To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many staff funded by the public purse in (a) English Partnerships, (b) the Housing Corporation, (c) the Commission for Racial Equality, (d) the Audit Commission, (e) the Standards Board and Adjudication Panel for England, (f) the Government office for (i) London, (ii) the South East, (iii) the South West, (iv) West Midlands, (v) East Midlands, (vi) North West, (vii) East of England, (viii) North East and (ix) Yorkshire and Humberside, (g) the Fire Service College, (h) Ordnance Survey, (i) the Planning Inspectorate, (j) The Rent Service and (k) the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre are classified as people without posts. (141308)

The information requested is not held centrally and could be collected only at disproportionate cost.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 24 May 2007, Official Report, column 1525W, on departments: manpower, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of keeping the staff referred to in employment during the period in which they were without a post. (141363)

None. Of the 19 staff in the department who were without a permanent post on 30 April 2007 the majority are currently working for the Department contributing to the Department's objectives. Others are on unpaid leave or have medical issues.