HC Deb 02 February 1998 vol 305 c464W
Mr. Burns

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many non-career civil servants have been appointed to his Department since 1 May 1997. [25849]

Mr. Hoon

The number of casual and fixed-term appointees and Special Advisers appointed since 1 May 1997 is 1,081. This excludes fee-paid usher appointments, information on which is not held centrally.