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Community Relations: Departmental Coordination

Volume 486: debated on Thursday 15 January 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many staff in each Government Office work on cohesion and integration related issues; and what the cost of employing these staff is expected to be in (a) 2008-09 and (b) each of the two subsequent years. (245520)

The following table shows the number of staff in each Government office working on the cohesion and integration agenda over the next three years with the related staff costs.

GO2008-092009-10 (est)2010-11 (est)

FTE

£

FTE

£

FTE

£

GO South West

2.2

69,249

2.1

69,648

2.1

72,157

GO South East

3.5

175,668

3.5

182,791

3.5

188,766

GO London

1

47,500

1

49,000

1

50,500

GO East

1.5

66,772

1.5

69,058

1.5

71,474

GO West Midlands

2.5

154,740

2.5

167,250

2.7

180,820

GO East Midlands

2.0

86,463

2.0

94,151

2.0

98,492

GO North West

1.3

62,360

1.9

95,339

1.9

98,829

GO Yorkshire and the Humber

1.0

47,518

1.0

49,319

1.0

50,658

GO North East

0.6

34,000

0.6

35,000

0.6

36,000

GO Network total

15.6

744,270

16.1

811,556

16.3

847,696