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Parliament Street Restaurant

Volume 115: debated on Wednesday 6 May 1987

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asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many full-time and part-time employees were working at the Treasury's Parliament street restaurant (a)before and (b) after November 1985.

Immediately prior to November 1985, the following Civil Service Catering Organisation staff were employed in the Parliament street restaurant:

Number
ManagerFull-time1
IndustrialsFull-timenil
IndustrialsPart-time7
At 31 March 1987 the committee employed

2 full-time staff and
16 part-time staff.

In addition to the above there is also one catering manager employed by the Civil Service Catering Organisation.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will give the hourly rates of pay for the head cook, cook, assistant cook, cashier, catering assistant and kitchen porter, working at the Treasury's Parliament street restaurant;(2) if he will give the annual holiday entitlement, sickness pay entitlement, pension and redundancy pay entitlements of catering workers at the Treasury's Parliament street restaurant

(a) before and (b) after November 1985;

(3) if he will give the amount of the immediate savings after the Civil Service Catering Organisation was replaced at the Treasury's Parliament street restaurant.

The committee will shortly be putting the contract for the Treasury staff restaurant to tender. It would be wrong of me in these circumstances to divulge commercial in-confidence information about the committee's operations and business.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many full-time equivalent new jobs were created since control of the Treasury's Parliament street restaurant was removed from the Civil Service Catering Organisation.

Since the committee has assumed responsibility for the Treasury staff restaurant, two full jobs have been created. In addition, 10 of the 16 part-time staff are employed for 30 hours a week or more.