HC Deb 25 January 2001 vol 361 c709W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many whole-time equivalent jobs there were in the Contributions Agency in each district of Tyne and Wear in each of the last five years. [147007]

Dawn Primarolo

[holding answer 24 January 2001]The number of whole-time equivalent jobs in Contributions Agency, in the unit comprising its Newcastle upon Tyne location (including its outstations), for each of the five years, from 1 April 1994 to 31 March 1999, were as follows:

  • 1 April 1994 to 31 March 1995–5,650
  • 1 April 1995 to 31 March 1996–5,362
  • 1 April 1996 to 31 March 1997–4,465
  • 1 April 1997 to 31 March 1998–4,995
  • 1 April 1998 to 31 March 1999–4,795.

Information on the number of whole-time jobs in the Contributions Agency's Northern Region Field Offices in the Tyne and Wear area is not readily available.