Select Committee on Catering Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence

APPENDIX 2

Memorandum by the Serjeant at Arms

PASS CATEGORIES

BREAKDOWN BY STATUS AND NUMBER ISSUED (AS AT 1 FEBRUARY 2002)

Category	Status	Number
M	Members of Parliament	659
MEP	Members of European Parliament	58
X	Former Members of Parliament	116
1	Officers of the House	258
1A TEMP	Specialist Advisers	32
2	Speakers Department Staff	13
2A TEMP	Speakers Department Staff	1
3	Clerk of the House Department Staff	178
3A TEMP	Clerk of the House Department Staff	6
4	Serjeant at Arms Department Staff	385
4A TEMP	Serjeant at Arms Department Staff	10
5	Library Staff	170
5A TEMP	Library Staff	15
6	Hansard Staff	86
6A TEMP	Hansard Staff	18
7	Administration Department Staff	132
7A TEMP	Administration Department Staff	30
8	Refreshment Department Staff	314
8A TEMP	Refreshment Department Staff	18
9A	Members' Secretaries	662
9B	Members' Research Assistants	545
9C TEMP	Members' Secretaries	0
9D TEMP	Members' Research Assistants	125
9E TEMP	Members' Chauffers and other Miscellaneous Staff	6
9F	Members' Substitute Secretaries	0
9G TEMP	Members' Overseas Research Assistants	40
10	Peers/Members/Officers' Spouses, Residents Families	882
11	Commonwealth and Overseas Visitors	0
11A TEMP	Commonwealth and Overseas Visitors	0
P	Peers and Lady Peers	622
12	Officers of the House	67
12A TEMP	Officers of the House	9
13	House of Lords Staff	359
13A TEMP	House of Lords Staff	84
14	Lord Chancellors Department Staff	49
14A TEMP	Lord Chancellors Department Staff	114
15A	Peers and Lady Peers Secretaries	77
15B	Peers and Lady Peers Research Assistants	88
15C TEMP	Peers and Lady Peers Secretaries	23
15D TEMP	Peers and Lady Peers Research Assistants	139
15E	Peers and Lady Peers Chauffeurs and other Staff	37
16	CPA, IPU and BAPG Staff	71
16A TEMP	CPA, IPU and BAPG Staff	2
17 TEMP	Departmental Staff (Civil Servants)	1,469
17A TEMP	Government Car Service/Internal Despatch Service	182
17B TEMP	Departmental Information/Press Officers	305
17C	Departmental Escort Officers	150
18 TEMP	Departmental Messengers	153
19	Specialist Contractor	43
19A TEMP	Specialist Contractor	0
20	Security Force (including RBLA)	459
20A TEMP	Security Force (including RBLA)	92
21	Post Office	59
21A TEMP	Post Office	28
22	Communications Directorate	57
22A TEMP	Communications Directorate	84
23	Parliamentary Counsel and Agents	90
23A TEMP	Parliamentary Counsel and Agents	1
24	Westminster Audio/WB Gurney/Rediffussion/Thomas Cook/Susan Hamilton Personnel, etc	98
24A TEMP	Westminster Audio/WB Gurney/Rediffussion/Thomas Cook/Susan Hamliton Personnel, etc	13
25 TEMP	Conservative Central Office/PLP/LPO/LD/SNP, etc	88
26 TEMP	Works Directorate Contractors	1,764
26A TEMP	Works Directorate Contractors	318
26B TEMP	Works Directorate Contractors	26
26C TEMP	Works Directorate Contractors	11
26D TEMP	Works Directorate Contractors	1
26E TEMP	Works Directorate Contractors	1
27 TEMP	Other Contractors	314
28	Reporters Premises	26
28A	Reporters Premises, Gallery and Lobby	243
28B	Reporters Premises and Gallery	83
28C TEMP	Reporters Premises and Sound Broadcasting Box	27
28D TEMP	Reporters Premises and Lobby	6
28E TEMP	Reporters Premises	64
28F TEMP	Reporters Premises Overseas	0
29A	Reporters Gallery—House of Lords	6
29B	Lobby and Reporters Gallery—House of Lords	6
30 TEMP	Specially Authorised Holders	39
32	Whips Office Staff	142
33	HMSO Staff	31
33A TEMP	HMSO Staff	38
34	Gymnasium Members (1 Canon Row only)	126
35	TV Personnel—Parliamentary Broadcasting	31
35A	TV Personnel—Parliamentary Broadcasting	39
RO	Retired Officer	9
XP	Excluded Hereditary Peer	184
TOTAL		13,406

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Prepared 17 July 2002