Written question asked by Andrew MacKay (Conservative) on Monday, 1 November 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 November 2004. It was answered by Nick Raynsford (Labour) on Monday, 15 November 2004 on behalf of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Question: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the (a) staff and (b) consultancy costs were of the (i) Fire Research Department and (ii) HM Fire Service Inspectorate in each quarter since January 2002.

Answer: Mr Mackay: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the (a) staff and (b) consultancy costs were of the (i) Fire Research Department and (ii) HM Fire Service Inspectorate in each quarter since January 2002. [196079] Mr. Raynsford: The costs are shown in the following table. £000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. (a) Staff pay costs (b) Consultancy cost (i) FRD (ii) HMFSI (i) FRD (ii) HMFSI April to June 2003 174 757 5 0 July to September 2003 131 533 39 0 October to December 2003 154 674 135 0 January to March 20041 169 619 273 0 April to June 2004 348 451 62 0 July to September 2004 351 472 86 0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 FRD staff pay costs includes staff from fire statistics section from April 2004. Figures for January 2002 to March 2003 are not available in the form requested. Staff in these divisions were paid partly from the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions and partly from the Home Office payroll. As a result of machinery of Government changes, complete data is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 196079; 426 c1214W;426 c1218W
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Costs Consultants Fire and rescue services Office of the Deputy Prime Minister HM Fire Service Inspectorate
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