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Projected staffing levels for the Department of Communities and Local Government by 31 March 2007 are 2,190 full-time equivalents. However, these estimates are expected to change following the transfer of some work and staff from the Department of Trade and Industry and the Home Office to the Department as part of the machinery of government changes announced in May.

Mr. Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many civil servants from her Department work in 26 Whitehall; and which divisions are based there. [78653]

Angela E. Smith: There are currently 37 staff from the Department for Communities and Local Government in 26 Whitehall as shown in the following table:

Unit	Number of staff
Corporate Strategy and Resources Group	28
Ministerial Group	9
Total	37

All these staff will be moving to Eland House in the next few months.

Equal Pay

Ms Katy Clark: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many (a) women and (b) men are employed in the Department; what the average pay was for (i) women and (ii) men in the Department in (1) 1997 and (2) 2006; what women's average pay is as a percentage of men's average pay; and how many (A) women and (B) men the Department employed in each of the last five years, broken down by grade. [67793]

Angela E. Smith: I have been asked to reply.

The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister was formed on 29 May 2002. Figures for years before the creation of ODPM are not available. The following table shows the number of men and women employed in ODPM on the 31 March between 2003 and 2005 by grade.

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Table 1: Permanent staff by grade and gender 2003-05
	Headcount
	Full-time staff				Part-time staff				Full-time equivalent
Responsibility level	Male	Female	Total	Male		Female	Total	Male		Female	Total
31 March 2003
All non-industrial staff	1,157	916	2,073	29		153	182	1,178		1,024	2,202
SCS level	78	26	104	2		7	9	79		31	110
Grades 6 and 7	260	138	398	9		36	45	267		164	431
SEO/HEO level	412	286	698	10		43	53	420		316	737
EO level	234	209	443	3		28	31	235		229	464
AO/AA level	172	257	429	5		39	44	175		284	460
Unknown	1	—	1	—		—	—	1		—	1
All industrial staff	19	—	19	—		—	—	19		—	19
31 March 2004
All non-industrial staff	1,194	972	2,166	34		160	194	1,227		1,089	2,316
SCS level	82	43	125	2		9	11	83		50	133
Grades 6 and 7	268	165	433	12		36	48	277		191	468
SEO/HEO level	452	322	774	9		48	57	460		356	816
EO level	234	217	451	5		29	34	246		253	498
AO/AA level	155	225	380	6		38	44	159		239	398
Unknown	3	—	3	—		—	—	3		—	3
All industrial staff	32	—	32	—		—	—	33		—	33
31 March 2005
All non-industrial staff	1,255	1,032	2,287	38		168	206	1,283		1,152	2,435
SCS level	73	42	115	2		10	12	74		50	124
Grades 6 and 7	310	162	472	12		45	57	319		195	514
SEO/HEO level	470	373	843	11		50	61	479		409	888
EO level	242	232	474	6		29	35	246		253	498
AO/AA level	159	221	380	7		34	41	164		244	408
Unknown	1	2	3	—		—	—	1		2	3
All industrial staff	31	—	31	—		—	—	31		—	31

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