§ Mr. KilfoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many people within his Department work specifically on(a) science and technology matters, (b) competition and consumer offers, including energy, telecoms and environment, (c) trade and export, (d) manufacturing and (e) labour markets; and what is the total number of staff of his Department. [145209]
§ Dr. HowellsThe total core Department of Trade and Industry staff as at 1 December 2000 is 6,736.
The further disaggregated information is not held centrally within the Department in the format requested. However, the following split identifies the number of staff in the DTI Groups:
Area Number of DTI staff Science and Technology 133 Competition and Markets Group 2,478 of which: Consumer Affairs 88 Competition Policy 49 Energy Group 423 Business Competitiveness Group 679 of which: Environment 45 Trade Policy Group 305 British Trade International 650 Enterprise and Innovation Group 796 Small Business Service 219 Legal Services Group 144 Resources and Services Group 804 Other staff (incl. Ministerial Parliamentary Support Team) 105 Total number of staff in core Department of Trade and Industry1,2 6,736