(2) how many staff funded by the public purse in the (a) Appeals Service and (b) Child Support Agency are classified as people without posts;
(3) how many staff funded by the public purse in (a) the Disability and Carers Service, (b) Jobcentre Plus and (c) the Pension Service are classified as people without posts.
Currently there are 13 members of staff who, for exceptional reasons, are recorded by the Department’s systems as being paid but not undertaking either permanent or temporary work. This figure represents 0.01 per cent. of the total staff in the Department.
The Department’s surplus management procedures operate to ensure that wherever possible staff who become surplus are provided with temporary work until they are redeployed or leave the Department including under management approved release schemes.
The distribution of these staff is shown in the following table.
Business area Number of staff Child Support Agency 3 Disability and Carers Service 1— Jobcentre Plus 1— The Pension Service 9 Departmental corporate units 1 Departmental total 13 1 None.
The Appeals Service transferred to the Department for Constitutional Affairs on 1 April 2006.