§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Lord President of the Council, what was the total number of civil servants employed by(a) his Department, (b) the agencies under his Department's responsibility and (c) public and other bodies under his Department's responsibility, for each year since 1992, divided in (1) full-time equivalents, (2) overtime, (3) casuals and (4) other; and whether he will also provide for each year his estimates of (A) civil service job reductions due to privatisations, (B) civil service job reductions due to contracting out, (C) civil service job reductions resulting from other transfer of responsibilities, (D) the total of all other staff undertaking work for the Department or its agencies without being categorised as civil servants, including external 82W consultants, researchers, agency secretarial staff and staff substitution and (E) total manpower expenditures, in 1994 prices.
§ Mr. NewtonThe annual publication "Civil Service Statistics" gives details of the number of civil servants employed by the Privy Council Office, including full-time equivalent staff and casuals, from 1993 onwards, and of staff leaving the civil service. I am not responsible for any agencies.
Details of the running costs and the staff pay bill for my department can be found in the relevant annual report—Cm 2820, page 102.
Copies of these publications are available in the Members' Library.
The remaining information sought could be provided only at disproportionate cost.