Non-Departmental Public Bodies

HC Deb 05 November 2002 vol 392 cc212-3W

Mr. Pickles

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many equivalent full-time employees are employed in(a) non-departmental public bodies and (b) executive agencies affiliated to his Department. [79666]

Mr. Leslie

The latest available figures for the numbers of full-time equivalent employees employed in(a) non-departmental public bodies are:

	Number
Audit Commission	2,436
English Partnerships	376
Housing Action Trusts
Castle Vale	99
Liverpool	79.80
Stonebridge	67
Tower Hamlets	14
Housing Corporation	605.86
Standards Board for England	75
Rent Assessment Panels	70.95
Valuation Tribunals—	155

The latest available figures for the numbers of full-time equivalent employees employed in (b) executive agencies are:

	Number
Fire Service College	2501
The Planning Inspectorate	7102
The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre	50
The Rent Service	790
1 Including 46 lecturers seconded from Fire Brigades.
2 Excluding 126 fee paid inspectors which are not calculated as full-time equivalents.

In addition, Ordnance Survey, a separate non-ministerial Government Department and executive agency, which is the responsibility of ODPM Ministers, has 1,840 full-time equivalent employees.