HC Deb 21 December 2000 vol 360 cc283-4W
Mr. Loughton

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many members of staff are employed by his Department, broken down by departments; and how many were so employed in May 1997. [141727]

Ms Beverley Hughes

[holding answer 11 December 2000]: Civil Service staff numbers are collected on a six-monthly basis (April and October) and are published by the Cabinet Office.

On 1 April 2000 the Department of Environment, Transport and Regions, including its agencies, employed 17,810 permanent and casual staff on a full-time equivalent basis. On 1 April 1997, the Departments were separate. Individually, the Department of the Environment employed 3,869 staff and the Department of Transport employed 11,926 staff.

The figures are not directly comparable because the combined Department assumed additional responsibilities for the regions. Further, April 2000 numbers include the Rent Service created in October 1999, comprising 890 staff of which 800 transferred from local authorities. Among other changes in staff numbers are increases in DVLA (1030) and VI (270).

Mr. Loughton

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many officials(a) are and (b) were in May 1997 employed by his Department on a (i) part-time basis and (ii) full-time basis. [141726]

Ms Beverley Hughes

[holding answer 11 December 2000]: Civil Service staff numbers are collected on a six monthly basis (April and October) and are published by the Cabinet Office.

  1. (a) On 1 April 2000 the Department of Environment, Transport and Regions employed 17,810 permanent and casual staff on a full- time equivalent basis which equates to 18,680 staff on a head count basis, split as follows:
    1. (i) 2,110 part-time staff
    2. (ii) 16,570 full-time staff.
  2. (b) The breakdown of permanent and casual staff on a full and part-time basis is not available for 1 April 1997.

On the above date the Department of Environment employed 3,869 permanent and casual staff and the Department of Transport employed 11,926 permanent and casual staff (these totals are provided on a full-time equivalent basis).

The figures are not directly comparable because the combined Department assumed additional responsibilities for the regions. Further, April 2000 numbers include the Rent Service created in October 1999, comprising 890 staff of which 800 transferred from local authorities. Among other changes in staff numbers are increases in DVLA (1030) and VI (270).