HC Deb 19 September 2002 vol 390 cc214-5W
Annabelle Ewing

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many jobs under the remit of his Department in(a) the core department, (b) non-departmental public bodies, (c) executive agencies and (d) independent statutory bodies, organisations and bodies financially sponsored by his Department and other such organisations, are located in (i) Scotland, (ii) England, excluding Greater London, (iii) Greater London, (iv) Wales, (v) Northern Ireland and (vi) overseas, broken down by (A) whole-time equivalent jobs and (B) the percentage per individual department, body or organisation. [72734]

Mr. Christopher Leslie

I would refer the right hon. Lady to the table below which shows the position within the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister at 1 June 2002:

Office of Deputy Prime Minister Full Time Equivalent Location
North West—Liverpool and Manchester South East—Guildford South West—Bristol, Plymouth and Truro West Midlands—Birmingham Yorkshire and The Humber—Leeds
Executive Agencies2 1,744 which consists of:-
Fire Service College. 180 Gloucestershire
The Planning Inspectorate. 667 Bristol and Cardiff
Queen Elizabeth 2 Conference Centre. 55 London
The Rent Service. 842 Throughout England
Grand Total 5,960
1The core department for the Office for the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) employs approximately 1,856 staff. This figure is composed of staff working on policy areas and includes an estimate of 50 per cent. of the support staff who worked for the former Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions (DTLR). This figure may change when re-structuring is complete and final decisions have been taken on how support staff are to be allocated to the Office for the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) and Department for Transport (DfT). 2The figures for the Executive Agencies are estimates—based on their plans for year 2002–03 and are taken from the DTLR (C) Departmental Annual Report 2002.

I will write to the hon. Member with details for non-departmental public bodies and independent statutory bodies in due course.

It has not been possible to calculate the percentage per individual department, body or organisation as we do not have a breakdown of the total figures by region.