HC Deb 18 January 1994 vol 235 cc518-9W
Mr. Frank Field

To ask the right hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed, representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will publish details of the numbers employed full and part time in the Palace of Westminster; and if he will break this down by main divisions.

Mr. Beith

Details of those staff employed by the House of Commons Commission are as follows:

Department Full-time permanent staff Part-time permanent staff Fixed term appointees Secondments
Speaker's Office 11 1 Nil 1
Clerk's Department 170 17 15 5
Serjeant's Department 311 69 1 3
Finance and Administration Department 105 2 5 1
Library 153 33 Nil 1
Official Report 94 5 13 Nil
Refreshment Department 280 36 2 Nil