HC Deb 14 May 1991 vol 191 cc98-9W
Mr. Colvin

To ask the Minister for the Civil Service if he will clarify the numbers included in the table of staff employed in existing executive agencies which appeared in theOfficial Report, 30 April 1991, columns 112–13.

Mr. Renton

I apologise for the fact that, owing to an administrative error, the final '0' was omitted from the numbers given in this table. The correct figures are included in the following table.

Next Steps—Executive Agencies established as of April 1991
Number
Building Research Establishment 690
Cadw (Welsh Historic Monuments) 220
Central Office of Information1 730
Central Veterinary Laboratory 580
Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment2 580
Civil Service College 210
Companies House 1,150
Defence Research Agency 11,700
Directorate General of Defence Accounts2 2,100
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency 5,450
Driving Standards Agency 2,050
Employment Service 35,600
Forensic Science Service 580
Number
Historic Royal Palaces 300
Historic Scotland 580
HMSO1 3,300
Hydrographic Office2 880
Information Technology Services Agency 3,350
Insolvency Service 1,450
Intervention Board 910
Laboratory of the Government Chemist 320
Land Registry 10,400
Meteorological Office 2,250
Military Survey2 850
National Engineering Laboratory 430
National Physical Laboratory 820
National Weights and Measures Laboratory 50
Natural Resources Institute 390
NHS Estates 120
Occupational Health Service 100
Ordnance Survey 2,500
Patent Office 1,150
Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre 70
Radiocommunications Agency 500
RAF Maintenance2 5,700
Rate Collection Agency (Northern Ireland) 280
Recruitment and Assessment Services Agency 320
Registers of Scotland 1,100
Resettlement Agency 510
Royal Mint1 1,050
Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency 230
Service Children's Schools (North West Europe) 2 2,300
Social Security Benefits Agency 68,000
Social Security Contributions Agency 6,600
Training and Employment Agency (Northern Ireland) 1,700
UK Passport Agency 1,200
Vehicle Certification Agency 70
Vehicle Inspectorate1 1,650
Veterinary Medicines Directorate 70
Warren Spring Laboratory 320
50 in number 183,460
Customs and Excise3 (30 Executive Units) 26,800
210,260
1 Trading funds.
2 Defence Support Agency. Figure does not include service personnel.
3 Moving towards full operation on next steps lines following publication of framework documents.

Staffing figures are based on staff in post 1 October 1990