HC Deb 07 November 1989 vol 159 cc528-9W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list by month and by social security office for the current year the number of short fixed-term temporary staff employed in Doncaster and Wath-on-Dearne social security offices, the reasons, and their qualifications.

Mrs. Gillian Shephard

No fixed-term temporary staff have been employed at either Wath-on-Dearne or Doncaster (East) in the current year. The figures for Doncaster (West) are as follows:

Number
1 January 3
1 February 7
1 March 7
1 April 7
1 May 4
1 June 4
1 July 3
1 August 3
1 September 2
1 October 9
1 November 12

The recruits were offered fixed-term contracts rather than permanent positions in view of the need to reduce staffing levels in 1990 when major computerisation is introduced. Temporary staff on fixed-term contracts are required to have similar qualifications to those employed on a permanent basis.