Parliamentary Question (Correction)
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (Mr Edward Vaizey)
On 18 October 2012, Official Report, column 390W, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport answered the following parliamentary question:
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central) (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many full-time equivalent staff there were in Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) in each quarter since May 2010.[12370].
Mr Vaizey
The accompanying table shows such data as we hold on leavers and joiners to BDUK. As well as external joiners and leavers the figures include internal moves between broadband and other DCMS teams:
Quarter | Full-time Equivalent Staff | |
|---|---|---|
2011 | April-June | 47.08 |
July-September | 49.86 | |
October-December | 50.97 | |
2012 | January-March | 49.28 |
April-June | 65.77 | |
July-September | 75.77 |
The answer should have read:
The accompanying table shows such data as we hold on leavers and joiners to BDUK. As well as external joiners and leavers (including specialist contractors), the figures include internal moves between broadband and other DCMS teams. Figures are for headcount only.
Quarter | Full-time Equivalent Staff | |
|---|---|---|
2011 | Pre-April | 19 |
April-June | 21 | |
July-September | 29 | |
October-December | 34 | |
2012 | January-March | 49 |
April-June | 54 | |
July-September | 62 |
The answer was provided by the Department’s Human Resources (HR) team, who used their online databases to produce it. The databases do not capture on which team individuals are allocated—partly because DCMS operates a flexible resourcing system in which individuals frequently move across teams and projects. Additionally, the HR organogram system only holds details of civil service employees allocated to projects, and therefore, cannot provide accurate data on staffing in BDUK, which includes contractors and interim managers. The correct information in the revised answer has been provided directly by BDUK.
This answer tallies with the pursuant PQ 124568, tabled by the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne Central (Chi Onwurah) on 22 October, regarding the numbers of leavers and joiners, which can be found in the Official Report for 24 October 2012, column 906W.