HC Deb 24 July 2002 vol 389 cc1262-3W
Annabelle Ewing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many jobs under the remit of his Department in(a) the core Department, (b) non-departmental public bodies, (c) executive agencies and (d) independent statutory bodies, organisations and bodies financially sponsored by his Department and other such organisations, are located in (i) Scotland, (ii) England, excluding Greater London, (iii) Greater London, (iv) Wales, (v) Northern Ireland and (vi) overseas, broken down by (A) whole-time equivalent jobs and (B) the percentage per individual Department, body or organisation. [72733]

Mr. Jamieson

I would refer the hon. Member to the following table, which shows the position within the Department for Transport at 1 June 2002:

Department for Transport Full-time equivalent Location
Core Department1 1,700 London, rest of England and Scotland
Executive Agencies2 12,212
consisting of:
Driver and vehicle licensing 5,144 England, Scotland and Wales
Driving Standards Agency 1,970 England, Scotland and Wales
Highways Agency 1,770 England
Vehicle Certification Agency 112 UK, USA and Japan
Vehicle Inspectorate 2,116 England, Scotland and Wales
Maritime and Coastguard Agency 1,100 UK
Grand Total: 13,912
1 The core Department for the Department for Transport (DfT) employs approximately 1,700 staff. This figure is composed of staff working on policy areas and includes an estimate of 50 per cent. of the support staff who worked for the former Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions (DTLR). This figure may change when re-structuring is complete and final decisions have been taken on how support staff are to be allocated to the Office for the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) and Department for Transport (DfT).
2 The figures for the Executive Agencies are estimates—based on their plans for year 2002–03 and are taken from the DTLR (C) departmental annual report 2002.

I will write to the hon. Member with details for non-departmental public bodies and independent statutory bodies in due course. It has not been possible to calculate the percentage per individual Department, body or organisation as we do not have a breakdown of the total figures by region.