§ Baroness Miller of Hendonasked Her Majesty's Government:
Of the forecast 674,000 additional public sector jobs that will have been created between May 1997 and 2006, (including 354,000 between 1997 and 2002) how many are:
- (a) teachers and university tutors;
- (b) additional medical staff, such as doctors, nurses and technical staff;
- (c) police officers and support staff;
- (d) engaged by or on behalf of government departments other than Departments of Health and or Education and Skills; and
- (e) engaged by local authorities in connection with statutory duties imposed on them since May 1997. [HL4327]
Lord Mclntosh of HaringeyONS statistics for public sector staffing show a total increase in public sector employment between 1997 and 2002 of 344,000. Increases in the parts of the public sector specified are:
- (a) 169,000 increase in employment in the education sector between 1997 and 2002
- (b) 161,000 increase in the healthcare sector between 1997 and 2002
- (c) 12,000 increase in police and support staff between 1997 and 2002
- (d) 42,600 increase in civil servants between 1996–97 and 2005–06. (Source: HM Treasury, Public Expenditure Statistical Analysis 2003–4)
- (e) 21,000 increase in local government employment between 1997 and 2002.
§ Baroness Miller of Hendonasked Her Majesty's Government:
Of the £19 billion estimated increase in the annual cost to the taxpayers between 1997 and 2006 of the additional number of public sector jobs, how much is attributable to:
- (a) additional teachers and university tutors;
WA 34 - (b) additional medical staff, such as doctors, nurses and technical staff;
- (c) police officers and support staff;
- (d) those engaged by on or behalf of government departments other than the Departments of Health and or Education and Skills; and
- (e) those engaged by local authorities in connection with statutory duties imposed on them since May 1997. [HL4328]