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23 Apr 2008 : Column 2054W—continued

All figures in £000
Wages and Salaries	April 2006	May 2006	June 2006	July 2006	August 2006	September 2006
Salaries—Permanent	9,226	9,330	9,547	10,305	8,841	9,467
Salaries—Secondees	0	54	19	-6	14	19
Salaries—Casuals	16	34	3	39	57	12
Hire of Agency Staff
Hire of Agency Staff (Professional/Management)	68	188	223	280	155	98
Hire of Agency Staff (Clerical/Secretariat/Other)	116	136	372	125	123	84
Salaries Permanent	9,226	9,330	9,547	10,305	8,841	9,467
Salaries for Secondees and Casuals	16	88	22	33	71	31
Agency staff total	184	324	595	405	278	182

Wages and Salaries	October 2006	November 2006	December 200 6	January 200 7	February 200 7	March 200 7
Salaries—Permanent	9,141	8,789	11,021	9,390	8,873	10,009
Salaries—Secondees	41	16	-1	54	-11	21
Salaries—Casuals	34	28	42	22	-25	17
Hire of Agency Staff						0
Hire of Agency Staff (Professional/Management)	285	170	241	167	362	86
Hire of Agency Staff (Clerical/Secretariat/Other)	45	78	87	110	53	150
Salaries Permanent	9,141	8,789	11,021	9,390	8,873	10,009
Salaries for Secondees and Casuals	75	44	41	76	-36	38
Agency staff total	330	248	328	277	415	236

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23 Apr 2008 : Column 2056W

All figures in £000
Wages and Salaries	April 2007	May 2007	June 2007	July 2007	August 2007	September 2007
Salaries—Permanent	8,468	8,764	8,590	8,217	8,378	8,896
Salaries—Secondees	0	-2	20	0	2	10
Salaries—Casuals	15	13	21	21	23	42
Hire of Agency Staff
Hire of Agency Staff (Professional/Management)	25	118	88	114	107	139
Hire of Agency Staff (Clerical/Secretariat/Other)	60	102	93	88	67	102
Salaries Permanent	8,468	8,764	8,590	8,217	8,378	8,896
Salaries for Secondees and Casuals	15	11	41	21	25	52
Agency staff total	85	220	181	202	174	241

Wages and Salaries	October 2007	November 2007	December 2007	January 2008	February 2008	March 2008
Salaries—Permanent	9,247	9,382	13,232	9,190	9,619	9,040
Salaries—Secondees	13	7	28	15	1	78
Salaries—Casuals	27	52	22	2	18	21
Hire of Agency Staff
Hire of Agency Staff (Professional/Management)	414	182	235	224	152	310
Hire of Agency Staff (Clerical/Secretariat/Other)	124	154	150	143	133	157
Salaries Permanent	9,247	9,382	13,232	9,190	9,619	9,040
Salaries for Secondees and Casuals	40	59	50	17	19	99
Agency staff total	538	336	385	367	285	467

Energy: Finance

Mr. Ingram: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform pursuant to the answer of 27 March 2008, Official Report, column 334W, on renewable energy: finance, whether his Department has received any transfer of funds from the fossil fuel levy since 2004; and if he will make a statement. [199308]

Malcolm Wicks [holding answer 21 April 2008]: The Department has not received any transfer of funds from the Fossil Fuel Levy, or the Fossil Fuel Levy account other than that referred to in my previous answer.

Fuel Poverty

Mark Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what assessment he has made of the effects of the cost of (a) heating oil and (b) other fuels on levels of fuel poverty; and if he will make a statement. [200270]

Malcolm Wicks: Fuel poverty is caused by the interaction of a number of factors with the energy efficiency status of the property, the cost of energy and the household income are three of the most prominent. The impact of these three factors are shown within “The UK Fuel Poverty Strategy; 5th Annual Progress Report 2007” (available online at http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file42720.pdf).

Official fuel poverty figures take into account these factors including the cost of the main heating fuel, the type of heating system and the occupancy of the household. Comparison of the costs to heat a property used in the modelling of fuel poverty are sourced from the Sutherland Comparative Domestic Heating Cost tables, available under copyright through http://www.sutherlandtables.co.uk/. However, the effect of separate fuels’ prices is not available.

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