HC Deb 02 March 1998 vol 307 cc419-20W
Mrs. Dunwoody

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1) what was the number of staff employed by the CCTA for each of the last five years; [31283]

(2) what is the current budget for the CCTA; and what was the budget for each of the last five years. [31280]

Mr. Kilfoyle

The cash expenditure and appropriations-in-aid of and the number of staff employed by the Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency (CCTA) in the current year and previous five years are:

£000 £000 £000
Expenditure Appropriations in-aid Net total Staff numbers at end year
1992–93 49,487 35,205 14,282 380
1993–94 48,466 35,791 12,675 381
1994–95 37,854 20,775 17,079 290
1995–96 31,884 20,450 11,434 265
1996–97 26,460 24,440 2,020 177
1997–981 23,400 23,675 -275 179
1 The actual outturn data are shown for 1992–93 to 1996–97, the data for 1997–98 are current forecasts.