Guy Opperman corrected a written answer on Department for Work and Pensions: Staff

9 April 2021 · Commons written answer · Department for Work and Pensions

Jonathan Reynolds (Labour, Stalybridge and Hyde) asked written question 167195 on 11 March 2021. Guy Opperman answered on 16 March 2021 for the Department for Work and Pensions, and Guy Opperman corrected the answer on 9 April 2021. The figure 21,709 in the original became 13,242 in the correction, lower by 8,467. Altogether 101 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many additional staff her Department has employed during the covid-19 outbreak.

Original and corrected answer

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Original	Corrected
As of ~~Friday 5 March 2021,~~ the ~~Department~~ of ~~Work~~ and ~~Pensions has recruited 21,709~~ staff ~~on permanent, temporary, fixed term and agency contracts and also people~~ loaned from other ~~Government Departments~~	From the start of April 2020 to the end of February 2021 an additional 13,242 people have joined DWP as staff employed on its payroll. This figure is based on new joiners only, doesn’t take account of any leavers, and does not include staff loaned from other government departments that didn’t join DWP payroll, or agency workers who are not directly employed by the Department. It also does not include internal movement within DWP into key roles as a result of the impact of COVID-19.

Original

Corrected

As of ~~Friday 5 March 2021,~~ the ~~Department~~ of ~~Work~~ and ~~Pensions has recruited 21,709~~ staff ~~on permanent, temporary, fixed term and agency contracts and also people~~ loaned from other ~~Government Departments~~

From the start of April 2020 to the end of February 2021 an additional 13,242 people have joined DWP as staff employed on its payroll. This figure is based on new joiners only, doesn’t take account of any leavers, and does not include staff loaned from other government departments that didn’t join DWP payroll, or agency workers who are not directly employed by the Department. It also does not include internal movement within DWP into key roles as a result of the impact of COVID-19.

The question and answer on the Parliament website.

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