Government Offices for the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many people work for each of the Government offices for the regions; and what the staff cost is of each in 2007-08. (149404)

The number of permanent, fixed term and casual staff working for each Government office for the regions, including those temporarily away from the office on secondment, loan, maternity leave, career break and special leave without pay, in June 2007 was as follows:

	Number
GO East of England	226
GO East Midlands	229
GO London	264
GO North East	264
GO North West	288
GO South East	289
GO South West	273
GO West Midlands	260
GO Yorkshire and the Humber	241
Total	2,334

The estimated staffing costs for each Government office for 2007-08 are:

	£ million
GO East of England	8,85
GO East Midlands	8.54
GO London	11.99
GO North East	9.60
GO North West	12.58
GO South East	11.69
GO South West	10.51
GO West Midlands	10.58
GO Yorkshire and the Humber	9.41
Total	93.75

Volume 462: debated on Thursday 12 July 2007