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Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Answer

Annabelle Ewing: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister 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) each region in England, (iii) Wales, (iv) Northern Ireland and (v) overseas, broken down by (A) whole-time equivalent jobs and (B) the percentage per individual department, body or organisation. [127310] Yvette Cooper: In response to parts (a) and (c), I refer the hon. Member to Table D of the annual publication "Civil Service Statistics", which covers permanent staff numbers (FTE basis) for each Government Department and their respective executive agencies. Table D shows civil servants by regional distribution. Copies of the publication are available in the Libraries of the Houses. The last edition, based on April 2001 data, was published in June 2002. The next edition, based on April 2002 data, was published on 24 July 2003. Alternatively, this information is available at the following address on the Cabinet Office Statistics website: http://www.civil-service.gov.uk/statistics/css.htm. In response to part (b) Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's Executive NDPBs. Audit Commission for local authorities and the NHS in England and Wales _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Government Office region Whole-time equivalents Percentage London 593 23.3 South East 270 10.6 South West 378 14.9 West Midlands 189 7.4 East Midlands 145 5.7 Eastern 144 5.7 North East 105 4.1 North West 279 11 Yorkshire and Humber 249 9.8 Wales 192 7.5 Total 2,544 -- _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Castle Vale Housing Action Trust 79 posts all in West Midlands Region English Partnerships _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number Percentage London 86 19.6 South East 146 33.3 North East 78 17.8 North West 112 25.5 West Midlands 17 3.9 Total 439 -- _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Housing Corporation _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number Percentage East Midlands 58.26 10.2 London 324.95 57.1 Yorkshire and Humberside 41.16 7.2 North West 61.10 10.7 South West 42.74 7.5 West Midlands 40.74 7.2 Total 568.9 -- _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Liverpool Housing Action Trust 79 posts all based in North-West Region Standards Board for England 96 posts based in London (96 per cent.), 4 people based in Yorkshire and Humberside--4 per cent. Stonebridge Housing Action Trust 74 posts all based in London Region Tower Hamlets Housing Action Trust 12 posts all based in London Region In response to part (d) independent statutory bodies, organisations and bodies financially sponsored by Office of the Deputy Prime Minister Residential Property Tribunal Service 83 whole time equivalents (a regional breakdown is problematic as the Rent Assessment Panel areas do not correspond with the Government Office regions) Valuation Tribunals _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number Percentage East 18 12 East Midlands 11 7 London 25 17 North East 10 7 North West 21 14 South East 17 12 South West 16.5 11 West Midlands 17 11 Yorkshire and Humberside 13 9 Total 148.5 -- _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Parliamentary Boundary Commission for England 15 posts, all full-time and all based in London Parliamentary Boundary Commission for Wales 3.6 whole-time equivalent posts and all based in Wales Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's other financially sponsored bodies _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number Percentage Groundwork East of England 23 1.2 East Midlands 257 13.5 London 128 6.7 North East 101 5.3 North West 535 28.1 South East 99 5.2 South West 55 2.9 West Midlands 318 16.7 Yorkshire and the Humber 253 13.3 (i) Wales 98 5.7 (ii) Northern Ireland 22 1.1 Total 1,899 99.7 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: The figures are for headcount not whole-time equivalent jobs LEASE (The Leasehold Advisory Service) 12 whole time equivalent posts all based in London

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

127310; 410 c961-3W;410 c959-61W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Executive agencies Civil servants Greater London Government departments Northern Ireland Location Staff Non-departmental public bodies Scotland Wales Office of the Deputy Prime Minister Overseas workers

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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