HC Deb 28 October 1999 vol 336 cc987-9W
Mr. Swinney

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if she will list the Next Steps agencies currently in operation, indicating the number of civil servants employed in each. [95280]

Mr. Ian McCartney

The Next Steps Agencies currently in operation and the number of civil servants employed in each is set out in the following table:

Total civil servants working in agencies and on Next Steps lines (including Northern Ireland and Forest Enterprise)
Agency Staff1
Armed Forces Personnel Administration Agency 2275
Army Base Repair Organisation 22550
Army Personnel Centre 21,200
Army Technical Support Agency 21,045
Army Training and Recruiting Agency 223,650
Business Development Service 3225
Cadw: Welsh Historic Monuments 170
CCTA 190
Central Office of Information 4345
Central Science Laboratory 545
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science 420
Civil Service College 220
Companies House 4845
Compensation Agency 3125
Construction Service 3550
Court Service 8,605
Debt Management Office 25
Defence Analytical Services Agency 110
Defence Aviation Repair Agency8 25,125
Defence Bills Agency 2650
Defence Clothing and Textiles Agency 2535
Defence Communications Agency 2900
Defence Dental Agency 2850
Defence Estates Agency 21,165
Defence Evaluation and Research Agency 2,411,020
Defence Housing Executive8 980
Defence Intelligence and Security Centre 2495
Defence Medical Training Organisation 2435
Defence Postal and Courier Services Agency 2550
Defence Procurement Agency8 25,380
Defence Secondary Care Agency 22,335
Defence Storage and Distributions Agency8 2,53,330
Defence Transport and Movements Agency8 2,320
Defence Vetting Agency 2345
Disposal Sales Agency 2,565
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency 4,120
Driver and Vehicle Licensing (Northern Ireland) 3255
Driver and Vehicle Testing Agency 3295
Driving Standards Agency 41,630
Duke of York's Royal Military School 2100
Employment Service 29,310
Employment Tribunals Service 560
Environment and Heritage Service 3330
Farming and Rural Conservation Agency 525
Fire Service College 4185
Fisheries Research Services 250
Forensic Science Service 1,445
Forensic Science Service of Northern Ireland 3115
Forest Enterprise 62,310
Forest Service 395
Forest Research 6270
Government Car and Despatch Agency 230
Government Purchasing Agency 390
Health Estates 3125
Highways Agency 1,535
Historic Scotland 645
HM Land Registry 47,750
HM Prison Service 40,275
Industrial Research and Technology Unit 3140
Insolvency Service 1,315
Intervention Board 1,170
Joint Air Reconnaissance Intelligence Centre 2445
Land Registers of Northern Ireland 3195
Logistic Information Systems Agency 2235
Maritime and Coastguard Agency 940
Meat Hygiene Service 1,335
Medical Devices Agency 135
Medical Supplies Agency 275
Medicines Control Agency 4440
Meteorological Office 42,030
Military Survey 21,055
Ministry of Defence Police 23,545
National Savings 4,060
National Weights and Measures Laboratory 55
Naval Bases and Supply Agency 210,030
Total civil servants working in agencies and on Next Steps lines (including Northern Ireland and Forest Enterprise)
Agency Staff1
Naval Manning Agency 2275
Naval Recruiting and Training Agency 24,350
NHS Estates 230
NHS Pensions Agency 440
Northern Ireland Child Support Agency 31,010
Northern Ireland Prison Service 33,140
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency 3215
Office for National Statistics 2,925
Ordnance Survey 1,850
Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland 3175
Patent Office 4820
Pay and Personnel Agency 2730
Pesticides Safety Directorate 195
Planning Inspectorate 625
Planning Service 3390
Property Advisers to the Civil Estate 185
Public Record Office 430
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland 360
Public Trust Office 535
Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre 455
Queen Victoria School 270
Radiocommunications Agency 495
RAF Logistics Support Services 2955
RAF Personnel Management Agency 2490
RAF Signals Engineering Establishment 21,045
RAF Training Group Defence Agency 25,895
Rate Collection Agency 3245
Registers of Scotland 41,100
Rivers Agency 3415
Roads Service 32,010
Royal Mint 4965
Royal Parks Agency 235
Scottish Agricultural Science Agency 115
Scottish Court Service 815
Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency 275
Scottish Office Pensions Agency 150
Scottish Prison Service 4,805
Scottish Record Office 110
Service Children's Education 2,5720
Ships Support Agency 2,795
Social Security Agency (Northern Ireland) 34,955
Social Security Benefits Agency 67,080
Social Security Child Support Agency 7,380
Social Security Information Technology Services Agency 1,930
Social Security War Pensions Agency 855
Student Awards Agency for Scotland 130
The Buying Agency 4135
Training and Employment Agency (Northern Ireland) 31,330
Treasury Solicitor's Department 380
UK Hydrographic Office 22,4750
United Kingdom Passport Agency 1,205
Valuation and Lands Agency 3215
Valuation Office 3,945
Vehicle Certification Agency 90
Vehicle Inspectorate 41,550
Veterinary Laboratories Agency 1,015
Veterinary Medicines Directorate 105
Water Service 32,110
Wilton Park 40
Crown Prosecution 75,370
HM Customs and Excise 722,960
Inland Revenue 757,501
Serious Fraud Office 7150

1. January figures for civil servants on the basis of full-time equivalents. Casuals are excluded.

2. Figures include military personnel.

3. Northern Ireland Civil Service.

4. Trading Fund.

5. Figures include full-time equivalent locally employed civilians.

6. Forest Enterprise and Forest Research are staffed by Forestry Commission civil servants.

7. Departments operating on Next Steps lines. Staffing figure for the Inland Revenue excludes the Valuation Office which is a free standing Agency.

8. Agency launched on 1 April 1998.