§ Mr. SwinneyTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many(a) full-time staff, (b) part-time staff, (c) personal computers, (d) servers, (e) printers, (f) fax machines and (g) vehicles are based at the Office for National Statistics facilities in (i) Scotland and (ii) the UK (A) for the year 1999–2000 and (B) forecast for 2000–01. [155084]
§ Miss Melanie Johnson[holding answer 23 March 2001]The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. John Swinney, dated 3 April 2001:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question about staff and resources in this Office (155084).The Office for National Statistics (ONS) employed 2,917 full time staff and 532 part-time staff in 1999/2000, and 3,161 full time staff and 578 part-time staff in 2000/01. All of these employees are based in England and Wales. The Office also employs an interviewing field force of 1,287, on an hourly fee paid basis, of which 73 are based in Scotland.The ONS' use of personal computers, servers, printers, fax machines and vehicles in these same periods is shown in the table below.
1999–2000 2000–01 Personal Computers: — — Desktop PCs — 4062 Laptops (UK) — 11699 Laptops (Scotland) — 1110 Servers — 208 Printers — 830 Fax Machines — 200 Vehicles 12 14 1Includes interview field force Records of Personal Computers, Servers, Printers and Fax machines are not kept year by year, but the current position is shown.There are more computers than people because some are pool laptops and some desktop machines are used to run specific applications. There are also some machines awaiting disposal.