HL Deb 16 July 1992 vol 539 cc46-7WA
Baroness Jeger

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many staff employed by the Department of the Environment in the Royal Parks before the contracting out of maintenance have ceased to be employed; and how many have been re-employed by the contractors.

Viscount Astor

A total of 316 staff have ceased to be employed by the Department of the Environment in the Royal Parks since the contracting out of maintenance. Of these,154 have been re-employed by the contractors.