Parole Board: Manpower Chris Huhne To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many caseworkers the Parole Board employed to work on (a) oral hearings, (b) paper hearings, (c) post-panel reviews and (d) other matters in each of the last five years. Bridget Prentice The number of staff employed in each department of the Parole Board, is set out in the following table: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |2004-05|2005-06|2006-07|2007-08|2008-09| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Oral Hearings Team |20 |26 |29 |29 |32 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Paper Hearings Team |14 |12 |12 |11 |9 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Post Panel Team |7 |7 |7 |9 |10 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Re4Re Team (formerly RARE Team) |0 |3 |5 |10 |8 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Listings and Rota/Reprographic/Post|0 |4 |3 |4 |7 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Finance Department |3 |4 |4 |4 |4 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |IT Department |3 |2 |3 |3 |2 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Human Resources Department |3 |2 |3 |2 |3 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Corporate Services |1 |3 |2 |5 |4 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Other Secretaries/Typists |5 |5 |4 |1 |2 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Senior Members of Staff |4 |5 |6 |7 |8 | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------