§ Mr. HainTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many(a) permanent and (b) non-permanent staff there have been in (i) his Department and (ii) executive agencies of his Department in each year since 1992. [9626]
§ Mr. StreeterThe tables give details of the information requested for staff employed in the Lord Chancellor's Department headquarters and associated offices, and in the executive agencies for which the Lord Chancellor is accountable to Parliament.
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Permanent Non-permanent LCD Headquarters and Associated Offices1 1992 1,088 5 1993 1,162 22 1994 1,207 39 1995 867 33 1996 864 81 Public Trust Office 1992 585 0 1993 564 0 1994 548 1 1995 555 1 1996 557 13 Court Service2 1992 11,033 n/a 1993 10,911 n/a 1994 10,639 n/a 1995 10,612 n/a 1996 10,077 645 Public Record Office3 1992 456 3.5 1993 460 31 1994 486 32 1995 452 27 1996 470 27 Land Registry 1992 9,850 15 1993 9,503 13 1994 9,145 1 1995 8,816 2 1996 8,539 1
Permanent Non-permanent Northern Ireland Court Service 1992 660.5 1 1993 675.5 1 1994 681 26 1995 656 28 1996 643 27.5 1 All the figures given for non-permanent staff in LCD Headquarters and the Associated Offices include staff on renewable and unrenewable fixed term contracts. No central record of casual staff in this area was kept prior to 1996. 2No central record of the number of non-permanent staff for the Court Service was kept prior to 1996. 3Permanent figures for the Public Record Office include a small proportion—not exceeding 8 per cent.—of fixed-term jobs. Separate figures are not kept and the information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.