§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many staff the Department and each agency and non-departmental public body for which it is responsible has; and what their annual cost will be. [122272]
§ Mr. LammyData on staffing levels in the Civil Service are collected from Departments and agencies twice-yearly, in April and October. Headline figures are published under National Statistics guidelines via a press notice. Those for October 2002 were published on 27 February 2003. A copy of the press notice, accompanying media brief and supporting tables is available on the world wide web at: www.civilservice.gov.uk/statistics Copies of these documents are also placed in the Libraries of both Houses.
More detailed information on the Civil Service is published annually in "Civil Service Statistics", copies of which are laid in the Libraries of both Houses. The last edition, based on April 2001 data, was published in June 2002. The next edition, based on April 2002 data, is due to be published at the end of July 2003.
The Cabinet Office publishes information on non-departmental public bodies in its annual publication, "Public Bodies". The information includes details of the number of staff employed by each NDPB at 31 March each year. "Public Bodies 2002" was published in January 2003. Copies of "Public Bodies", published each year since 1997, are available in the Libraries of both Houses.
The Department for Constitutional Affairs publishes information on staff numbers and costs in the "Departmental Report"; the last report for 2002–03 was published in June 2003.
Each non-departmental public body for which the Department is responsible publishes its own accounts and annual report.
These reports are available in the Libraries of both Houses.