Non-career Civil Servants (Hansard, 12 February 1998)

§ Mr. Nigel Griffiths

I have asked for replies on behalf of Executive Agencies to be provided separately.

For the headquarters area of the Department, the number of temporary appointments made since 1 May 1997 is 71, in the categories shown below.

Casual Appointments: 49
Fixed-term Appointments: 15
Period Appointments: 7.

There were 45 temporary DTI appointments in Government Offices during the same period, of which 33 were Casual and 12 were Fixed-term.

Letter from Peter Joyce to Mr. Simon Burns, dated 12 February 1998: The President of the Board of Trade has asked me to reply to your question about the appointment by The Insolvency Service of non-career civil servants. In the period from 1 May 1997 to 1 January 1998 The Service appointed 84 non-permanent staff. Some of these have subsequently left The Service or have been converted to permanent status. The number does not include staff taken on from employment agencies and who are not civil servants.

Letter from Martin Wilson to Mr. Simon Burns, dated 12 February 1998: I have been asked by the President of the Board of Trade to reply, in respect of the Employment Tribunals Service (ETS), to your question about numbers of non-career civil servants appointed to the Department of Trade and Industry since 1 May 1997. 394W Since 1 May 1997, fifty-three casual staff and three short notice clerks have been appointed to the Employment Tribunals Service. I hope that this is helpful.

Letter from Dr. Seton Bennett to Mr. Simon Burns, dated 12 February 1998: The President of the Board of Trade has asked me to reply on behalf of the National Weights and Measures Laboratory to your question about the appointment of non-career civil servants since 1 May 1997. There have been three such appointments in this Agency during the period in question.

Letter from John Holden to Mr. Simon Burns, dated 12 February 1998: I have been asked to reply to your question to the President of the Board of Trade regarding how many non-career civil servants have been appointed to her Department since 1 May 1997. Within Companies House Executive Agency, there have been a total of 142, all of whom are either casuals or Fixed Term Appointments. You may wish to note that, of these, 51 have moved on from Companies House and 91 are still employed, typically for periods of up to a year.

Letter from Jim Norton to Mr. Simon Burns, dated 12 February 1998: Since 1 May 1997, the Agency has employed 7 sandwich students and 3 casual clerical staff. In addition, during the Summer 11 vacation students were given placements for between 8 and 10 weeks each.

Letter from P. R. S. Hartnack to Mr. Simon Burns, dated 12 February 1998: I am replying for the Patent Office to your Parliamentary Question to the President of the Board of Trade about non-career Civil Servants. Since 1 May 1997 we have offered employment to 42 staff from employment agencies, 17 IT contractors and 1 general contractor.