§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many staff are currently employed at each location of the Highways Agency; and what are the projected site costs for the current year of each location(a) in total and (b) as a figure per whole time equivalent staff.
§ Mr. KeyThe Highways Agency will not be in existence until April 1994; the following figures relate to the highways safety and traffic command of the Department of Transport. These figures therefore cover both staff who will become part of the agency and others who will remain in the central part of the Department.
The current staff numbers and pay budgets are:
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Staff numbers £million Construction Programme Division Operating Units South Eastern, Dorking 157 Eastern, Bedford 123.5 North Western, Manchester 84 West Midlands, Birmingham 105 Yorkshire and Humberside, Leeds 91.6 South Western, Bristol 66 East Midlands, Nottingham 30.1 Motorway Widening Unit, Coventry 143.5 Staff numbers are recorded as either full time or percentages of full time; the pay budgets are, therefore, based on whole-time equivalent staff, and are set to cover expected requirements for the year as a whole.
Staff numbers £million — Total staff numbers 800.7 Total pay budget 18.255 Network Management and Maintenance Operating Units South Eastern, Dorking 97 Eastern, Bedford 125 North Western, Manchester 94.5 West Midlands, Birmingham 107.5 Yorks and Humberside, Leeds 86 South Western, Bristol 108 East Midlands, Nottingham 112 Northern, Newcastle 57 Total staff numbers 787 Total pay budget 16.588 London Regional Office 251 Total pay budget 6.756 Traffic Area Offices 449.5 Total pay budget 6.943 Headquarters Directorates 872.3 Total pay budget 23.492