer: Mrs. Lait: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions to what extent the Leasehold Valuation Tribunals Service is understaffed; and how many staff have (a) left the Leasehold Valuation Tribunals Service, (b) been redeployed and (c) been made redundant in the last year. [58443] Mr. Raynsford: The provision of Leasehold Valuation Tribunals is one of the functions of Rent Assessment Panels. The workload of a number of Panels has reduced over the last 12 months and adjustments have been made to staffing numbers as a result. The current staffing levels are considered sufficient to carry out the administration of the tribunals but we are keeping the position under review. The administrative staff are civil servants from my Department and, of the 21 staff who have left the Panels over the last 12 months, 7 have transferred to other posts in the Department, 3 have resigned, 10 have taken early retirement and 1 member of staff was dismissed. No staff have been made redundant and 17 new staff have been recruited to the Panel in the same 12 month period.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 58443; 319 c13-4W
Session: 1997-98
Subjects: Civil servants Location Staff Redundancy Leasehold Valuation Tribunal
Contains statistics: Yes