§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many staff have been employed in the Ministerial Correspondence Unit of the Department in each of the last two years. [115878]
§ Yvette CooperThe Office of the Deputy Prime Minister was created on 29 May 2002. As at 1 April 2003, 12 permanent full-time equivalent members of staff were in post in the Ministerial Correspondence Unit within the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. A further 9.5 casual appointments were also employed on a full-time basis.