§ Mr. SwinneyTo ask the Attorney-General if he will list the number of his Department's employees by UK region, indicating the wage bill(a) in total and (b) by region in the last year for which figures are available and separately identifying the costs of London allowances and weightings. [30089]
The Attorney-GeneralThe information requested is as follows:
Legal Secretariat to the Law Officers
In my office there are 28 staff, all based in London. The wage bill in 1996–97 was £827,000 which included £47,500 in respect of London allowances and weightings.The Treasury Solicitor's Department
The Treasury Solicitor's Department employed 382 staff in 1996–97, the last year for which figures are available. All were employed in Central London at the beginning of the year but in the course of the year five were relocated to the South WestThe wage bill in total amounted to £13.886 million. Of this £13,609 million was paid to employees in London, including £685,000 in respect of London allowances and weightings. £277,000 was paid to staff who were relocated to Bristol during the year, including £2,300 in respect of London weightings and allowances.The Government Property Lawyers
The Government Property Lawyers employed 118.5 staff in Taunton in 1996–97. The wage bill was £3.160 million.The Serious Fraud Office
690WThe Serious Fraud Office employed 175 staff in London in the year 1996–97. The wage bill was £5.245 million of which £381,406 was paid in respect of London allowances and weightings.The Crown Prosecution Service
The Crown Prosecution Service employed a total of 5,862.5 staff as at 31 March 1997. The Department's total wage bill for 1996–97, the last full year for which figures are available, was £155,205,870. The Department's personnel and accounting systems do not record data by UK region. A breakdown of London allowances and weightings from total salary costs could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.The following table lists staff numbers and salary costs for each of the Department's 13 geographical Areas, its Central Casework Area and its National Headquarters.
Location Staff numbers Salary cost £ Anglia 386.5 9,893,136 East Midlands 338 8,340,148 Humber 290.5 6,915,573 London 1,044 27,599,263 Mersey/Lancashire 381 9,193,423 Midlands 406.5 10,148,107 North 371 8,870,323 North West 387.5 10,111,984 Severn Thames 352 9,348,506 South East 434 11,228,852 South West 287.5 7,136,389 Wales 345.5 9,061,001 Yorkshire 309.5 7,445,548 Central Casework 158.5 5,789,848 Headquarters 370.5 14,123,769 Totals 5,862.5 155,205,870