§ Ms Roseanna CunninghamTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff are employed in Scotland(a) by his Department and (b) by executive agencies responsible to his Department; where these staff are located; and how many staff are employed in (i) England, (ii) London and the South East, (iii) Wales, (iv) Northern Ireland and (v) United Kingdom in total. [90562]
§ Dawn Primarolo[holding answer 13 July 1999]: The statistics for the Chancellor's Departments and Agencies comprise:
- HM Customs and Excise (HMC&E)
- Inland Revenue (IR) including Contributions Agency (CA)
- HM Treasury (HMT)
- Debt Management Office (DMO)
- Valuation Office (VO)
- National Savings (NS)
- Office for National Statistics (ONS)
- Royal Mint (RM)
- Government Actuary's Department (GAD).
The following tables summarise by Department and Agency the latest headcount figures available and include part-time staff and those employed on casual contracts. Changes following the recent merger of the Contributions Agency with Inland Revenue and the outsourcing of National Savings work have been reflected. Local Authority area groupings have been used to summarise the location of staff in Scotland except that figures are not yet available for Contributions Agency staff.
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Staff employed in the Chancellor's Departments and agencies—United Kingdom summary figures Department England London and South East Wales Northern Ireland Scotland United Kingdom HM C and E 21,989 13,501 587 616 1,461 24,653 IR (inc. CA) 50,187 14,410 3,906 1,326 6,235 61,654 HMT 900 900 — — — 900 DMO 29 29 — — — 29 VO 3,849 1,639 218 — 83 4,150 NS 115 107 — — 7 122 ONS 2,395 1,621 895 — — 3,290 RM 16 16 1,068 — — 1,084 GAD 97 97 — — — 97 Totals 79,577 32,320 6,674 1,942 7,786 95,979