State Veterinary Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many (a) permanent and (b) temporary staff worked at the (i) State Veterinary Service, (ii) Dairy Hygiene and Egg Marketing Inspectorates and (iii) Wildlife Licensing and Registration Service in each of the last 12 months. (135504)

The figures requested are as follows:

*(i) State Veterinary Service*
	Permanent	Temporary
April 2006	1,282.2	107.0
May 2006	1,268.3	115.7
June 2006	1,261.8	122.9
July 2006	1,267.4	130.7
August 2006	1,302.0	105.5
September 2006	1,300.5	95.5
October 2006	1,268.7	128.9
November 2006	1,274.2	125.9
December 2006	1,278.0	123.9
January 2007	1,289.4	135.4
February 2007	1,297.0	144.2
March 2007	1,301.8	154.8

*(ii) Dairy Hygiene Inspectorates*
	Permanent	Temporary
April 2006	39.9	2.5
May 2006	40.3	3.5
June 2006	41.3	3.5
July 2006	41.3	3.5
August 2006	41.3	3.3
September 2006	40.3	1.5
October 2006	39.1	5.1
November 2006	42.6	4.1
December 2006	38.9	3.1
January 2007	37.8	3.6
February 2007	36.7	4.6
March 2007	35.5	5.6

*(ii) Egg Marketing Inspectorate*
	Permanent	Temporary
April 2006	38.7	0.5
May 2006	38.7	0.5
June 2006	38.7	0.5
July 2006	38.7	0.5
August 2006	38.7	0.5
September 2006	38.7	0.5
October 2006	36.7	0.5
November 2006	36.7	0.5
December 2006	36.7	0.5
January 2007	35.7	0.5
February 2007	35.7	0.5
March 2007	35.7	0.5

*(iii) Wildlife Licensing and Registration Service*
	Permanent	Temporary
April 2006	27.6	6.0
May 2006	25.8	8.0
June 2006	25.8	8.0
July 2006	27.8	7.0
August 2006	27.8	6.0
September 2006	28.6	6.0
October 2006	29.6	5.0
November 2006	29.0	6.0
December 2006	30.0	5.0
January 2007	30.1	4.0
February 2007	30.1	4.0
March 2007	31.1	3.0

Volume 461: debated on Monday 4 June 2007