HC Deb 23 April 2002 vol 384 cc183-4W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what the cost in 2001–02 was of the pay increase to staff in his Department, agencies and the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible; and what the cost of the forthcoming increase will be in 2002–03. [50407]

Dr. Whitehead

The estimated cost in 2001–02 of the pay increase to staff in the Departments agencies and the non-departmental public bodies is given in the table.

£
Central Department 5,000,000
Agencies
Driving Standards Agency 1,240,000
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency 5,600,000
Fire Service College 140,000
Highways Agency 1,300,000
Maritime and Coastguard Agency 1,000,000
Planning Inspectorate 780,000
Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre 40,000
Rent Service1 180,000
Vehicle Inspectorate 1,930,000
Vehicle Certification Agency 75,000
Non-departmental public bodies
Audit Commission2 3,000,000
English Partnerships3 164,000
Health and Safety Executive 4,000,000
Housing Action Trusts 201,000
Housing Corporation 740,000
Local Government Commission4 63,000
Northern Lighthouse Board 347,000
Parliamentary Boundary Commission for England and Wales 12,000
Strategic Rail Authority 278,000
Trinity House Lighthouse Service 735,000
1 For the Rent Service the cost cannot be given in full as the 2001–02 pay increase for two of the agency's three pay bargaining units have not yet been agreed. The cost was £180,000 for the pay increase for the pay bargaining unit which has been agreed (covering administrative staff who transferred to the agency from local authorities in 1999).
2 The Audit Commission's financial year ends on 31 October.
3 English Partnerships is a national body for regeneration and development bringing together the Urban Regeneration Agency and the Commission for the New Towns for which details of the cost of the pay increase is provided.
4 The Local Government Commission's responsibilities were transferred to the Electoral Commission on 1 April.

Note:

The Standards Board for England (a new NDPB) was created on 1 February and will seek the first pay increase for its staff during 2002–03.

The Department is unable to provide these costs for 2002–03 as the pay increases for that year have not yet been agreed.