§ Mr. Ieuan Wyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many lawyers are employed by his Department; and how many were employed in 1995. [117814]
§ Mr. WillsThe Department for Education and Employment (DfEE) does not directly employ lawyers but obtains them from Treasury Solicitor's Department (TSD). The lawyers are employed by TSD and allocated to DfEE. The figures given represent the number of lawyers allocated as at 31 March for the years in question.
As at 31 March 2000, 24 lawyers were allocated by TSD to DfEE.
DfEE came into existence following Machinery of Government changes in July 1995. The figures given for 1995 are for the number of lawyers allocated by TSD to its two predecessor Departments: the Employment Department Group (EDG) and Department for Education (DfE).
As at 31 March 1995, 13 lawyers were allocated to the former EDG and 10 to the former DfE, making a total of 23.
Meaningful comparisons between the numbers for 1995 and 2000 will be difficult to establish as DfEE's responsibilities do not precisely equate with those of its predecessor Departments.
For example, the Health and Safety Executive and the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service were both part of EDG in March 1995 but transferred to the Department of Environment and the Department of Trade and Industry respectively as part of the Machinery of Government changes later that year.
Pilot area Communities covered Numbers of personal advisers per pilot area Caseload Average caseload per PA per pilot area Lanarkshire: Clyde Valley and Coatbridge Hamilton, Motherwell, Coatbridge and Bellshill 11.6 284 24.5 Eastern Valleys Aberdare, Blackwood, Caerphilly, Ebbw Vale,Merthyr Tydfil 10.7 408 38.1 Sandwell Smethwick, West Bromwich 7 224 32 Bolton Bolton 7.6 285 37.5 Central Sussex Brighton, Hove 9.3 184 19.8 Bristol East and Bath Bristol East and Bath 8 262 32.8 Newham Plaistow, Stratford, Canning Town 9 243 27 South Tyneside Gateshead, South Shields 12 661 55.1 Mercia East Boston, King's Lynn, Skegness 8 281 35.1 South Devon Plymouth, Saltash, Torbay, Tavistock, Totnes,Kingsbridge 10 349 34.9 Bedfordshire Bedford, Luton 8 117 14.6 North Yorkshire Harrogate, Scarborough, York, Northallerton 10 343 34.3
§ Mr. PicklesTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how much the personal adviser section of the New Deal for the Disabled has cost in each month since the start of the scheme. [118608]