§ Annabelle EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many and what percentage of(a) civil service, (b) executive agencies and (c) non-departmental public body jobs under the remit of her Department are located in Scotland; and how many of each have been relocated to Scotland since May 1997. [56314]
§ Ms HewittA number of the activities carried out by DTI and its agencies are the responsibility in Scotland of the Scottish Executive, so that direct comparisons are inappropriate. Bearing in mind that caveat, the following table sets out the numbers of staff in DTI and its executive agencies who are located in Scotland.
Organisation Staff based in Scotland All staff Percentage of staff based in Scotland DTI Headquarters 166 5,178 3.21 ETS—Employment Tribunals Service 70 934 7.49 INSS—Insolvency Service 6 1,385 0.43 NWML—National Weights and Measures Laboratory 0 57 0.00 PATS—Patent Office 0 801 0.00 R—Radiocommunications 12 607 1.98 SBS—Small Business Service 0 279 0.00 CH—Companies House 42 1,193 3.52 Grand Total 296 10,434 2.84 Information about NDPBs and the number of posts relocated since May 1997 cannot be answered without incurring disproportionate cost.