§ Mr. BradyTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many employees of his Department and its agencies have been recruited from the New Deal; and what percentage this represents of total staff. [129100]
§ Mr. LockI refer the hon. Member to the written answer given today,Official Report, column 292W, by my right hon. Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office to my hon. Friend the Member for Bradford, North (Mr. Rooney). The number of New Dealers within my Department, its executive agencies and the Land Registry and Public Records Office represents 0.1 per cent. of total staff. This figure does not include those participants in the New Deal scheme who have joined the Court Service and Public Trust Office agencies or the Land Registry or Public Records Office through normal open recruitment schemes and have taken up unsubsidised places. Statistics on these members of staff are not currently held centrally; however, centralisation of these records is planned.