§ Lord Addingtonasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many civil servants, broken down by grade, worked on (a) the Licensing Bill 2003; (b) the Communications Bill 2003; (c) the Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Bill 2004; and (d) the Gambling Bill; before each was introduced to Parliament. [HL1318]
§ Lord McIntosh of HaringeyThe table shows the staff breakdown by grade for each Bill.1
Licensing Communications2 Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Gambling SCS 3 4 3 2 Grade A 4 21 4 7 Grade B 2 15 2 7 Grade C 8 3 2 3 Grade D 2 2 3 1Staff would have worked on these Bills for differing amounts of time over the whole period. The figures are not broken down into the proportion of time each member of staff worked on a Bill, but represent the total number of staff working, in some part, on the Bill over the period. All staff would be undertaking other work in parallel. Legal staff are included in these figures, excluding parliamentary counsel. It must be noted that other staff within these and other departments, notably within private offices. parliamentary branches and press offices, would also have made some contribution to the process but these are not included in the figures. 2The Communications Bill was developed jointly between DCMS and DTI. DTI figures have been included.
§ Lord Addingtonasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many civil servants, broken down by grade, worked on (a) the Licensing Bill 2003; (b) the Communications Bill 2003; (c) the Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Bill 2004; and (d) the Gambling Bill; during the period that each was considered in Parliament. [HL1319]
§ Lord McIntosh of HaringeyThe table shows the staff breakdown by grade for each Bill.1
Licensing Communications2 Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Gambling SCS 3 5 2 2 Grade A 6 25 5 7 Grade B 2 18 2 5 Grade C 8 3 2 3 Grade D 2 1 2 3 Trainees 2 1 Staff would have worked on these Bills for differing amounts of time over the whole period. The figures are not broken down into the proportion of time each member of staff worked on a Bill, but represent the total number of staff working, in some part, on the Bill over the period. All staff would be undertaking other work in parallel. Legal staff are included in these figures, excluding parliamentary counsel. It must be noted that other staff within 190WA these and other departments, notably within private offices, parliamentary branches and press, offices, would also have made some contribution to the process but these are not included in the figures.
2 The Communications Bill was developed jointly between DCMS and DTI. DTI figures have been included.
§ Lord Addingtonasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many civil servants, broken down by grade, worked on- (a) the Licensing Act 2003; (b) the Communications Act 2003; and (c) the Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Act 2004; since Royal Assent. [HL1320]
§ Lord McIntosh of HaringeyThe table shows the staff breakdown by grade for each Act.1
Licensing Communications2 Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery3 SCS 4 4 2 Grade A 7 21 4 Grade B 3 15 2 Grade C 8 3 2 Grade D 4 1 Trainees 4 1 Staff would have worked on these Acts for differing amounts of time over the whole period. The figures are not broken down into the proportion of time each member of staff worked on an Act, but represent the total number of staff working, in some part, on the Act over the period. All staff would be undertaking other work in parallel. Legal staff are included in these figures. It must be noted that other staff within these and other departments, notably within private offices, parliamentary branches and press offices, would also have made some contribution to the process but these are not included in the figures. 2 The Communications Act was developed jointly between DCMS and DTI. DTI figures have been included. 3 Includes staff needed in the implementation of the Act including the sale of the Tote and abolition of the Horserace Betting Levy.