Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many people have been employed full-time by the Office of Unconventional Gas and Oil in each month since June 2010.

The Office of Unconventional Gas and Oil was established in March 2013. The number of full-time equivalent staff (part-timers rounded up to the nearest FTE) in each month since March 2013 were:

2013

· March-April 2

· May 4

· June-July 5

· August 6

· September 8

· October-December 9

2014

· January-February 10

· March-April 9

· May-July 11