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EU Institutions and Agencies

Volume 455: debated on Tuesday 16 January 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many people are employed in each EU institution and agency. (113827)

According to the draft budget for 2007 published by the Council Secretariat the number of employees in each EU institution in 2006 is as follows:

Institution

Permanent posts

Temporary posts

European Parliament

4,883

918

Council

3,393

47

Commission

23,910

486

Court of Justice

1,346

411

Court of Auditors

657

134

European Economic and Social Committee

642

29

Committee of the Regions

425

34

European Ombudsman

13

44

European Data-protection Supervisor

24

0

The Government do not hold any information on the number of employees in each EU agency. This information is held by Eurostat.