§ Mr. OttawayTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) if he will provide a breakdown of the running costs of the Royal Parks Agency(a) by area of responsibility and (b) by Royal Park in each year since 1993; [60973]
(2) how many people were employed by the Royal Parks Agency to maintain (a) Hyde Park and (b) Regent's Park in each year since 1993; [60892]
(3) how many people employed by the Royal Parks Agency in each year since 1993 were paid (a) £0 to £10,000, (b) £10,000 to £20,000, (c) £20,000 to £30,000, (d) £30,000 to £40,000, (e) £40,000 to £50,000 and (f) £50,000 and above. [60891]
§ Mr. Alan Howarth[holding answer 27 November 1998]: Responsibility for the subject of these questions has been delegated to the Royal Parks Agency under its Chief Executive, Mr. David Welch. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Viviane Robertson to Mr. Richard Ottaway, dated 3 December 1998:
234WIn the absence of the Chief Executive, Mr. David Welch, the Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport has asked me to reply to your parliamentary questions concerning staffing levels and costs in the Royal Parks.
Breakdown of the running costs of the Royal parks Agency by area of responsibility and by Royal Park in each year since 1993 £000 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 Hyde Park 325 363 379 399 313 St. James's Park 136 155 171 255 236 Kensington Gardens 122 111 114 134 110 Regent's Park 282 294 342 313 169 Greenwich Park 197 201 190 157 160 Richmond Park 290 363 322 327 335 Bushy Park 142 122 126 128 117 Royal parks 5,623 5,443 5,420 5,182 5,094 Constabulary Headquarters 1,308 1,510 1,428 1,730 1,500 Note:
These figures represent net running costs ie: less receipts. A further breakdown of Headquarters costs is not available
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport, how many people were employed by the Royal parks Agency to maintain Hyde park and Regent's Park in each year since 1993.
From 1993–94 to 1996–97 the Agency employed 12 non-uniformed staff to maintain Hyde park and 8 staff to maintain Regent's park. Since 1997–98 these numbers have been reduced to 8 and 6 respectively. I regret we are unable to confirm the number of police officers in these two parks, as we do not keep historical records of numbers of police officers on a park by park basis.
To ask the Secretary of State of State for Culture Media and Sport, how many people employed by the Royal Parks Agency in each year since 1993 were paid in (a) £0 to £10,000, (b) 10,000 to £20,000, (c) £20,00 to £30,000, (d) £30,000 to £40,000, (e) £40,00 to £50,000 and (f) £50,000 and above.
Number of Employees in each band by Financial Year Salary band £ 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 30,000–39,999 n/a 7 14 9 21 40,000–49,000 n/a 3 2 2 2 50,000—above n/a 0 1 1 1 We are unable to provide a breakdown of the numbers of staff paid in bands below £30,000.