§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will update his answer of 17 June,Official Report, columns 552–53, on the executive agencies that have been established to date, the number of staff at the time of establishment 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, comparing the number of staff employed at the time of launch with latest staffing figures, is as follows:316W
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Agency Staff at launch
Current staff1
Accounts Services Agency 90 90 ADAS Agency 2,000 2,000 Building Research Establishment 680 710 Cadw (Welsh Historic Monuments) 220 230 Central Office of Information2 740 640 Central Science Laboratory 370 370 Central Statistical Office 1,090 1,160 Central Veterinary Laboratory 620 600 Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment3
580 610 Civil Service College 200 230 Companies House2 1,100 1,090 Compensation Agency4 150 150 Defence Analytical Services Agency3 140 130 Defence Operational Analysis Centre3 170 170 Defence Postal and Courier Services3 490 490 Defence Research Agency 12,000 11,250 Directorate General of Defence Accounts3 2,180 2,060 Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency 5,400 4,570 318W
Agency Staff at launch
Current staff1
Driver and Vehicle Testing Agency4 260 260 Driving Standards Agency 2,000 1,980 Duke of York's Royal Military School 100 100 DVOIT 515 515 Employment Service 33,800 46,000 Fire Service College2 270 270 Forensic Science Service 600 600 Historic Royal Palaces 350 340 Historic Scotland 610 630 HMSO2 3,250 3,220 Hydrographic Office3 890 830 Insolvency Service 1,400 1,550 Intervention Board 1,000 970 Laboratory of the Government Chemist 300 330 Land Registry 10,800 9,560 Medicines Control Agency 310 300 Meteorological Office 2,450 2,500 Military Survey3 1,265 1,180 National Engineering Laboratory 430 380 National Physical Laboratory 830 810 National Weights and Measures Laboratory 40 50 Natural Resources Institute 460 460 Naval Aircraft Repair Organisation3 1,630 1,610 NHS Estates 120 130 NHS Pensions 630 630 Occupational Health Service 100 125 Ordnance Survey 2,550 2,340 Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland4 210 210 Patent Office2 1,150 1,035 Planning Inspectorate 605 605 Public Record Office 430 430 Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre 50 60 Queen Victoria School 65 70 Radiocommunications Agency 520 520 RAF Maintenance3 13,800 12,900 Rate Collection Aency4 270 280 Recruitment and Assessment Services 280 230 Registers of Scotland 1,000 1,340 Royal Mint2 970 1,010 Scottish Agricultural Science Agency 140 140 Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency 250 210 Service Children's Schools (NW Europe)36 1,000 1,050 Social Security Agency4 5,500 5,100 Social Security Benefits Agency 65,600 62,760 Social Security Contributions Agency 7,200 8,310 Social Security IT Services Agency 3,600 4,070 Social Security Resettlement Agency 600 460 Teachers' Pension Agency 290 290 The Buying Agency2 110 80 Training and Employment Agency4 1,700 1,670 Transport Research Laboratory 630 630 UK Passport Agency 1,270 1,270 Valuation Office 5,250 5,120 Vehicle Certification Agency 70 70 Vehicle Inspectorate2 1,600 1,820 Veterinary Medicines Directorate 70 80 Warren Spring Laboratory 290 300 Wilton Park Conference Centre 30 30 76 Agencies Executive Units HM Customs and Excise5 26,900 26,400 Inland Revenue 63,780 63,780 1 April 1992 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 figures for Inland Revenue exclude the Valuation Office which is a free-standing agency.
6 Launch figure excludes 1,360 locally engaged staff. Current figure excludes 1,285 locally engaged staff.
7 Launch figure includes 8,430 armed forces personal in Ministry of Defence agencies, current figure includes7,730 armed forces personal in Ministry of Defence agencies.