§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will make a statement on the Government's plans to change(a) the level of staffing and (b) the role of the Office of the e-Envoy; [105629]
(2) how many staff have worked in the Office of the e-Envoy in each month since its establishment; [105628]
(3) if he will make a statement on the work of the Office of the e-Envoy since its establishment. [105630]
§ Mr. AlexanderThe Office of the e-Envoy was established in September 1999. The following table shows how many staff have worked in the Office of the e-Envoy in each month since this date. All figures are rounded to full-time equivalents (FTE). The Office of the e-Envoy business plan for the 2003–04 financial year assumes an average of 122 FTE staff.
780WLast November, the Office of the e-Envoy published its third UK online annual report. The report provides a comprehensive summary of the work of the Office and makes recommendations for future activity.
It also highlighted the results of an independent e-economy benchmarking study which found the UK to be second only to the USA in terms of its environment for e-commerce.
The E-Minister, Patricia Hewitt and the e-Envoy, Andrew Pinder also provide a monthly update to the PM outlining activity.
Copies of the annual and monthly reports are available in the Library of the House, from the Office of the e-Envoy and online at www.e-envoy.gov.uk.
2000 2001 2002 2003 April — 54 111 142 May — 56 123 138 June — 56 125 141 July — 54 129 140 August — 52 128 134 September 2 56 138 139 October 4 57 146 140 November 6 60 147 144 December 10 60 145 145 January 12 62 148 141 February 51 71 145 141 March 53 92 143 138 Note:
Figures are full-time equivalents rounded to nearest whole number.