§ Ms. QuinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give for each standard planning region of England(a) the number of employees of his Department, (b) the amount spent in wages and salaries and (c) the proportion of total expenditure in each region by his Department which is represented by personnel costs.
§ Mr. RidleyThe information is not readily available in the format requested. The latest numbers and approximate salary costs of employees in my Department (including the Property Services Agency) broken down by DOE(C) and PSA administrative regions are as follows:
Number of staff as at 1 June 1988 1988–89 forecast salaries expenditure1 £ million DOE(CO) regions Northern 120 1.7 Yorkshire and Humberside 138 1.9 North West 263 3.6 East Midlands 102 1.4 West Midlands 124 1.7 Eastern 883 12.2 South West 826 11.4 London and South East 4,406 61.0 PSA regions North East 1,670 19.2 North West 1,177 12.8 Midlands 2,437 18.1 East 2,437 22.0 South East 2,584 30.5 South 1,737 20.4 South West 2,573 35.0 London 7,260 109.9 1 For DOE(C) these figures are based on average Departmental Salary costs rather than a grade and geographical analysis. The requested analysis of salaries compared with total Departmental expenditure in each region is not readily available.