Health and Safety Executive (Hansard, 17 December 2002)

§ Andrew Bennett
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many Band 6 administrative staff have resigned from the North West Division office in Manchester since its relocation in January 2001. [84774]

§ Mr. Nicholas Brown
The North West (Manchester) office relocated on 8 January 2001. There have been 17 Band 6 resignations (nine female and eight male) between 8 January 2001 and 30 November 2002.

§ Andrew Bennett
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what expenditure was made in 2001–02 on casual staff supplied by Reed Employment in the North West Division of the Health and Safety Executive. [84783]

§ Mr. Nicholas Brown
Expenditure in 2001–02 on casual staff supplied by Reed Executive plc to NW Division was £56,337.

§ Andrew Bennett
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which division of the HSE is the largest employer of casual staff in the FO Division. [85059]

§ Mr. Nicholas Brown
HSE does not directly employ casual staff. Temporary vacancies in the administrative, typing and mail/messenger disciplines are filled by the use of employment agency staff under an HSE contract with Reed Executive.
The East and South East division is currently the largest user of this service within the Field Operations Directorate of the HSE.