§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff the Department and each agency and non-departmental public body for which the Department is responsible had in each year since 1997; and what the cost of those staff was in each of those years. [122250]
§ John HealeyInformation on the number and cost of staff from the financial year 1998–99 can be found in the following 2003 Spring Departmental Reports:
Department Command number Reference HM Customs & Excise 5,924 Tables 5 and 6 Inland Revenue 5,925 Annex 3 and Table 5 HM Treasury1 5,922 Annex B5 and B6 Office of National Statistics 5,931 Tables 2 & 4 Government Actuary's Department 5,923 Tables 6 and 7 1 Includes the Office of Government Commerce (core) and Debt Management Office Prior to 1998–99 the requirement was to supply figures for "running costs" only which included the paybill figures. Consequently, the information requested for 1997–98 is not available in a standard format but can be found in the following publications:
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The valuation office Financial year Staff numbers Staff costs (£ million)1 1997–98 4,346 103 1998–99 4,063 101 1999–2000 4,016 103 2000–01 3,948 103 2001–02 3,814 103 1 Valuation Office staff costs do not include early departure costs
The Royal Mint Financial year Staff numbers Staff costs (£million) 1997–98 1,014 24 1998–99 994 24 1999–2000 1,171 28 2000–01 1,138 31 2001–02 1,008 28
National savings and investments Financial year Staff numbers Staff costs (£ million) 1997–98 4,241 73 1998–99 4,009 75 1999–2000 121 6 2000–01 122 6 2001–02 118 6 In April 1999, following a competitive tendering exercise, the operations part of National Savings and Investments was outsourced to Siemens Business Services.
Staff numbers in the tables above are based upon Civil Service Full Time Equivalents and Casual staff years but do not include overtime staff year effort.
Staff costs relate to paybill including early departure costs, unless otherwise specified.
Final staffing figures for 2002–03 are not yet available.