Departmental Jobs (Regional Distribution)

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what percentage of jobs in (a) his Department and (b) each (i) non-departmental public body, (ii) executive agency and (iii) other public body for which his Department is responsible are located in (A) Scotland, (B) England, excluding Greater London, (C) Greater London, (D) Wales and (E) Northern Ireland. (39867)

Table D of Civil Service Statistics covers permanent staff numbers (full-time equivalent) in each Department and agency. Information on The Health and Safety Executive, part of the Department since June 2002, is available in the same publication.

Civil Service Statistics are available in the Library and at the following address on the Cabinet Office website: http://www.civilservice.gov.uk/management_ of_the_civil service/statistics/civil service_statistics/index.asp

Information on the number of civil servants in other public bodies for which the Department has responsibility is included in the information in Civil Service Statistics but is not separately identified. The number and location of these staff are as follows:

Statutory body	London	West Midlands	North East	Total
Independent Review Service	—	93	—	93
Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority	—	—	40	40
Office of the Pensions Ombudsman	33	—	—	33
Social Security Advisory Committee	3	—	—	3
Total	36	93	40	169
Note: Staffing figures are full-time equivalent permanent staff as at April 2004, the same date as the available information on the Cabinet Office website.

Volume 447: debated on Tuesday 13 June 2006