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Child Support Agency
Mr. Todd: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by the Child Support Agency in March (a) 2002, (b) 2003, (c) 2004 and (d) 2005. [19337]
Mr. Plaskitt: The administration of the Child Support Agency is a matter for the chief executive, Mr. Stephen Geraghty. He will write to the hon. Member with the information requested.
In reply to your Parliamentary Question about the Child Support Agency the Secretary of State promised a substantive reply from the Chief Executive.
You asked the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by the Child Support Agency in (a) March 2002 (b) March 2003 (c) March 2004 and (d) March 2005.
The table below contains the number of full/whole time equivalent staff in post in the months requested. The figures include fixed-term appointments and casual staff, but not Northern Ireland staff (who are part of the Northern Ireland Civil Service).
Child Support Agency Staffing Figures at the 31st March year-end and at November 2005 are shown in the Table below.
| Full-time equivalent staff (Number) | |
|---|---|
| March 2002 | 10,690.59 |
| March 2003 | 11,256.42 |
| March 2004 | 10,819.53 |
| March 2005 | 9,784.26 |
| November 2005 | 10,480.01 |
I hope you find this answer useful.
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Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many staff were employed by the Child Support Agency at (a) 31 December 2004, (b) 31 March 2005, (c) 30 June 2005, (d) 30 September 2005 and (e) 31 December 2005; and if he will make a statement. [41399]
Mr. Plaskitt: The administration of the Child Support Agency is a matter for the chief executive. He will write to the hon. Member with the information requested.
In reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about the Child Support Agency the Secretary of State promised a substantive reply from the Chief Executive.
You asked the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff were employed by the Child Support Agency at (a) 31st December 2004 (b) 31st March 2005 (c) 30th June 2005 (d) 30 September 2005 and (e) 31st December 2005; and if he will make a statement.
The information for 31st December 2005 is not yet available. The table below contains the number of full/whole time equivalent staff in post in the months requested. The figures include fixed-term appointments and temporary staff, but not Northern Ireland staff (who are part of the Northern Ireland Civil Service).
| Period | Full-time equivalent staff |
|---|---|
| 31 December 2004 | 9,809.96 |
| 31 March 2005 | 9,784.26 |
| 30 June 2005 | 9,827.08 |
| 30 September 2005 | 10,072.55 |
Community Languages
John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether a staff survey has been conducted (a) in London and (b) in the UK on the number of community languages staff speak at work to assist customers. [48982]
Mrs. McGuire: No such survey has been conducted.
Departmental Assets
Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will list the 10 most valuable (a) movable and (b) immovable assets owned by his Department. [27376]
Mrs. McGuire: The highest value assets on the fixed asset register for Departmental owned assets are leasehold improvements, which are pooled costs relating to the refurbishment of the Job Centre Plus offices. By the nature of pools, these assets will actually comprise of numerous classes of assets, such as building work, internal decoration and furniture and fittings.
We have listed the 10 most valuable (a) movable and (b) immovable assets owned by the Department.
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Departmental Finance
Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the real terms percentage increase in allocated resources for his Department (a) was for the period 1997–98 to 2004–05 and (b) is estimated to be between 2005–06 and 2007–08 (i) for each period and (ii) for each year. [31033]
Mrs. McGuire: The Department for Work and Pensions was formed in June 2001 from the Department of Social Security and parts of the former Department for Education and Employment including the Employment Service and has since undergone significant reorganisation of the Department and Machinery of Government changes. In 1998–99 there was also a change from cash to resource accounting.
Comparable information is only available from 1999–2000 through to 2007–08 from the Public Expenditure Statistical Analysis 2005 (Cm 6521) available in the Library. The percentage increase for each year and for the periods quoted is detailed in the tables as follows. Allocated resources include both Departmental Expenditure Limits (DEL) and Annually Managed Expenditure (AME). Please note figures in brackets denote a percentage decrease.
| Percentage increase | |
|---|---|
| Actual | |
| 1999–2000 | 0 |
| 2000–01(56) | 0.7 |
| 2001–02 | 5.4 |
| 2002–03 | 1.8 |
| 2003–04 | 1.5 |
| 2004–05 | 4.0 |
| Total for period | 14.1 |
| Estimated | |
| 2005–06 | 0 |
| 2006–07 | (2.0) |
| 2007–08 | 2.4 |
| Total for period | 0.4 |
(56) These figures relate to the period before the Department for Work and Pensions was created in June 2001. When the Department was created an exercise was carried out to put historical data from predecessor bodies onto the DWP Treasury Database in an amalgamated form.
Departmental Staff
Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average number of staff employed at the Department was in each year from 1997–98 to 2005–06, including equivalent figures for the period before the Department was re-organised into its current form, broken down by (a) full-time equivalents and (b) overtime and temporary staff; and if he will make a statement. [32431]
Mrs. McGuire [holding answer 28 November 2005]: The Department for Work and Pensions was formed in June 2001 from the Department of Social Security and parts of the former Department for Education and Employment, including the Employment Service. Information on the average number of staff and overtime and temporary staff in the Department in each year from 2000–01 to 2005–06 can be found in Table 6 of the Department for Work and Pensions Departmental Report 2005.
Information on the average number of staff and overtime and temporary staff in the former Department of Social Security in each year from 1997–98 can be found in Table 10 of the Social Security Departmental Report 2001.
Information on the average number of staff and overtime and temporary staff in the former Employment Service in each year from 1997–98 can be found in annex J of the Department for Education and Skills Departmental Report 2001.
Each of the reports referred to is available in the Library.
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