HC Deb 03 March 2003 vol 400 cc870-1W
Mr. Andrew Turner

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 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. [90663]

Mr. McCartney

I refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my hon. Friend the Minister of State at the Cabinet Office (Douglas Alexander) on 16 January 2003,Official Report, col 697W.