§ Mr. ByersTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many staff his Department employs on a regional basis in each standard English region; what is the cost of running these regional operations; what was the total budget for each region in 1994–95; and what are the main purposes for which the budget is used. [263]
§ Mr. BurtThe information is not available in the format requested and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. Such information as is available is in the table:
Region Number of staff employed by the Department including its Executive Agencies as at 1 October 1995 North 16,347 Yorks and Humberside 7,592 North west 20,795 East Midlands 4,069 West Midlands 7,071 East Anglia 1,748 South east 19,147 South west 5,092 The table excludes:
- 1. Staff on loan or secondment and not being paid by the Department.
- 2. Staff on unpaid leave for more than three months or on unpaid maternity leave; and
- 3. Casual staff.