§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what was the total number of civil servants employed(a) his Department, (b) the agencies under his Department's responsibility and (c) public and other bodies under his Department's responsibility, for each year since 1979, divided into (1) full-time equivalents, (2) overtime, (3) casuals and (4) other; and whether he will also provide for each year his estimates of (A) civil service job reductions due to privatisations, (B) civil service job reductions due to contracting out, (C) civil service job reductions resulting from other transfer of responsibilities, (D) the total of all other staff undertaking work for the Department or its agencies without being categorised as civil servants, including external consultants, researchers, agencies secretarial staff and substitution and (E) total manpower expenditures, in 1994 prices. [15098]
§ Mr. NorrisThe civil service covers the permanent staff of central Government Departments and next steps agencies. The staff of other bodies are outside the civil service.
The annual publication "Civil Service Statistics" gives details of the number of civil servants employed by my Department and its agencies, including full time equivalent staff and casuals, from 1993 onwards, and of staff leaving the civil service.
"Public Bodies", published annually since 1982, contains the staffing information for those bodies not covered by "Civil Service Statistics".
Details of running costs and civil service pay bill for my Department can be found in table 6 of my Department's annual report (CM 2806). Table 7 gives details of overtime from 1989–90 onwards.
Copies of all of these publications are available in the Members's Library.
The remaining information sought could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
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Expenditure plans tables Table 6 Running Costs 1989–90 to 1997–98 £ million 1989–90 outturn 1990–91 outturn 1991–92 outturn 1992–93 outturn 1993–946 outturn 1994–95 estimated outturn 1995–96 plans 1996–97 plans 1997–98 plans Department of Transport Gross running costs1 Civil Service Pay bill 185 206 201 215 201 211 — — — Other 156 174 183 222 239 228 — — — Total 341 381 384 437 440 439 429 377 377 Related receipts -68 -70 -44 -53 -70 -39 -40 -23 -23 Net expenditure 247 311 340 384 370 399 389 354 354 Running Costs by control area: Gross control area: Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency 126 143 152 177 172 174 171 170 170 Highways Agency 37 50 54 71 81 85 88 72 72 Central Transport Group 117 125 141 150 154 160 155 131 131 Total gross controlled areas 281 317 347 399 407 419 414 374 374 Net control area: Vehicle Certification Agency Gross expenditure 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 Net expenditure — — — — — — — — — DVOIT3 Gross expenditure 13 14 15 16 12 — — — — Net expenditure 13 14 15 1 -2 — — — — Transport Research Laboratory4 Gross expenditure 17 18 19 19 19 17 13 — — Net expenditure — — — — — — — — — Vehicle Inspectorate5 Gross expenditure 29 30 — — — — — — — Net expenditure 2 1 — — — — — — — Office of Passenger Rail Franchising Gross running costs — — — — — — — — — Civil Service Pay bill — — — — — 2 — — — Other — — — — — 1 — — — Total — — — — 1 4 5 4 4 Related receipts — — — — — — — — — Net expenditure 1 4 5 4 4 — — — — Office of the Rail Regulator Gross running costs — — — — — — — — — Civil Service Pay bill — 3 — — — — — — — Other 1 3 — — — — — — — Total 1 6 8 7 7 — — — — Related receipts — — — — — — — — — Net expenditure 1 6 8 7 7 — — — — 1The gross figures are net of any VAT refunds on contracted out services. 2This covers the pay costs, including employers earnings related national insurance contributions, of civil servants in running costs, as given in Table 7 on Department staffing. 3DVOIT was privatised on 17 December 1993. 4It is planned to privatise TRL during 1995–96. 5The Vehicle Inspectorate became a training fund on 1 April 1991. It previously operated under net running costs control. 6Outturn figures for 1993–94 have been amended since the publication of the Statistical Supplement to the Financial Statement and Budget Report 1995–96, Cm2821. 152W
Table 7: staff numbers 1989–90 outturn 1990–91 outturn 1991–92 outturn 1992–93 outturn 1993–94 outturn 1994–95 estimated outturn 1995–96 plans 1996–97 plans 1997–98 plans Department of Transport (Gross Control Area) Civil Service full time Equivalents 11,447 11,906 11,253 9,896 9,795 9,389 8,859 8,737 8,766 Overtime 177 171 183 162 103 148 130 142 125 Casuals 206 183 208 319 323 331 267 267 267 Total 11,830 12,260 11,644 10,377 10,221 9,874 9,256 9,146 9,158 Vehicle Certification Agency (Net Control Area) Civil Service full time Equivalents 72 82 78 72 73 75 74 71 71 Overtime 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Casuals 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Total 72 82 78 73 73 76 74 71 71 Transport Research Laboratory (Net Control Area) Civil Service full time Equivalents 4— 4— 4— 659 590 417 — — — Overtime 4— 4— 4— 0 12 6 — 5— — Casuals 4— 4— 4— 7 5 0 — — — Total 4— 4— 4— 666 607 423 — — — DVOIT Civil Service full time Equivalents 4— 4— 4— 468 227 — — — — Overtime 4— 4— 4— 10 0 — — — — Casuals 4— 4— 4— 0 3 — — — — Total 4— 4— 4— 478 230 — — — — Driving Standards Agency2 Civil Service full time Equivalents 2,037 2,105 2,192 1,898 1,805 1,793 1,813 1,786 1,754 Vehicle Inspectorate3 Civil Service full time Equivalents 1,620 1,691 1,817 1,781 1,634 1,589 1,510 1,420 1,420 Total department of transport 15,559 16,138 15,731 15,273 14,570 13,755 12,653 12,423 12,403 Office of Passenger Rail Franchising6 Civil Service full time Equivalents 0 0 0 0 26 53 54 55 55 Overtime 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Casuals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 0 0 0 0 26 53 54 55 55 Office of the Rail Regulator6 Civil Service full time Equivalents 0 0 0 0 30 45 72 85 85 Overtime 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Casuals 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 0 0 0 0 3 45 72 85 85 1DVOIT was privatised on 17 December 1993. 2 The Driving Standards Agency is non-statutory on-Vote trading body whose current expenses are not classified as public expenditure. 3The Vehicle Inspectorate became a trading on 1 April 1991. 4Figures for the Transport Research Laboratory and DVOIT are included within the Department of Transport (Gross Control Area) for the years 1989–90 to 1991–92. 5The Transport Research Laboratory is expected to be privatised early in 1995–96. 6 OPRAF and ORR were set up after Royal Assent to the Railway Act 1993 on 5 November 1993.