§ Mr. GibbTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff in his Department were employed in the Insurance Directorate on(a) 31 December 1996 and (b) 31 December 1997. [61039]
§ Ms HewittNone, since the Insurance Directorate was until 5 January 1998 part of the Department of Trade and Industry. I understand, however, that the numbers of permanent staff in post, on a full-time equivalent basis, at 1 January 1997 and 1 January 1998 were 91.6 and 93.6 respectively.