The staffing information (as at January 2008) is as follows:
(a) the East of England: 189;
(b) the East Midlands: 193;
(c) London: 241;
(d) the North East: 238;
(e) North West: 267;
(f) South East: 259;
(g) South West; 246; and
(h) Yorkshire and the Humber: 220.
The running cost expenditure for each of the offices for the last five years is as set out in the following table.
GO 2002-03 2003-04 L2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 East 9,355.85 12,841.51 15,075.61 13,296.12 12,211.64 East Midlands 8,713.24 11,153.67 11,937.13 12,530.66 11,490.17 London 14,038.84 16,654.91 18,870.09 18,483.70 17,595.20 North East 9,954.46 12,167.24 13,887.09 13,138.16 12,730.25 North West 15,523.52 16,808.94 17,777.86 17,745.45 16,933.67 South East 10,874.74 14,099.03 14,372.51 14,624.51 13,677.13 South West 11,860.77 13,960.23 14,724.92 14,823.08 14,570.49 Yorks and the Humber 10,943.77 12,4870.23 13,453.18 13,494.30 10,676.64
The total staffing costs in 2006-07 were as follows:
(a) the East of England: £9,710,710;
(b) the East Midlands: £9,308,430;
(c) London : £13,230,880;
(d) the North East: £10,271,150;
(e) North West: £12,924,880;
(f) South East: £11,647,190;
(g) South West: £10,780,010; and
(h) Yorkshire and the Humber: £9,574,780.