§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) if he is undertaking a review of the number, status or distribution of locations at which the Driving Standards Agency has a presence;
(2) how many whole-stime equivalents staff were in post in the Driving Standards Agency (a) at 1 April 1993 and (b) currently; if he will give their locations; and how many of these staff are affected by the market testing of booking and finance functions.
Driving Standards Agency—Regional Staff in Post as at 31 December 1993 Grade North East North West West Midlands East Nottinghamshire1 East Cambridgeshire1 Wales West South East Scotland Metropolitan SEO 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 HEO 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1.5 EO 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 5 AO 13.5 6 5 3–5 3 5.4 4 8 5 18 AA 28.5 18 13 10 6.5 11.2 6.25 15.5 11 39.5 Typist 1 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 Support 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 P. Keeper 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Telephonist 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 51 28 21 17 11.5 19.6 12.25 27.5 19 69.5 1 A further 22 staff located in the headquarters office in Nottingham are partially engaged in providing finance services for the driver test booking services in Nottingham and Cambridge.