HC Deb 21 April 2004 vol 420 cc535-6W
Mr. McNamara

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the(a) running costs of, (b) cost of staff salaries for and (c) number of people employed, broken down by grade, by UK Trade and Investment were in the last financial year for which figures are available. [165483]

Mr. Mike O'Brien

[holding answer 20 April 2004]: The information is as follows:

(a) Total administration costs for 2002–03, including an apportionment of central overheads attributable to UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) activities by DTI and FCO, were as follows:

  • DTI: £45,464,000
  • FCO: £141,235,000

(b) The aggregate payroll costs of the DTI and FCO employees working for UKTI were as follows:

  • DTI: £21,402,000
  • FCO: £48,691,000

(c) UKTI is not an employing organisation. Staff working for UKTI remain the employees of either the DTI or the FCO. The average number of whole-time equivalent (WTE) persons working for UKTI during 2002–03, broken down by grade, was as follows:

Number of whole-time equivalent persons
DTI 1620
Of which: Range
2 18.6
3 8.0
4 148.2
5 8.5
6 174.5
7 13.4
8 119.8
9 35.8
10 55.6
11 20.9
SCS 17.0

Number of whole-time equivalent persons
FCO 1,638
Of which:
UK-based total 353
Of which:
SMS 64.7
D7/D6 61.8
C5 65.68
C4 105.97
B3 37.19
A2 15.04
Al 2.0
Locally engaged staff 1,285
Of which:
LEI 348
LE2 154
LE3 712
LE4 61
LE5 10
1 This figure varies from the figure published in the UK Trade & Investment Resource Accounts for 2002–03 as it does not include temporary/agency staff.