HC Deb 26 March 2003 vol 402 cc264-5W
Mr. Norman

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many(a) civil servants and (b) special advisors have been employed by (i) the Strategy Unit, (ii) the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit, (iii) the Office of the e-Envoy, (iv) the Office of Public Services Reform and (v) the Prime Minister's Policy Unit in each year since their creation. [103063]

Mr. Alexander

Figures regarding how many civil servants have been employed by units since they were created can be found in the following table. All figures have been rounded to full time equivalents (FTE). There have been no special advisers working in the units.

For the Prime Minister's Policy Directorate figures I refer the hon. Member to the answer the Prime Minister gave to the hon. Member for Yeovil (Mr. Laws) on 25 March 2003, Official Report, column 125W.

FTE staff numbers for 3 February:
Unit Date Unit Created 2000 2001 2002 2003
Strategy Unit July 2002 — — — 90
The Prime Minister' s Delivery Unit June 2001 — — 18 34
The Office of the E-Envoy September 1999 51 71 145 141
The Office of Public Services Reform June 2001 — — 30 143
1 The Office of Public Services Reform figure for 3 February 2003 includes The Charter Mark and Beacon Unit which merged with the

unit on 1 September 2002.