HC Deb 13 June 2003 vol 406 c170W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many staff have been employed in the Ministerial Correspondence Unit of the Department in each of the last two years. [115884]

Mr. Jamieson

The Department for Transport was formed on 29 May 2002. The Ministerial Correspondence Unit has been staffed by 8.5 permanent civil servants. This figure excludes any temporary agency staff that may have worked in the unit over this period.