Departments: Manpower Andrew Rosindell To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice how many people are employed by her Department. Ms Harman The headcount figures for the former DCA and those parts of the Home Office which transferred to the Ministry of Justice have been taken from the latest civil service employment statistics published by the Office for National Statistics on 13 June 2007 for the quarter ending 31 March 2007. --------------------------------------------- | |Number| --------------------------------------------- |Former DCA |36,910| --------------------------------------------- |National Offender Management Service|1,620 | --------------------------------------------- |Office for Criminal Justice Reform |338 | --------------------------------------------- |HM Prison Service |49,570| --------------------------------------------- |Total |88,438| --------------------------------------------- The number of staff transferring from Home Office Corporate Services following the creation of the Ministry of Justice is still being discussed. Mr. Heald To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice how many officials work in (a) her Department and (b) the Privy Council Office. Ms Harman The headcount figures for the former DCA and those parts of the Home Office which transferred to the Ministry of Justice have been taken from the latest civil service employment statistics published by the Office for National Statistics on 13 June 2007 for the quarter ending 31 March 2007. --------------------------------------------- | |Number| --------------------------------------------- |Former DCA |36,910| --------------------------------------------- |National Offender Management Service|1,620 | --------------------------------------------- |Office for Criminal Justice Reform |338 | --------------------------------------------- |HM Prison Service |49,570| --------------------------------------------- The number of staff transferring from Home Office Corporate Services following the creation of the Ministry of Justice is still being discussed. The present headcount figure for those parts of the Privy Council Office transferred to the Ministry of Justice is 21.