HC Deb 23 January 1997 vol 288 cc740-1W
Mr. David Marshall

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the name and location of each of his Department's offices and the number of people employed in each. [11866]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The numbers of people employed in each of the Scottish Office's buildings are shown in the tables.

Table A: All staff in the Scottish Office and its executive agencies (other than SPS) at 1 January 1997, by building
Building Location Total
Victoria Quay Edinburgh 1,171
Longmore House and Monumentss1 Edinburgh and various 690
Pentland House Edinburgh 500
St. Andrews House Edinburgh 452
Saughton House Edinburgh 385
Tay House Glasgow 319
Marine Laboratory Aberdeen 178
St. Margaret's House Edinburgh 177
16-17 Waterloo Place Edinburgh 176
Meridian Court Glasgow 163
James Craig Wall Edinburgh 142
Gyleview House Edinburgh 133
East Craigs Edinburgh 131
Russell House Ayr 71
Soafd Vessel Greenock 71
Grampian Area Office Inverurie 69
Soafd Vessel Leith 61
Strategy House Edinburgh 56
Hayweight House Edinburgh 55
Robert Stevenson House Edinburgh 51
Government Buildings Inverness 50
Franborough House Glasgow 49
Cotgreen Road Tweedbank 42
Scottish Police College Kincardine on Forth 39
Government Buildings Dumfries 36
Dover House London 33
N College of Ed Building Broughty Ferry 31
Corunna House Glasgow 30
Freshwater Fisheries Laboratory Almondbank/Pitlochry 30
Cameron House Oban 28
7 Mill Street Perth 27
Chambers Street Edinburgh 22
Government Buildings Stirling 22
Haymarket House Edinburgh 21
25 Drumsheugh Gardens Edinburgh 20
Government Buildings Kirkwall 20
Governor House Edinburgh 20
Strathbeg House Thurso 16
10 Keith Street Stornoway 15
Fishery Office Fraserburgh 15
140 Causewayside Edinburgh 14
Charlotte House Lerwick 14
Fishery Office Dundee 14
Mulberry House Edinburgh 13
I Grosvenor Crescent Edinburgh 12

Table A: All staff in the Scottish Office and its executive agencies (other than SPS) at 1 January 1997, by building
Building Location Total
Scottish Fire Service Training School Gullane 12
132 Seagate Dundee 11
Bonnington Garage Edinburgh 11
Estates Office Portree 11
Fishery Office Lerwick 11
Greyfriars House Aberdeen 11
Jeanfield House Perth 11
Balivanich Isle of Benbecula 10
Fishery Office Aberdeen 10
Wellgate House Dundee 10
Cadzow Court Hamilton 9
22/23 Melville Street Edinburgh 8
631 Paisley Road West Glasgow 8
Donaldson House Edinburgh 8
Fishery Office Scrabster 8
Parliament House Edinburgh 8
20 Walker Street Edinburgh 7
Nel Technical Park East Kilbride 7
32 Reidhaven Street Elgin 6
Fishery Office Kinlochbervie 6
48 Manor Place Edinburgh 5
Fishery Office Lochinver 5
Fishery Office Buckie 5
Fresh Fish Station Montrose 5
Ord Croft Lairg 5
Miscellaneous/other1 335
Scottish Office total 6,227
1 Covers 124 staff in locations with five staff (eg small Fisheries Offices), plus 211 centrally managed staff (eg paid staff on maternity leave, longer term sickness, unposted staff etc.).
2 Many Historic Scotland staff are based at ancient monuments or historic buildings in very small numbers. In view of the many buildings staffed by Historic Scotland all Historic Scotland staff have been grouped together.

Table B: All staff in Scottish prisons service headquarters at 1 January 1998
Building Location Total
Calton House1 Edinburgh 252
1 SPS HQ only—excludes staff in prison establishments.