§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what the cost in 2000–01 was of the appointment of a health officer in the Public Record Office; and what it will be in 2001–02. [14895]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonThe Public Record Office does not employ a health officer.
§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what the level of absenteeism was in the Public Record Office in(a) 1999–2000 and (b) 2000–01. [14896]
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§ Ms Rosie WintertonThe level of sickness absence in the Public Record Office is calculated by calendar year in accordance with Civil Service practice. The figures for the calendar years 1999 and 2000 are as follows:
- 1999: 9.10 days per person per staff year
- 2000: 10.63 days per person pet staff year.
§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if she will make a statement on the Public Record Office's Private Finance Initiative contract with a private supplier to provide its UK National Digital Archive of Datasets facility for preserving and making available Government electronic datasets. [14893]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonThe Public Record Office (PRO) has let a contract to provide its UK National Digital Archive of Datasets facility for preserving and making available Government datasets to the University of London Computing Centre. The purpose of the contract is to enable the PRO to use highly specialist skills of the University of London in the long-term preservation of electronic data so that the PRO can fulfil its obligation under the Public Records Act 1958 to preserve and make available to the public datasets selected for permanent preservation. Further information about the service and access to those datasets which are open to public inspection under the terms of the Public Records Act 1958 is available on the PRO website at: http://www.pro.gov.uk/recordsmanagement/uknda/default.htm.