To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority in each year from 1999; and what the salary costs were in each of those years; [121360](2) how many Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority staff members there were with media responsibilities in each year since 1999; and what their salary costs have been in each year. [121361]
[holding answer 24 June 2003]: The information requested is shown in the tables.
| Full time equivalent staff members in HFEA | ||
| £ | ||
| Tax Year | Number of staff | 1Salary cost |
| 1999–2000 | 34 | 690,625 |
| 2000–01 | 35 | 721,229 |
| 2001–02 | 38 | 835,784 |
| 2002–03 | 77 | 1,587,136 |
| 1Salary costs include National Insurance Contributions, Pension and Gross Salary | ||
| Full time equivalent staff members with media responsibility in HFEA | ||
| £ | ||
| Tax Year | Number of staff | 1Salary cost |
| 1999–2000 | 1 | 28,057 |
| 2000–01 | 1 | 34,996 |
| 2001–02 | 2 | 228,314 |
| 2002–03 | 2 | 85,759 |
| 1Salary costs include National Insurance Contributions, Pension and Gross Salary. | ||
| 2One post was vacant for part of the year | ||
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to his Answer of 18 June 2003, Official Report, column 280W, what categories of statistics are held by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority. [121451]
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has a statutory duty to collect information about licensed treatments and their outcomes, and maintains a register of information compiled from data provided by licensed clinics. Information on the current dataset has been placed in the Library.