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Departments: Task Forces

Volume 460: debated on Tuesday 22 May 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what (a) task forces and (b) units operate in his Department; what the annual budget is of each; and how many staff each unit employs, broken down by civil service grade. (127764)

The information requested is set out in the following tables. The information in the tables covers all of the Department’s task forces. The information on business units represents the most detailed breakdown available from centrally held records.

The Department’s organisational architecture comprises business units designed to deliver: departmental-wide strategy and planning; strategies and policies to meet the needs of particular customer groups; direct delivery of services to customers; and delivery of departmental-wide shared services. Within each of these business units specific responsibilities fall to functions designated as directorates and divisions.

Also within these business units there are smaller business functions that are described as units but data are not held centrally on their functions, budgets or staffing and this information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Task force

Staff profile by grade

Financial allocation for 2007-08 (£)

Jobcentre Plus Provision Forum

1 x SCS PB 213 x SCS PB 111 x Band F1

2800

Health Professionals Advisory Group

Grade SCS PB2 and Band C1

30

Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study (WPLS) Ethics Committee

2 x Band G

30

1 x Band F

30

Ethnic Minority Employment Task Force

Band E and Band D1

15,000

Transformation of the Personal Capability Assessment (PCA) Consultative Group

SCS PB 11

30

Health Work and Well-being (HWWB) National Stakeholder Council

0 civil servants

50,000

SSP (Statutory Sick Pay) Review Group

Band E and Band D1

30

Official Error

1 x SCS PB11

40

4 x UG61

40

2 x UG71

40

3 x SEO1

40

1 x HEO1

40

1 On part-time basis.

2 £800 per year for meetings only.

3 No funding other than staff costs.

4 No dedicated budget.

DWP staffing as at 31 March 2007

Business

SCS

G6/G7

SEO

HEO

EO

AO/AA

Total

Jobcentre Plus

58

503

1,129

3,847

25,589

36,820

67,946

The Pension Service

22

159

309

683

3,750

7,785

12,707

Child Support Agency

23

131

146

515

2,989

7,420

11,224

Disability Carers Service

7

48

76

298

2,143

3,415

5,988

Shared Services

5

64

106

246

871

3,260

4,553

The Rent Service

1

12

25

90

372

143

643

Work Welfare and Equality Group

35

217

190

316

241

102

1,102

Pensions Client Directorate

21

93

85

142

62

56

459

Group Finance

23

118

188

372

610

208

1,519

Human Resources

11

62

88

209

169

68

607

Programme and Systems Delivery

29

137

50

52

35

16

319

Other Corporate Units

42

251

121

359

365

268

1,406

Total DWP

277

1,796

2,514

7,129

37,195

59,561

108,472

Notes:

1. Figures are full time equivalent (rounded)

2. Other corporate units include Change Management, Information Directorate, Strategy, Solicitors, Private Office, Communications and independent statutory bodies

3. Figures may not sum due to rounding

Departmental resource allocations 2007-08

£ million

Business

Total resource 2007-08

Jobcentre Plus

2,807

The Pension Service

515

Child Support Agency

443

Disability Carers Service

208

Shared Services

1

The Rent Service

35

Work Welfare and Equality Group

1,872

Pensions Client Directorate

117

Group Finance

600

Human Resources

81

Programme and Systems Delivery

702

Other corporate units

713

Total DWP

8,094

Notes:

1. Figures do not include EYF from 2006-07 as carry forward to 2007-08 not yet agreed.

2. Figures include EYF from 2005-06, but the draw down has not been agreed with HMT, therefore may feature in the final allocation.

3. Figures do not include additional funding as agreed by the 2007 Budget.

4. The figure is for total resource and includes Admin, DEL programme and capital.

Source:

Period 12 2006-07 Budget Book