Government Offices for the Regions: Manpower

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many staff are employed by the Government office for (a) the east of England, (b) the east midlands, (c) London, (d) the north-east, (e) the north-west, (f) the south-east, (g) the south-west and (h) Yorkshire and the Humber; what each office's expenditure was in each of the last five years; and what the total staffing cost was for each office in the last year for which figures are available. (188899)

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.

£000
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.

Volume 472: debated on Monday 25 February 2008