HC Deb 17 June 2004 vol 422 cc1048-9W
Mr. Damian Green

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many staff were employed by the Strategic Rail Authority in each year since its creation, broken down by department. [178866]

Mr. McNulty

At its inception, in February 2001, the SRA employed 337 people. Records of staff numbers by Directorate have been kept in their present form since October 2002 and the figures are as follows:

Directorate Headcount at 16 October 2002 Headcount at 31 March 2003 Headcount at 31 March 2004
Communications 30 29 26
Chairman's office 18 29 28
Community Rail Development 0 0 5
Total 342 380 454