§ Mr. McMasterTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish a table showing(a) the total number of temporary posts relating to the census, (b) the 62W number of these posts filled by transfer or secondment from each Government Department, (c) the number of these posts filled by transfer or secondment from Government-funded agencies, (d) the number of posts filled by people who are registered as disabled and (e) the number of posts filled by temporary transfer of health board employees.
§ Mr. DorrellExcluding the temporary data collection staff, the total number of temporary posts created in OPCS to handle work in connection with the 1991 census for England and Wales is 2,292.
The numbers of posts expected to be filled by temporary transfers from Government Departments or executive agencies are:
Number National Savings Bank 31 The Scottish Office 20 Department of Social Security 20 Ministry of Defence 11 UK Passport Agency 6 Employment Service 4 Customs and Excise 2 Home Office 2 Central Office of Information 1 Charity Commission 1 Department of Education and Science 1 99 Not yet confirmed 24 Total 123 A total of 286 posts have been filled by the internal transfer of OPCS staff and the remaining 1,883 posts are being filled by direct recruitment.
None of the posts has been filled by transfers from other Government-funded agencies.
I will write to the hon. Member about the number of posts filled by people who are registered as disabled.
None of the posts has been filled by transfers from the health boards.