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Cattle Testing

Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans he has to reassess the arrangements for the pre-movement testing of cattle. [106303]

Mr. Bradshaw: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 27 November 2006, Official Report, column 286W.

Civil Servants

Chris Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many civil servants on (a) permanent and (b) temporary contracts have (i) been recruited and (ii) left his Department and each of its agencies in each year since May 2001. [103244]

Barry Gardiner: The following tables give the information requested.
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Recruitment
2001-02( 1) 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07( 2)

DEFRA

Perm

915

683

617

482

445

154

Temp

1,565

533

370

517

400

114

CEFAS(3)

Perm

37

69

58

42

40

51

Temp

11

11

14

0

3

1

CSL(4)

Perm

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

33

21

Temp

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

102

74

GDS(5)

Perm

7

4

Temp

2

3

MFA(6)

Perm

10

3

Temp

3

2

PSD

Perm

9

6

9

19

12

0

Temp

8

5

9

11

7

3

RPA

Perm

3,313

247

732

41

194

355

Temp

665

524

393

551

534

149

SVS(7)

Perm

65

76

Temp

138

48

VLA

Perm

177

168

102

77

92

54

Temp

42

70

44

30

34

32

VMD

Perm

17

11

20

7

14

2

Temp

1

0

0

0

0

0


Leavers (including transfers to other Government Departments)
2001-02( 1) 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07( 2)

DEFRA

Perm

510

661

549

516

465

378

Temp

1,577

857

350

300

289

325

CEFAS(3)

All staff

47

63

55

63

57

42

CSL(4)

Perm

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

62

35

Temp

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

59

73

GDS(5)

Perm

0

2

Temp

0

2

MFA(6)

Perm

0

7

Temp

0

4

PSD

Perm

11

7

6

7

11

9

Temp

7

4

7

5

5

4

RPA

Perm

326

348

468

452

618

193

Temp

307

449

341

312

469

257

SVS(7)

Perm

62

39

Temp

77

61

VLA

Perm

129

119

125

116

101

64

Temp

3

34

34

21

16

10

VMD

Perm

10

5

11

4

0

3

Temp

1

0

0

0

0

0

(1) 2001-02 covers the period from 8 June 2001, when DEFRA was created, to 31 March 2002 (except the Rural Payments Agency, where the data cover the period from 1 April 2001).
(2) 2006-07 covers the period from 1 April to 31 October 2006.
(3) Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS) figures cover calendar years.
(4) Central Science Laboratory (CSL) figures before April 2005 not available.
(5) The Government Decontamination Service (GDS) was created on 1 October 2005.
(6) The Marine Fisheries Agency (MFA) was created on 1 October 2005.
(7) The State Veterinary Service (SVS) was created on 1 April 2005.

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