§ Mr. Frank FieldTo 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. BeithDetails of those staff employed by the House of Commons Commission are as follows:
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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