HC Deb 06 February 2001 vol 362 cc471-2W
Mr. Swinney

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many(a) staff, (b) personal computers, (c) printers, (d) fax machines and (e) vehicles are based at his Department's offices at Northgate in Glasgow; and what the annual running costs are of this facility. [148434]

Allocations 1997–98 to 2000–01 for the City of Westminster
£000
Grant 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01
School Capital 1,072 2,025 1,339 4,089
Standards Fund 490 742 3,153 5,464
School Standards Grant — — — 687
School Budget Support Grant — — — 128
Transitional Funding for former GM Schools Grant — — — —
Nursery Education Grant (4-year-olds) 1,209 507 521 525
Nursery Education Grant (3-year-olds) — — 218 1,065
Teachers Pay Reform Threshold Special Grant — — — 450
Partners for Study Support Grant — — — 3
Independent/State School Partnership Grant Scheme — 9 7 —
Allocations 1997–98 to 2000–01 for the Royal borough of Kensington and Chelsea
£000
Grant 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01
School Capital 362 1,090 682 1,929
Standards Fund 353 311 1,757 4,147
School Standards Grant — — — 430
School Budget Support Grant — — — 70
Transitional Funding for former GM Schools Grant — — — 99
Nursery Education Grant (4-year-olds) 806 252 208 229

Angela Eagle

This is a matter for Alexis Cleveland, the Chief Executive of the Benefits Agency. She will write to the hon. Member.

Letter from Alexis Cleveland to Mr. John Swinney, dated 5 February 2001: The Secretary of State for Social Security has asked me to reply to your Parliamentary Question about how many (a) staff, (b) personal computers, (c) printers, (d) fax machines and (e) vehicles are based at his Department's offices at Northgate in Glasgow; and what the annual running costs are of the facility. There are 875 staff employed at Glasgow Benefits Centre, Northgate. 151 of these work on a part-time basis. Salary costs for April 1999 to March 2000 were £12,097,992. Non-staff costs for the same period were £934,705. There are 712 personal computers (PCs) attached to the benefit processing computer systems, 272 stand alone PCs, 12 laptop computers, 185 printers and 41 fax machines. There are no vehicles based at Northgate. I hope this is helpful.