Valuation Office Agency: Manpower

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) assessment officers, (b) staff working in the former statutory ports and (c) staff of the Valuation Office Agency there were in each year since 1999. (322288)

In answer to (a) and (b), I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him on 2 March 2010, Official Report, column 1021W.

The average number of full-time equivalent staff employed at the Valuation Office Agency from 1999-2000 to 2008-09 was:

	Average number of staff employed during the year (full-time equivalents)
1999-2000	4,016
2000-01	3,948
2001-02	3,814
2002-03	3,843
2003-04	4,436
2004-05	4,955
2005-06	5,084
2006-07	4,428
2007-08	4,096
2008-09	3,843

Volume 508: debated on Monday 22 March 2010