§ Mr. SwinneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many staff there are at the(a) Independent Tribunal Service office in Glasgow, (b) Information Technology Services Agency offices in Livingstone, (c) Child Support Agency offices in Falkirk and (d) Benefits Agency in the (i) South East of Scotland, (ii) South West of Scotland. (iii) West of Scotland, (iv) Central Scotland, (v) North East Scotland and (vi) the Highlands and Islands of Scotland; and what the (A) wage and (B) running costs of each are in the current financial year. [145148]
§ Angela EagleThe Independent Tribunal Service is now known as the Appeals Service Agency. At present there are 99 full or part-time staff employed by the Appeals Service Agency in Glasgow. Salary costs in the current financial year to 31 December 2000 were £1.75 million. Running costs for the same period were £2.36 million.
The Information Technology Service Agency (ITSA) no longer exists.
The Child Support Agency currently employs 1,180 full or part-time staff at Falkirk. Information on wages and running costs is not available as the Scotland and North East Business Unit, which has its main base in Falkirk, also has staff located in North East England. Budgets are allocated to the business unit as a whole and it is therefore not possible to break down the wage and running costs associated with the Falkirk site.
The information requested on the Benefits Agency is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is set out in the table.