HC Deb 13 January 1997 vol 288 cc5-6W
Mr. Hain

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage how many (a) permanent and (b) non-permanent staff there have been in (i) her Department and (ii) executive agencies of her Department in each year since 1992. [9630]

Mr. Sproat

[holding answer 18 December 1996]: The number of permanent and non-permanent staff within the Department of National Heritage and agencies since 1992 is shown in the table:

Permanent Non-Permanent
DNH
1992–93 264 4
1993–94 317 18
1994–95 337 22
1995–96 355 15
1996–97 353 8
Historic Royal Palaces
1992–93 322 109
1993–94 368 145
1994–95 423 129
1995–96 1312 159
1996–97 316 202
The Royal Parks
1993–94 272 12
1994–95 266 19
1995–96 263 18
1996–97 242 15
1 The Historic Royal Palaces figure decreased between 1994–95 and 1995–96 due to contracting out of 70 warding staff at Hampton Court.

The Royal Parks/Royal Parks Constabulary are unable to provide details of staff for 1992–93 because they did not become an agency until 1993.

Mr. Donohoe

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if she will list for her Department(a) how many people in total are employed, (b) how many of the total number of staff are (i) male and (ii) female and (c) how many (I) men and (II) women are employed on a (1) full-time and (2) part-time basis. [9483]

Mr. Sproat

The current staff in post for the Department of National Heritage is:

Full time Part time Total staff
Male 185 1 186
Female 169 6 175
Total 354 7 361