HC Deb 18 May 2004 vol 421 c850W
Mrs. Lawrence

To ask the hon. Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission how many employees there were as at 1 January, in each year since 1995 in the House(a) Works Services Directorate, (b) Operations Directorate, (c) Personnel Policy Directorate, (d) Internal Review Services Directorate, (e) Financial Management Directorate, (f) Communications Directorate and (g) Estates Directorate. [174153]

Sir Archy Kirkwood

The information requested is as follows. The information is not available for 1 January; the reference date used is therefore 31 March. For 1 April 2002 and previous years the breakdown requested is not available, but more general information about the numbers of staff in House departments is available in the House of Commons Commission's Annual Reports for those covering years.

Full time equivalents
Directorate Employees at 1 Apri1 2003 Employees at 1 April 2004
Works Services 138 141
Operations (Department of Finance and Administration) 74 75
Personnel Policy 20 20
Internal Review Services 6 7
Financial Management 25 21
Communications 60 69
Estates 22 24