Government Office (West Midlands)

HC Deb 11 November 2003 vol 413 c254W

David Wright

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many staff are employed by the Government Office West Midlands; and how many were employed in 1997. [136884]

Yvette Cooper

Staff employed in permanent posts at Government Office for the West Midlands:

• October 1997: 294
• October 2003: 346

These are not full-time equivalents. In 1997 the Government Office for the West Midlands represented three Departments, now it represents ten.