§ Ms HarmanTo ask the President of the Board of Trade for this year and each of the past five years, how many employees in (i) his Department and (ii) all executive agencies for which his Department is responsible who have been employed on temporary contracts of(a) 51 weeks or (b) less than 51 weeks' duration are re-employed in the same or similar position at a later date.
§ Mr. Ian Taylor[holding answer 15 March 1995]: The information in precisely the form requested by the hon. Member is not readily available. The number of staff currently employed, or who have been employed during the last five years, on temporary contracts and then re-employed in the same or similar position at a later date is 70 for my Department and 279 for the agencies.
§ Ms HarmanTo ask the President of the Board of Trade how many people he expects to employ in (i) his Department and (ii) all executive agencies for which he is responsible on temporary contracts of(a) 51 weeks or (b) less than 51 weeks' duration in the next three years, in each case specifying the number of employees who had previously been employed in a similar position on the same contract.
§ Mr. Ian Taylor[holding answer 15 March 1995]: The information is not available in the form requested. The Department's "Expenditure Plans Report 1995"—Cm 2804—gives details in man years of casual staff planned in my Department and its agencies. Copies are available from the Library of the House.
§ Ms HarmanTo ask the President of the Board of Trade how many employees in (i) his department and (ii) all executive agencies supervised by his Department have been employed on temporary contracts of(a) 51 weeks of (b) less than 51 weeks' duration for this year and each of the past five years, in each case specifying what percentage of the respective total work force these employees constitute.
§ Mr. Ian Taylor[holding answer 15 March 1995]: The information requested by the hon. Member is as follows:
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51 weeks Less than 51 weeks Per cent. Per cent. Department 1989–90 14 0.2 131 2.0 1990–91 19 0.3 120 2.0 1991–92 7 0.1 75 1.2 1992–93 6 0.1 103 1.5 1993–94 10 0.2 83 1.3 1994–95 n/a n/a 140 2.3 Agencies 1989–90 13 0.2 272 4.1 1990–91 15 0.2 347 5.1 1991–92 19 0.3 322 4.7 1992–93 16 0.2 278 4.2 1993–94 29 0.3 334 5.3 1994–95 n/a n/a 566 9.4 n/a Not available.
Exact figures for the current financial year are not available because some staff taken on during the course of the year will not have served a possible full 51-week term.
§ Ms HarmanTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will publish the full terms of employment as specified to employees in his Department and all executive agencies for which he is responsible who are employed on a temporary contract of(a) 51 weeks or (b) less than 51 weeks' duration.
§ Mr. Ian Taylor[holding answer 15 March 1995]: Several types of temporary appointment are perrnissable under the civil service Order in Council. The two types mainly in use in the DTI are the fixed-term appointment and the casual appointment. The full terms of employment offered are in accordance with the guidance issued by the Civil Service Commissioners and are set out in a letter of appointment and associated schedule, and the "Staff Handbook"–"The Guide". The letters of appointment and associated schedules for both types of appointment, together with a copy of "The Guide", have been placed in the Library of the House.
§ Ms HarmanTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what guidance has been issued in respect of the recruitment and appointment of non-permanent employees in(a) his Department and (b) all executive agencies supervised by his Department.
§ Mr. Ian Taylor[holding answer 15 March 1995]: The DTI and its agencies are required to follow recruitment principles set out in the civil service management code and the civil service Order in Council. The DTI guidance on the recruitment of non-permanent employees is based on these principles, and supplementary guidance which is issued from time to time by the Civil Service Commissioners.
§ Ms HarmanTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what positions in (i) his Department and (ii) all executive agencies for which his Department is responsible are filled by employees who are employed on temporary contracts of(a) 51 weeks or (b) less than 51 weeks' duration.
§ Mr. Ian Taylor[holding answer 15 March 1995]: The information in precisely the form requested by the hon. Member is not readily available. Those staff employed on temporary contracts in both the Department and its agencies are mainly used in the junior administrative grades.
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