§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list all the executive agencies that have been established to date and the number of staff currently employed in each case, in full-time equivalents.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe current list of established agencies including organisations that are operating on next steps lines showing the staff employed in each case is as follows:
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Agency Staff1 Accounts Services Agency 90 ADAS Agency 2,500 Building Research Establishment 700 Cadw (Welsh Historic Monuments) 230 Central Office of Information2 670 Central Science Laboratory 370 Central Statistical Office 1,090 Central Veterinary Laboratory 590 Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment3 600 Civil Service College 230 Companies House2 1,070 Compensation Agency4 150 Defence Research Agency 12,150 Directorate General of Defence Accounts3 2,130 Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency 4,580 Driver and Vehicle Testing Agency4 250 Driving Standards Agency 2,080 Duke of York's Royal Military School 100 DVOIT 590 Employment Service 38,400 Fire Service College2 160 Forensic Science Service 600 Historic Royal Palaces 330 Historic Scotland 630 HMSO2 3,250 Hydrographic Office3 860 Insolvency Service 1,470 Intervention Board 980 Laboratory of the Government Chemist 340 Land Registry 9,800
Agency Staff1 Medicines Control Agency 300 Meteorological Office 2,390 Military Survey3 1,300 National Engineering Laboratory 390 National Physical Laboratory 830 National Weights and Measures Laboratory 50 Natural Resources Institute 440 Naval Aircraft Repair Organisation3 1,510 NHS Estates 120 Occupational Health Service 100 Ordnance Survey 2,380 Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland4 210 Patent Office2 1,080 Planning Inspectorate 630 Public Record Office 440 Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre 60 Queen Victoria School 60 Radiocommunications Agency 520 RAF Maintenance3 13,300 Rate Collection Agency4 270 Recruitment and Assessment Services Agency 240 Registers of Scotland 1,280 Royal Mint2 1,020 Scottish Agricultural Science Agency 140 Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency 210 Service Children's Schools (North West Europe)3 2,300 Social Security Agency4 5,350 Social Security Benefits Agency 63,100 Social Security Contributions Agency 8,000 Social Security Information Technology Services Agency 4,000 Social Security Resettlement Agency 520 Teachers' Pensions Agency 300 The Buying Agency2 110 Training & Employment Agency4 1,670 Transport Research Laboratory 580 United Kingdom Passport Agency 1,250 Valuation Office 5,200 Vehicle Certification Agency 80 Vehicle Inspectorate2 1,820 Veterinary Medicines Directorate 80 Warren Spring Laboratory 310 Wilton Park Conference Centre 30 72 in number 210,960 Customs and Excise5 (30 Executive Units) 26,800 Inland Revenue5 (34 Executive Offices) 62,100 TOTAL:6 299,860 TOTAL CIVIL SERVANTS:7 290,490 1 October 1991 figures for Civil Servants and Armed Forces Personnel. Casuals are excluded. Part time staff are counted as half units. 2 Trading fund. 3 Defence Support Agency. 4 Northern Ireland Civil Service. 5 Departments operating fully on 'Next Steps' lines. Staffing figure for Inland Revenue excludes the Valuation Office which is a free standing agency. 6 Includes 8,070 Armed Forces personnel in Ministry of Defence Agencies, and 1,300 locally engaged staff in Service Children's Schools (North West Europe). 7 Includes 7,900 Civil Servants in agencies of the Northern Ireland Civil Service.
§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list all units of central Government that are currently under consideration for executive agency status, their parent Department, and the number of staff employed in each case, in full-time equivalents.
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§ Mr. WaldegraveThe current list of activities announced by Departments as under consideration for executive agency status, together with their parent Departments and staff employed is as follows:
Candidate name Parent Department Staff1 Army Logistics2 Defence 12,700 Chessington Computer Centre Treasury 440 Child Support Agency3 4 Northern Ireland See note Common Services Division2 Defence 1,700 Defence Animal Centre2 Defence 150 Defence Operational Analysis Centre2 Defence 180 Defence Postal Courier Service2 Defence 600 Defence Analytical Services Agency2 Defence 150 Directorate Information Technology Bureau Services2 Defence 120 Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency3 Northern Ireland 250 Equipment Test and Evaluation2 Defence 2,220 Fuel Suppliers Branch Environment 20 Her Majesty's Prison Service Home Office 34,900 Human Factors Research2 Defence 390 Meat Hygiene Service5 Agriculture See note Ministry of Defence Police2 Defence 4,550 Naval Training2 Defence 5,040 National Health Service Superannuation Branch Health 630 Office of Population Censuses and Surveys6 See note 2,150 Pesticide Safety Directorate Agriculture 150 Property Division Treasury Solicitor 120 Property Holdings Portfolio Management Environment 460 Royal Air Force Training2 Defence 11,200 Royal Parks National Heritage 580 Scottish Office Superannuation Scottish Office 160 Scottish Prison Service Scottish Office 4,100 Social Security Child Support Agency7 Social Security See note Valuation and Lands Office3 Northern Ireland 350 Youth Treatment Service Health 220 29 in number TOTAL8 83,530 TOTAL CIVIL SERVANTS9 67,200 1 October 1991 figures for civil servants and armed forces personnel. Casuals are excluded. Part-time staff are counted as half units. 2 May be launched as a Defence Support Agency. 3 Northern Ireland Civil Service. 4 Estimated to require 550 staff by April 1993. Of these 120 will come from the Northern Ireland Social Security Agency. 5 Estimated to require 1,800 staff, drawn from a variety of sources. 6 Independent Government Department. Responsible Minister: Secretary of State for Health. 7 From early 1993 the agency is estimated to require 4,500 staff, 1,500 of which will come from the Social Security Benefits Agency. 8 Includes 16,330 armed forces personnel in Ministry of Defence candidates. 9 Includes 600 civil servants in candidates of the Northern Ireland Civil Service. Many other areas are under internal consideration for executive agency status.
§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what central guidance has been provided to departments and agencies on the subject of market testing and contracting out; and if he will place a copy of the guidance on the Library.
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§ Mr. WaldegraveIn addition to the White Paper "Competing for Quality: Buying Better Public Services" Cm 1730, central guidance is contained in the public competition and purchasing unit's note No. 34. I will arrange for a copy to be placed in the Library.
Name Department first entered Grade on entry Current Department Sir Robin Butler Her Majesty's Treasury Assistant Principal Cabinet Office Sir Terry Burns Her Majesty's Treasury Chief Economic Adviser Her Majesty's Treasury Sir Derek Andrews Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Assistant Principal Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Sir Anthony Battishill Inland Revenue Assistant Principal Inland Revenue Mr. Patrick Brown Department of the Environment Principal Department of Transport Sir John Caines Ministry of Supply Assistant Principal Department for Education Mr. John Chilcot Home Office Assistant Principal Northern Ireland Office Sir Geoffrey Chipperfield Ministry of Housing and Local Government Assistant Principal Property Services Agency Sir Christopher France Her Majesty's Treasury Assistant Principal Ministry of Defence Mrs. Barbara Mills Serious Fraud Office Grade 2 Crown Prosecution Service Mr. Peter Graham Her Majesty's Treasury Assistant Parliamentary Counsel Parliamentary Counsel Office Sir Peter Gregson Board of Trade Assistant Principal Department of Trade and Industry Mr. Graham Hart Ministry of Health and Social Security Assistant Principal Department of Health Sir Russell Hillhouse Scottish Education Department Assistant Principal The Scottish Office Sir Geoffrey Holland Ministry of Labour Assistant Principal Department of Employment Mr. Thomas Legg Lord Chancellor's Department Legal Assistant Lord Chancellor's Department Sir Richard Lloyd-Jones Admiralty Assistant Principal Welsh Office Sir Malcolm McIntosh Ministry of Defence Grade 1 Ministry of Defence Sir James Nursaw Home Office Legal Assistant Treasury Solicitor's Department Sir Michael Partridge Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance Assistant Principal Department of Social Security Sir Brian Unwin Commonwealth Relations Office Assistant Principal Her Majesty's Customs and Excise Sir Clive Whitmore War Office Assistant Principal Home Office Mr. Richard Wilson Board of Trade Assistant Principal Department of the Environment