HC Deb 13 July 1999 vol 335 cc171-2W
Mrs. Ewing

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the(a) location, (b) purpose, (c) number of staff accommodated and their wage costs and (d) running costs of the buildings owned, rented or occupied by his Department and its agencies in Scotland. [90857]

Mr. Andrew Smith

Of the Department and its agencies, only the Employment Service employ staff and have buildings located in Scotland.

A complete list of all Employment Service offices in Scotland has been placed in the Library. They are all primarily Jobcentres but some of them also accommodate District Management Teams, Disability Service Teams and Sector Adjudication Teams.

As at 1 April 1999, there were 3,911 members of staff in post in the Employment Service in Scotland, which equates to approximating to 3,667 Staff Unit Year equivalents. The total salary costs in the 1998–99 financial year were £58.034 million and all other Running Costs totalled £22.538 million.