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Secondments
Dr. Cable: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many individuals have been seconded to his Department from (a) the private sector, (b) NGOs and (c) other, in each case listing (i) from which organisation and (ii) dates of secondments in each year since 1997–98. [108095]
Mr. Leslie: The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister was created on 29 May 2002. The following table shows the number of individuals seconded to the Office since that date.
| Start | End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organisation | Year | Month | Year | Month |
| Private Sector | ||||
| Pinsant Curtis Biddle | 2002 | September | 2003 | March |
| Sport England | 2002 | November | 2004 | November |
| SPLASH | 2003 | February | 2005 | February |
| Institute for Public Policy Research | 2003 | February | 2003 | March |
| Urban Projects | 2002 | July | 2003 | July |
| Save the Children | 2003 | February | 2003 | March |
| Shelter | 2002 | August | 2003 | April |
| National Housing Federation | 2002 | October | 2004 | September |
| British Urban Regeneration Association | 2003 | February | 2004 | February |
| NGOs | ||||
| Local Government Ombudsman | 2002 | November | 2003 | November |
| Audit Commission | 2003 | January | 2003 | May |
| Audit Commission | 2003 | January | 2004 | January |
| Audit Commission | 2003 | January | 2003 | May |
| Audit Commission | 2003 | January | 2004 | March |
| Audit Commission | 2003 | January | 2004 | March |
| Other | ||||
| London borough of Newham | 2002 | September | 2003 | May |
| Elmbridge borough council | 2003 | February | 2003 | August |
| Test Valley borough council | 2003 | January | 2003 | July |
| Newcastle city council | 2002 | August | 2003 | March |
| South Gloucestershire council | 2002 | October | 2003 | December |
| Irwell Valley Housing Association | 2002 | June | 2003 | June |
| Manchester Housing | 2002 | November | 2003 | July |
| London Thames Gateway Forum | 2002 | August | 2003 | August |
| South West Dev Agency | 2003 | January | 2004 | June |
| Capacity | 2002 | October | 2004 | October |
| Bracknell Forest council | 2003 | March | 2004 | March |
| London borough of Camden | 2002 | September | 2003 | May |
| Chesterfield Primary Care Trust | 2002 | October | 2003 | July |
Staff Numbers
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many staff are employed by his Department. [106281]
Mr. Leslie: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Member for Paisley, South (Mr. Alexander) on 3 April 2003, Official Report, column 779W.
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Mr. Bercow: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many staff were employed by his Department in (a) 2001–02 and (b) 2002–03. [106981]
Mr. Leslie: I refer the hon. Member to, the answer given by my hon. Friend the Member for Paisley, South on 4 April 2003, Official Report, column 891W.
Staff Union Duties
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many staff in his Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies receive paid leave to undertake union duties; how many days they are allocated; and what has been the cost to public funds in 2002. [106738]
Mr. Leslie: The number of staff who received paid leave to undertake union duties (excluding health and safety activity) in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, including Government Offices, its Executive Agencies and NDPBs is 97.5 (the majority are part-time representatives). The total number of days allocated to the staff is 2,055. The costs of time spent on industrial relations and/or trade union activities, based on average salary costs is £261,778.
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Statutory Instruments
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list the statutory instruments issued by his Department in the last 12 months, indicating (a) the purpose of each and (b) the cost of each to (i) public funds, (ii) businesses and (iii) individuals. [106320]
Mr. Leslie: The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister was formed on 29 May 2002. From that date until 31 March 2003 it issued 48 general statutory instruments and 31 local statutory instruments. The purpose of each instrument is explained in its explanatory note.
The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister does not hold the information requested concerning the actual cost of implementing the instruments in question. However, in the case of a number of instruments a regulatory impact assessment was prepared which indicates the likely cost of the measure on business, charities and the voluntary sector. Copies of these assessments will have been placed in the Libraries of both Houses.
The general instruments referred to above are listed below. The list identifies those for which a regulatory impact assessment was prepared.
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