Sir Michael Fallon corrected the Commons record on Staff

5 December 2012 · Commons Hansard, Written Corrections

Sir Michael Fallon made the correction and printed in Hansard's Written Corrections on 5 December 2012. The figure 4.3 in the original became 7.6 in the correction, higher by 3.3. Altogether 8 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many staff UK Trade and Investment employs in (a) Mauritania, (b) Morocco, (c) Algeria, (d) Tunisia, (e) Libya, (f) Egypt, (g) Israel, (h) Lebanon, (i) Jordan, (j) Iraq, (k) Saudi Arabia, (l) United Arab Emirates, (m) Bahrain, (n) Qatar and (o) Oman. Letter of correction from Michael Fallon: An error has been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for Shrewsbury and Atcham (Daniel Kawczynski) on 26 November 2012. Due to an administrative error, the figure for full-time equivalent (FTE) UKTI staff working in Israel excluded those working within the investment complement. The full answer given was as follows:

Original and corrected words

Struck through: original only. Bold: correction only.

Original	Corrected
UKTI is not an employer in its own right; for the majority of its human resource requirements it draws on civil service staff employed by one or other of its two parent Departments—the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)—and staff from its private sector contractors. The following figures are the full-time equivalent of people working to UKTI objectives in each market, bearing in mind that some staff on the network work across multiple objectives and record the appropriate percentage of their time to each. These figures were compiled after the end of Q2 of this financial year, and are the most up to date currently available. Inevitably there may have been some changes to these figures since they were compiled. \| Number (a) Mauritania \| 0 (b) Morocco \| 5.1 (c) Algeria \| 3.3 (d) Tunisia \| 2.7 (e) Libya \| 7.6 (f) Egypt \| 11.1 (g) Israel \| ~~4.3~~ (h) Lebanon \| 3.2 (i) Jordan \| 5.1 (j) Iraq \| 5.2 (k) Saudi Arabia \| 24.7 (l) UAE \| 25.3 (m) Bahrain \| 4.2 (n) Qatar \| 8.3 (o) Oman \| 6.1 ~~The correct answer should have been:~~	UKTI is not an employer in its own right; for the majority of its human resource requirements it draws on civil service staff employed by one or other of its two parent Departments—the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)—and staff from its private sector contractors. The following figures are the full-time equivalent of people working to UKTI objectives in each market, bearing in mind that some staff on the network work across multiple objectives and record the appropriate percentage of their time to each. These figures were compiled after the end of Q2 of this financial year, and are the most up to date currently available. Inevitably there may have been some changes to these figures since they were compiled. \| Number (a) Mauritania \| 0 (b) Morocco \| 5.1 (c) Algeria \| 3.3 (d) Tunisia \| 2.7 (e) Libya \| 7.6 (f) Egypt \| 11.1 (g) Israel \| 7.6 (h) Lebanon \| 3.2 (i) Jordan \| 5.1 (j) Iraq \| 5.2 (k) Saudi Arabia \| 24.7 (l) UAE \| 25.3 (m) Bahrain \| 4.2 (n) Qatar \| 8.3 (o) Oman \| 6.1

Original

Corrected

UKTI is not an employer in its own right; for the majority of its human resource requirements it draws on civil service staff employed by one or other of its two parent Departments—the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)—and staff from its private sector contractors.
The following figures are the full-time equivalent of people working to UKTI objectives in each market, bearing in mind that some staff on the network work across multiple objectives and record the appropriate percentage of their time to each. These figures were compiled after the end of Q2 of this financial year, and are the most up to date currently available. Inevitably there may have been some changes to these figures since they were compiled.
| Number
(a) Mauritania
| 0
(b) Morocco
| 5.1
(c) Algeria
| 3.3
(d) Tunisia
| 2.7
(e) Libya
| 7.6
(f) Egypt
| 11.1
(g) Israel
| ~~4.3~~
(h) Lebanon
| 3.2
(i) Jordan
| 5.1
(j) Iraq
| 5.2
(k) Saudi Arabia
| 24.7
(l) UAE
| 25.3
(m) Bahrain
| 4.2
(n) Qatar
| 8.3
(o) Oman
| 6.1
~~The correct answer should have been:~~

UKTI is not an employer in its own right; for the majority of its human resource requirements it draws on civil service staff employed by one or other of its two parent Departments—the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)—and staff from its private sector contractors.
The following figures are the full-time equivalent of people working to UKTI objectives in each market, bearing in mind that some staff on the network work across multiple objectives and record the appropriate percentage of their time to each. These figures were compiled after the end of Q2 of this financial year, and are the most up to date currently available. Inevitably there may have been some changes to these figures since they were compiled.
| Number
(a) Mauritania
| 0
(b) Morocco
| 5.1
(c) Algeria
| 3.3
(d) Tunisia
| 2.7
(e) Libya
| 7.6
(f) Egypt
| 11.1
(g) Israel
| 7.6
(h) Lebanon
| 3.2
(i) Jordan
| 5.1
(j) Iraq
| 5.2
(k) Saudi Arabia
| 24.7
(l) UAE
| 25.3
(m) Bahrain
| 4.2
(n) Qatar
| 8.3
(o) Oman
| 6.1

The correction in Hansard.

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