Temporary Contracts (Hansard, 25 January 2002)

§ Mr. Bercow

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many employees in(a) his Department and (b) executive agencies supervised by his Department have been employed on temporary contracts of (i) 51 weeks or (ii) less than 51 weeks' duration in this year and each of the 1145W past five years, in each case specifying what percentage of the respective total workforce these employees constitute. [25167]

Staff in post numbers
Year	1996–97	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000	2000–01	1 April 2001 to 31 December 2001
HMT
Casual	18	10	36	27	35	20
Percentage of staff	1.9	1.1	3.9	2.9	4	1.9
National Savings
Casual	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	13	3
Percentage of staff	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	15	3
Debt Management Office
Casual	²—	²—	²—	²—	3	²—
Percentage of staff	²—	²—	²—	²—	5.5	²—
Royal Mint
Casual staff	63	16	131	165	115	18
Percentage of Staff	6.5	1.6	12.7	15.5	11.5	1.7
Office for National Statistics
Casual staff	¹—	6	3	8	13	12
Percentage of staff	¹—	4.3	2.8	4.8	6.1	5.5
Office of Government Commerce
Casuals	³—	³—	³—	³—	33	36
Percentage of Staff	³—	³—	³—	³—	6.9	8.4
¹ No data available
² No casuals
³ Agency not formed

Note:

Data relate to figures of casual staff on contracts of less than 51 weeks