HC Deb 19 October 1992 vol 212 cc40-1W
Mr. Steen

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list all the next steps agencies and indicate the date on which they began operating, the number of staff each employs and the personnel costs each agency is incurring or is estimated to incur on an annual basis.

Mr. Robert Jackson

The information requested in respect of launch dates and staff numbers is as follows. Personnel costs for each agency are not held centrally: further details may be obtained from individual agency annual reports or direct from the appropriate chief executive.

Agency Launch date Staff1
NHS Estates 1 April 1991 120
Occupational Health Service 2 April 1991 100
Ordnance Survey 1 May 1990 2,380
Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland4 1 April 1992 210
Patent Office2 1 March 1990 1,080
Planning Inspectorate 1 April 1992 630
Public Record Office 1 April 1992 440
Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre 6 July 1989 60
Queen Victoria School 1 April 92 60
Radiocommunications Agency 2 April 1990 520
RAF Maintenance3 2 April 1991 13,300
Rate Collection Agency4 1 April 1992 270
Recruitment and Assessment Services Agency 2 April 1991 240
Registers of Scotland 6 April 1990 1,280
Royal Mint2 2 April 1990 1,020
Scottish Agricultural Science Agency 1 April 1992 140
Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency 12 April 1991 210
Service Children's Schools (North West Europe)3 24 April 1991 2,300
Social Security Agency4 1 April 1992 5,350
Social Security Benefits Agency 2 April 1991 63,100
Social Security Contributions Agency 2 April 1991 8,000
Social Security Information Technology Services Agency 2 April 1990 4,000
Social Security Resettlement Agency 24 May 1989 520
Teachers' Pensions Agency 1 April 1992 300
The Buying Agency2 31 October 1991 110
Training and Employment Agency4 2 April 1990 1,670
Transport Research Laboratory 2 April 1992 580
United Kingdom Passport Agency 2 April 1992 1,250
Valuation Office 30 September 1991 5,200
Vehicle Certification Agency 2 April 1990 80
Vehicle Inspectorate2 1 August 1988 1,820
Veterinary Medicines Directorate 2 April 1990 80
Warren Spring Laboratory 20 April 1989 310
Wilton Park Conference Centre 1 September 1991 30
75 in number 211,890
Customs and Excise5 (30 Executive Units) 1 April 1991 26,800
Inland Revenue5 (34 Executive Offices) 1 April 1992 62,100
Total6 300,790
TOTAL CIVIL SERVANTS7 291,050
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 8,440 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.