§ Mr. Andrew SmithTo ask the Lord Privy Seal how many secretarial and research assistants in the Palace of Westminster are citizens of the United States of America.
§ Mr. WakehamOne hundred and three.
§ Mr. Andrew SmithTo ask the Lord Privy Seal if he will give a breakdown, by party affiliation of employer, of the number, of the full or temporary(a) secretarial pass-holders and (b) research assistant pass-holders in the Palace of Westminster.
§ Mr. WakehamThe numbers of Members' staffs broken down by party affiliation is as follows:
Party Number of Members Number of staff employed Conservative 307 641 Labour 173 417 Liberal 17 63 Social Democrat 5 20 Plaid Cymru 2 4 Scottish Nationalist 1 1 Ulster Unionist 3 3 Democratic Unionist 2 2 I regret it has not been possible to subdivide these figures into secretarial and research assistant passholders without disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. Andrew SmithTo ask the Lord Privy Seal if he will give a breakdown of pass-holders in the Palace of Westminster who are citizens of(a) the United States of America and (b) of other foreign countries, broken down by party affiliation of employer where appropriate.
§ Mr. WakehamThe latest available figures show that 126 Palace of Westminster photo-identity passholders are American nationals and 319 are from other foreign countries. These figures could only be subdivided by party affiliation of employer at disproportionate cost.