Rural Payments Agency (Hansard, 2 March 2004)

HC Deb 02 March 2004 vol 418 c782W 782W

§ Mr. Steen
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many(a) full and (b) part-time staff have been employed in the Rural Payments Agency in each of the last five years. [156046]

§ Alun Michael
The figures for the number of full and part-time staff employed by the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) are set out in the following table.
The RPA was inaugurated with effect from 16 October 2001.

From Full-time Part-time¹

16 October 2001 2,946.00 196.50

31 March 2002 3,003.00 241.69

31 March 2003 3,020.00 258.46

31 March 2004² 3.336.00 291.70

¹ Full-time equivalent.

² Forecast figure as at 31 March 2004.

From	Full-time	Part-time¹
16 October 2001	2,946.00	196.50
31 March 2002	3,003.00	241.69
31 March 2003	3,020.00	258.46
31 March 2004²	3.336.00	291.70
¹ Full-time equivalent.
² Forecast figure as at 31 March 2004.