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Rent Officers

Volume 450: debated on Monday 9 October 2006

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Mr. Philip Hammond

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many training days have been provided to rent officers in each year for which figures are available; and at what cost to his Department. (90403)

Mr. Plaskitt

The information is in the following table:

Number of training days provided to rent officers in England and the related costs

Financial Year (1 April to 31 March)

Number of rent officer training days

Cost to DWP (£)

2003-041

1,447.0

229,116

2004-05

1,169.0

338,264

2005-06

612.5

168,514

1 The costs for 2003-04 fell to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister as the Rent Service did not transfer to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) until 1 April 2004.

The Rent Officer Service in Wales is the responsibility of the Welsh Assembly. The Rent Registration Service in Scotland is part of the Scottish Executive. As such, no training costs would have been met by DWP.