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Dr. Pugh
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many civil servants have been employed by his Department in each of the years 1997–98 to 2002–03; and what the median and weighted mean salary is for each of these years. [117761]
Mr. Charles Clarke
The numbers of civil servants employed in my Department as at 1 April for the years in question were as follows.
Number of civil servants employed
| |
| 2002 | 4,170 |
| 2001 | 4,775 |
| 2000 | 4,303 |
| 1999 | 3,948 |
| 1998 | 3,838 |
The figures for 2003 are not yet available.
Median and weighted mean salary information could be produced only at disproportionate costs.