§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how much his Department spent in recruiting staff to his Department and its executive agencies during the 1994–95 and 1995–96 financial years; and how many staff were recruited in each of these years. [31393]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordIn 1994–95 and 1995–96 the number of permanent staff recruited to the central Department and executive agencies, and the cost of that recruitment was as follows:
Year Numbers recruited Cost £000 Central Department 1994–95 37 216 1995–96 17 51 Executive agencies1 1994–95 82 168 1995–96 129 173 HSE 1994–95 83 266 1995–96 154 145 1 Excluding the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).