Written question asked by Paul Marsden (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 12 December 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 18 December 2002. It was answered by Barbara Roche (Labour) on Wednesday, 18 December 2002 on behalf of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Question: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list (a) the number of staff in and (b) the cost of the (i) Rough Sleepers Unit and (ii) Homelessness Directorate in each year since each was established. - Table given.

Answer: Mr. Paul Marsden: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list (a) the number of staff in and (b) the cost of the (i) Rough Sleepers Unit and (ii) Homelessness Directorate in each year since each was established. [87434] Mrs. Roche: The information is in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Number of staff Administration budget cost (£ million) 1999-2000 19 0.73 2000-01 36 1.34 2001-021 30 1.3 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Homelessness Directorate which incorporated the Rough Sleepers Unit was announced by Lord Falconer on 3 December 2001 and came into being on 1 April 2002.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 87434; 396 c873-4W;396 c871W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Costs Homelessness Staff Rough Sleepers Unit Homelessness Directorate
Contains statistics: Yes
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