§ Mr. SwinneyTo ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if she will list the Next Steps agencies currently in operation, indicating the number of civil servants employed in each. [95280]
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§ Mr. Ian McCartneyThe Next Steps Agencies currently in operation and the number of civil servants employed in each is set out in the following table:
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Total civil servants working in agencies and on Next Steps lines (including Northern Ireland and Forest Enterprise) Agency Staff1 Armed Forces Personnel Administration Agency 2275 Army Base Repair Organisation 22550 Army Personnel Centre 21,200 Army Technical Support Agency 21,045 Army Training and Recruiting Agency 223,650 Business Development Service 3225 Cadw: Welsh Historic Monuments 170 CCTA 190 Central Office of Information 4345 Central Science Laboratory 545 Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science 420 Civil Service College 220 Companies House 4845 Compensation Agency 3125 Construction Service 3550 Court Service 8,605 Debt Management Office 25 Defence Analytical Services Agency 110 Defence Aviation Repair Agency8 25,125 Defence Bills Agency 2650 Defence Clothing and Textiles Agency 2535 Defence Communications Agency 2900 Defence Dental Agency 2850 Defence Estates Agency 21,165 Defence Evaluation and Research Agency 2,411,020 Defence Housing Executive8 980 Defence Intelligence and Security Centre 2495 Defence Medical Training Organisation 2435 Defence Postal and Courier Services Agency 2550 Defence Procurement Agency8 25,380 Defence Secondary Care Agency 22,335 Defence Storage and Distributions Agency8 2,53,330 Defence Transport and Movements Agency8 2,320 Defence Vetting Agency 2345 Disposal Sales Agency 2,565 Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency 4,120 Driver and Vehicle Licensing (Northern Ireland) 3255 Driver and Vehicle Testing Agency 3295 Driving Standards Agency 41,630 Duke of York's Royal Military School 2100 Employment Service 29,310 Employment Tribunals Service 560 Environment and Heritage Service 3330 Farming and Rural Conservation Agency 525 Fire Service College 4185 Fisheries Research Services 250 Forensic Science Service 1,445 Forensic Science Service of Northern Ireland 3115 Forest Enterprise 62,310 Forest Service 395 Forest Research 6270 Government Car and Despatch Agency 230 Government Purchasing Agency 390 Health Estates 3125 Highways Agency 1,535 Historic Scotland 645 HM Land Registry 47,750 HM Prison Service 40,275 Industrial Research and Technology Unit 3140 Insolvency Service 1,315 Intervention Board 1,170 Joint Air Reconnaissance Intelligence Centre 2445 Land Registers of Northern Ireland 3195 Logistic Information Systems Agency 2235 Maritime and Coastguard Agency 940 Meat Hygiene Service 1,335 Medical Devices Agency 135 Medical Supplies Agency 275 Medicines Control Agency 4440 Meteorological Office 42,030 Military Survey 21,055 Ministry of Defence Police 23,545 National Savings 4,060 National Weights and Measures Laboratory 55 Naval Bases and Supply Agency 210,030
Total civil servants working in agencies and on Next Steps lines (including Northern Ireland and Forest Enterprise) Agency Staff1 Naval Manning Agency 2275 Naval Recruiting and Training Agency 24,350 NHS Estates 230 NHS Pensions Agency 440 Northern Ireland Child Support Agency 31,010 Northern Ireland Prison Service 33,140 Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency 3215 Office for National Statistics 2,925 Ordnance Survey 1,850 Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland 3175 Patent Office 4820 Pay and Personnel Agency 2730 Pesticides Safety Directorate 195 Planning Inspectorate 625 Planning Service 3390 Property Advisers to the Civil Estate 185 Public Record Office 430 Public Record Office of Northern Ireland 360 Public Trust Office 535 Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre 455 Queen Victoria School 270 Radiocommunications Agency 495 RAF Logistics Support Services 2955 RAF Personnel Management Agency 2490 RAF Signals Engineering Establishment 21,045 RAF Training Group Defence Agency 25,895 Rate Collection Agency 3245 Registers of Scotland 41,100 Rivers Agency 3415 Roads Service 32,010 Royal Mint 4965 Royal Parks Agency 235 Scottish Agricultural Science Agency 115 Scottish Court Service 815 Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency 275 Scottish Office Pensions Agency 150 Scottish Prison Service 4,805 Scottish Record Office 110 Service Children's Education 2,5720 Ships Support Agency 2,795 Social Security Agency (Northern Ireland) 34,955 Social Security Benefits Agency 67,080 Social Security Child Support Agency 7,380 Social Security Information Technology Services Agency 1,930 Social Security War Pensions Agency 855 Student Awards Agency for Scotland 130 The Buying Agency 4135 Training and Employment Agency (Northern Ireland) 31,330 Treasury Solicitor's Department 380 UK Hydrographic Office 22,4750 United Kingdom Passport Agency 1,205 Valuation and Lands Agency 3215 Valuation Office 3,945 Vehicle Certification Agency 90 Vehicle Inspectorate 41,550 Veterinary Laboratories Agency 1,015 Veterinary Medicines Directorate 105 Water Service 32,110 Wilton Park 40 Crown Prosecution 75,370 HM Customs and Excise 722,960 Inland Revenue 757,501 Serious Fraud Office 7150 1. January figures for civil servants on the basis of full-time equivalents. Casuals are excluded.
2. Figures include military personnel.
3. Northern Ireland Civil Service.
4. Trading Fund.
5. Figures include full-time equivalent locally employed civilians.
6. Forest Enterprise and Forest Research are staffed by Forestry Commission civil servants.
7. Departments operating on Next Steps lines. Staffing figure for the Inland Revenue excludes the Valuation Office which is a free standing Agency.
8. Agency launched on 1 April 1998.