HC Deb 12 May 2004 vol 421 c333W
Mrs. Spelman

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the staff numbers were for 2003 of the(a) Standards Board for England, (b) Advisory Panel on Beacon Councils and (c) Review of the Needs Indices used in the allocation of housing capital resources to local authorities and registered social landlords. [172471]

Keith Hill

The information requested is as follows.

  1. (a) The number of staff in post at the Standards Board for England on 31 March 2003 was 105,
  2. (b) the Advisory Panel on Beacon Councils, an advisory Non-Departmental Public Body, has no staff. Its board of 10 core members and 10 specialist advisors is supported by officials in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, and
  3. (c) I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 29 March 2004, Official Report, column 1257W.