§ Mr. Campbell-SavoursTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many accountants in the Treasury received pay increases in excess of 29 per cent. in the pay settlement years 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1990, taken individually.
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardThere are no instances of accountants in the Treasury receiving increases in excess of 29 per cent. in respect of any of the pay settlement years 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1990.
Agency name Parent department Date of establishment Staff numbers1 Building Research Establishment Environment 2 April 1990 680 Central Office of Information —2 5 April 1990 740 Central Veterinary Laboratory Agriculture 2 April 1990 560 Civil Service College Office of the Minister for the Civil Service 6 June 1989 200 Companies House Trade and Industry 3 October 1988 1,100 Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency Transport 2 April 1990 5,300 Driving Standards Agency Transport 2 April 1990 2,100 Employment Service Employment 2 April 1990 33,800 Historic Royal Palaces Environment 1 October 1989 330 Her Majesty's Stationery Office —2 14 Decmber 1988 3,200 Hydrographic Office3 Defence 6 April 1990 890 Information Technology Services Agency Social Security 2 April 1990 2,900 Insolvency Service Trade and Industry 21 March 1990 1,400 Intervention Board —2 2 April 1990 860 Laboratory of the Government Chemist Trade and Industry 30 October 1989 320 Land Registry —2 2 July 1990 10,800 Meteorological Office Defence 2 April 1990 2,250 National Engineering Laboratory Trade and Industry 5 October 1990 520 National Physical Laboratory Trade and Industry 3 July 1990 830 National Weights and Measures Laboratory Trade and Industry 18 April 1989 50 Natural Resources Institute Overseas Development Administration 2 April 1990 330 Occupational Health Service Office of the Minister for the Civil Service 2 April 1990 100 Ordnance Survey —2 1 May 1990 2,550 Patent Office Trade and Industry 1 March 1990 1,150 Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre Environment 6 July 1989 60 Radiocommunications Agency Trade and Industry 2 April 1990 460 Registers of Scotland —2 6 April 1990 1,000 Resettlement Agency Social Security 24 May 1989 530 Royal Mint Chancellor 2 April 1990 970 Training and Employment Agency Northern Ireland 2 April 1990 1,700 Vehicle Certification Agency Transport 2 April 1990 70 Vehicle Inspectorate Transport 1 August 1988 1,600 Veterinary Medicines Directorate Agriculture 2 April 1990 70 Warren Spring Laboratory Trade and Industry 20 April 1989 300 34 in number 79,720 1 Figures based on staff in post as at 1 April 1990. 2 Indicates an Agency which is an independent Government Department. 3 Defence Support Agency. Figure does not include service personnel.
§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Minister for the Civil Service if he will list in theOfficial Report all those units of central government that are under consideration for agency