HC Deb 09 April 2003 vol 403 c286W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many staff were employed by his Department in(a) 2001–02 and (b) 2002–03. [106970]

Peter Hain

The Department's Resource Accounts (HC 318) show the average number of whole-time equivalent persons employed (including senior management, Ministers, and special advisers) to have been 42 during 2001–02. The Department's Resource Accounts will be published later this year, from which a comparative figure for 2002–03 will be available.