HC Deb 18 December 1996 vol 287 cc605-7W
Mr. Donohoe

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list for his Department(a) how many people in total are employed, (b) how many of the total number of staff are (i) male and (ii) female and (c) how many (I) men and (II) women are employed on a (1) full-time and (2) part-time basis. [9492]

Sir Paul Beresford

The figures for the Department of the Environment and its executive agencies are given in the table:

Male Female Total
Department of the Environment
Full-time 2,098 1,414 3,512
Part-time 30 280 310
Total 2,128 1,694 3,822
The Planning Inspectorate
Full-time 429 211 640
Part-time 10 30 40
Total 439 241 680
Building Research Establishment
Full-time 435 182 617
Part-time 5 68 73
Total 440 250 690
Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre
Full-time 28 27 55
Part-time 0 0 0
Total 28 27 55
Health and Safety Executive
Full-time 2,429 1,599 4,028
Part-time 21 397 418
Total 2,450 1,996 4,446

The figures are taken from the Department of the Environment's Staff On-Line Information System (SOLIS) and the Health and Safety Executive's Personnel information database (PRIMA). Other figures were supplied by the relevant executive agencies. The figures show the actual numbers of staff-in-post for December 1996 except for Health and Safety Executive—these figures are for 1 April 1996.

Mr. Hain

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many(a) permanent and (b) non-permanent staff there have been in (i) his Department and (ii) executive agencies of his Department in each year since 1992. [9624]

Sir Paul Beresford

I refer the hon. Member to the reply I sent on 3 December 1996 in response to his previous named day question for Monday 25 November.

The figures supplied in the annexe to that reply provide the following sub-totals:

1 April 1992 1 April 1993 1 April 1994 1 April 1995 1 April 1996
Department of the Environment
Permanent 4,244 4,599 4,236 3,973 3,632
Non-Permanent 237 223 293 300 268
Building Research Establishment
Permanent 654 638 646 670 622
Non-Permanent 34 37 31 68 107
The Planning Inspectorate
Permanent 613 608 622 612 596
Non-Permanent 13 6 11 7 37

1 April 1992 1 April 1993 1 April 1994 1 April 1995 1 April 1996
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Pollution
Permanent 285 347 398 403 343
Non-Permanent 20 19 30 25 32
Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre
Permanent 61 55 60 49 143
Non-Permanent 6 6 10 11 12

The figures are taken from the Department of the Environment's Staff On-Line Information System (SOLIS), and show the actual numbers of staff-in-post employed as at 1 April 1992–1996.

1This is a correction to the figures previously supplied.

Health and Safety Executive
1 April 1992 1 April 1993 1 April 1994 1 April 1995 1 April 1996
Permanent 4,218 4,441 4,418 4,233 4,006
Non permanent 104 97 127 158 145

The figures for the Health and Safety Executive were taken from their Personnel information database (PRIMA). These figures are for Full Time Equivalent Staff in Post.