§ Dr. HowellsTo ask the President of the Board of Trade how many staff directly employed by the DTI were providing DTI services to the regions in each year from 1990 to date. [17305]
Mr. John M. TaylorThe table shows the number of permanent staff—full-time equivalents—directly employed in the Department's regional offices between 1990 and 1993. In 1994, my Department's regional offices integrated with those of the Departments of the Environment, of Transport and of Employment, as it then was, and the table shows the number of permanent staff employed by DTI in the integrated Government offices from 1994. DTI staff in the GOs may carry out work for other Departments; similarly, staff in the GOs employed by other Departments may provide DTI services.
293W1 April 1990: 1,0041 April 1991: 1,0131 April 1992: 996.51 April 1993: 980.51 April 1994: 9881 April 1995: 880.51 April 1996: 796.11 January 1997: 704.4Prior to 1 April 1995, part-time staff were counted as 0.5 of a full-time equivalent. Staff working fewer than 10 hours per week were excluded from the count. From 1 April 1995, the full-time equivalent of all part-time staff was based on actual hours worked.