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Departments: Manpower

Volume 461: debated on Wednesday 20 June 2007

To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice how many people are employed by her Department. (141792)

The headcount figures for the former DCA and those parts of the Home Office which transferred to the Ministry of Justice have been taken from the latest civil service employment statistics published by the Office for National Statistics on 13 June 2007 for the quarter ending 31 March 2007.

Number

Former DCA

36,910

National Offender Management Service

1,620

Office for Criminal Justice Reform

338

HM Prison Service

49,570

Total

88,438

The number of staff transferring from Home Office Corporate Services following the creation of the Ministry of Justice is still being discussed.

To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice how many officials work in (a) her Department and (b) the Privy Council Office. (143172)

The headcount figures for the former DCA and those parts of the Home Office which transferred to the Ministry of Justice have been taken from the latest civil service employment statistics published by the Office for National Statistics on 13 June 2007 for the quarter ending 31 March 2007.

Number

Former DCA

36,910

National Offender Management Service

1,620

Office for Criminal Justice Reform

338

HM Prison Service

49,570

The number of staff transferring from Home Office Corporate Services following the creation of the Ministry of Justice is still being discussed.

The present headcount figure for those parts of the Privy Council Office transferred to the Ministry of Justice is 21.