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House of Commons Commission

Answer

Mr. Forth: To ask the hon. Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission how many staff were employed on the latest date for which figures are available in (a) the Department of the Clerk of the House, (b) the Department of the Serjeant at Arms, (c) the Department of the Library, (d) the Department of Finance and Administration, (e) the Department of the Official Report, (f) the Refreshment Department, (g) Office of the Speaker and (h) other offices. [198198] Sir Archy Kirkwood: The number of staff employed by departments of the House of Commons is as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Department Number Department of the Clerk of the House 311 Department of the Serjeant at Arms 407 Department of the Library 219 Department of Finance and Administration 147 Department of Official Report 105 Refreshment Department 305 Office of the Speaker 6 Other offices 16 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. These figures are based on average full-time equivalent staff numbers

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

198198; 426 c1698-9W;426 c1702-3W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

House of Commons Staff Speaker Department of the Serjeant at Arms Department of the Official Report Refreshment Department Department of Finance and Administration

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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