§ Mr. WillettsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many people are employed by his Department who are aged between 16 and 21 years, broken down by year, and of those how many are paid(a) less than £3.60 and (b) between £3.60 and £4.00 an hour. [44304]
§ Dr. HowellsThe number of people employed by the Department are as follows:
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Age Total employed 16 1 17 3 18 6 19 13 20 9 21 29 Following implementation of the DfEE 1998 pay offer, effective from 1 April 1998, nobody employed by the Department will be paid less than £4.00 an hour.
§ Mr. WillettsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many people are currently employed in(a) his Department, (b) advisory bodies and (c) executive agencies responsible to his Department; and what the comparable figures were on 1 May 1997 or the nearest available date. [44303]
§ Dr. HowellsInformation on the number of people employed in the DfEE and the Employment Service can be found in Annexe F of the Department's Annual Report (Cm 3910). A copy of this Report is available in the Library. There are no staff employed in advisory bodies.