HC Deb 18 February 1998 vol 306 cc722-3W
Mr. Swinney

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department 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. [30107]

Mr. Hoon

This answer covers the Headquarters of the Lord Chancellor's Department (with Associated Offices), the Court Service and the Public Trust Office. Paybill information for HQ and the Public Trust Office is for 1997–98. The figures for the Court Service represent pay levels as at 31 March 1997; the financial year 1996–97 is the last full year for which meaningful figures for the Court Service are available, as elements of their 1997–98 pay award are not due to be paid until April 1998; staff numbers have, however, been updated to 30 November 1997.

Information on staff numbers for each part of the Lord Chancellor's Department includes staff up to and including the Senior Civil Service and includes casuals. It does not, however, include fee-paid ushers, who are paid locally and for whom central records are not kept. The judiciary are not included. The paybills for the Court Service are shown by circuit. The great majority of staff in LCD HQ and all staff in the Public Trust Office are based in London. London Weighting and equivalent payments paid to staff in HQ and Associated Offices and in PTO have been consolidated with basic salary and are therefore included in the total paybill figures. In each case, figures are also shown for the cost of Local and Special Pay Additions currently payable.

  • LCD HQ (with Associated Offices)
    • Total staff numbers (October 1997): 910
    • Total paybill: £23,385,429
    • Local/special pay additions: £137,964
  • Public Trust Office
    • Total staff numbers (October 1997): 550
    • Total paybill: £10,893,836
    • Local/special pay additions: £40,508
  • Court Service
    • Midland & Oxford Circuit
    • Total staff numbers: 1,602
    • Total paybill: £19,042,626
    • London weighting: £1,776
    • Local/special pay additions: £21,280
  • Western Circuit
    • Total staff numbers: 908
    • Total paybill: £10,849,273
    • London weighting: £0
    • Local/special pay additions: £31,870
  • Wales & Chester Circuit
    • Total staff numbers: 577
    • Total paybill: £7,175,484
    • London weighting: £0
    • Local/special pay additions: £0
  • North Eastern Circuit
    • Total staff numbers: 1,278
    • Total paybill: £15,034,001
    • London weighting: £0
    • Local/special pay additions: £0
  • Northern Circuit
    • Total staff numbers: 1,261
    • Total paybill: £15,114,568
    • London weighting: £0
    • Local/special pay additions: £0
  • South Eastern Circuit
    • Total staff numbers: 4,295
    • Total paybill: £57,818,226
    • London weighting: £3,468,180
    • Local/special pay additions: £168,720
  • Principal Registry of the Family Division (PRFD)
    • Total staff numbers: 430
    • Total paybill: £5,596,664
    • London weighting: £318,136
    • Local/special pay additions: £13,670.