§ Mr. SteenTo 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 JacksonThe 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.
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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.