HC Deb 16 January 2003 vol 397 cc709-10W
Mr. Andrew Turner

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many full-time equivalent staff are employed in(a) the Department and (b) each of the agencies it sponsors; and what the figures were for 1997. [90678]

Dr. Howells

The number of full-time equivalent staff employed in the Department and the Royal Parks Agency are set out in the following table.

Current 1997
DCMS 459 340
RPA 237 238