HL Deb 02 February 2004 vol 656 c81WA
Lord Moynihan

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Mclntosh of Haringey on 15 December 2003 (WA 111) on the regional offices of Sport England, what are the reasons for (a) the increase in staff costs from 2001–02 to 2002–03; and (b) the differences in staff costs between the different regions. [HL901]

Lord Mclntosh of Haringey

The increase in staff costs at Sport England's regional offices from 2001–02 to 2002–03 is predominantly due to an increase in the number of externally funded posts to deliver the regional Green Spaces programme.

Sport England operates a standard pay policy across the organisation and the differences in costs between the regions are due to different local staffing structures.