§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many staff in his Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies receive paid leave to undertake union duties; how many days they are allocated; and what has been the cost to public funds in 2002. [106770]
§ Maria EagleThe information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available for the financial year 2002–03, is in the table:
Department for Work and Pensions Agency/Body Full-time post allocation1 Approximate costs2 (£) Corporate Centre 15.94 331.000 Jobcentre Plus 240.76 4,998,800 The Pension Service 8 166,100 Child Support Agency 28.5 591,700 Other 21.25 441,200 Total 314,45 6528,800 1 This is not necessarily equivalent to the number of union officials because some officials are part time and some union posts are not filled. 2 The figures rounded to the nearest one hundred pounds, have been calculated using average, not actual, salaries.