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Written question asked by Annabelle Ewing (Scottish National Party), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 24 September 2002. It was answered by Ian McCartney (Labour) on Tuesday, 24 September 2002 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.


Dept for Work and Pensions

Question
(Pursuant to reply on 24.07.2002 at 389 c1589-90W) To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobs under the remit of his Department in (a) the core department, (b) non-departmental public bodies, (c) executive agencies and (d) independent statutory bodies, organisations and bodies financially sponsored by his Department and other such organisations, are located in (i) Scotland, (ii) England, excluding Greater London, (iii) Greater London, (iv) Wales, (v) Northern Ireland and (vi) overseas, broken down by (A) whole-time equivalent jobs and (B) the percentage per individual department, body or organisation. - Includes tables.
Answer

Annabelle Ewing: :To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobs under the remit of his Department in (a) the core department, (b) non- departmental public bodies, (c) executive agencies and (d) independent statutory bodies, organisations and bodies financially sponsored by his Department and other such organisations, are located in (i) Scotland, (ii) England, excluding Greater London, (iii) Greater London, (iv) Wales, (v) Northern Ireland and (vi) overseas broken down by (A) whole-time equivalent jobs and (B) the percentage per individual department, body or organisation. [72732] Mr. McCartney :[pursuant to our Written Answer on 24 July 2002, Official Report, vol. 389, col. 1589-90W]: The information is in the table. Number of jobs that come under the remit of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Scotland (excluding Greater London) Posts (A) WTE (B) Per cent. (C) Posts (A) WTE (B) Per cent. (C) Core department 943 889.50 0.59 18,722 17,356.90 11.69 Non-departmental public 936 913.5 0.58 6,293 6,136.85 3.93 bodies Executive agencies 13,947 12,987.22 8.71 88,705 80,627.05 55.41 Independent statutory 0 0 0 239.2 228.58 0.15 bodies Greater London Wales Posts (A) WTE (B) Per cent. (C) Posts (A) WTE (B) Per cent. (C) Core department 2,778 2,644.97 1.74 461 425.6 0.29 Non-departmental public 4,409 4,253.24 2.75 1,308 1,286.82 0.82 bodies Executive agencies 14,520 13,570.08 9.07 6,801 6,292.28 4.25 Independent statutory 29 29 0.02 0 0 0 bodies _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Column (A) is the number of posts Column (B) is the Whole Time Equivalent posts taking into account staff who work part time Column (C) is the per cent. of posts in (A) against the total number of posts in the Department. [Changes made to original answer are in bold] _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Scotland (excluding Greater London) Posts (A) WTE (B) Per cent. (C) Posts (A) WTE (B) Per cent. (C) Core department 943 889.50 0.64 0.59 18,722 17,356.90 12.74 11.69 Non-departmental public 0 936 0 913.5 0.58 56 6,293 56.00 6,136.85 3.93 bodies Executive agencies 13,808 13,947 12,853.22 9.40 8.71 88,028 88,705 79,997.05 59.91 55.41 12,987.22 80,627.05 Independent statutory 139 0 134.00 0 0.1 0 677.0 239.2 630.00 228.58 0.46 0.15 bodies Greater London Wales Posts (A) WTE (B) Per cent. (C) Posts (A) WTE (B) Per cent. (C) Core department 2,778 2,644.97 1.89 1.74 461 425.6 0.32 0.29 Non-departmental public 0 4,409 0 4,253.24 2.75 0 1,308 0 1,286.82 0.82 bodies Executive agencies 14,376 14,520 13,437.28 9.78 9.07 6,674 6,801 6,174.58 4.55 4.25 13,570.08 6,292.28 Independent statutory 144 29 132.8 29 0.11 0.02 127 0 117.70 0 0.1 0 bodies _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Column (A) is the number of posts Column (B) is the Whole Time Equivalent posts taking into account staff who work part time Column (C) is the per cent. of posts in (A) against the total number of posts in the Department.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
72732; 390 c10-2W;390 c450-2W
Session
2001-02
Subjects
Executive agencies Civil servants Department for Work and Pensions Greater London Government departments Northern Ireland Location Staff Non-departmental public bodies Scotland Wales Overseas workers
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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