HC Deb 15 March 1965 vol 708 cc204-13W
Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will provide, in tabulated form, itemized information on the number of persons employed in different grades and their salaries in the Departmental establishments which until this year formed the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research for the years 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, and 1965–66.

Mr. Crosland

The non-industrial staff by grades and the industrial staff of the Department of Scientific and Industrial

NATIONAL RATES
Grade 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66
Chief Scientific Officer (1) £4,050 £4,050 £4,050 £4,700 £4,700
Chief Scientific Officer (2) £3,863 £3,863 £3,863 £4,425 £4,425
Deputy Chief Scientific Officer £3,125/£3,450 £3,125/£3,450 £3,275/£3,600 £3,625/£4,025 £3,625/£4,025
Senior Principal Scientific Officer £2,650/£3,000 £2,650/£3,000 £2,800/£3,150 £3,050/£3,475 £3,050/£3,475
Principal Science Officer £1,716/£2,418 £1,716/£2,418 £1,839/£2,569 £2,100/£2,900 £2,174/£3,002
Senior Scientific Officer £1,342/£1,654 £1,342/£1,654 £1,396/£1,720 £1,628/£2,012 £1,685/£2,082
Scientific Officer £738/£l,222 £738/£l,222 £768/£1,271 £865/£1,470 £895/£1,521
Chief Experimental Officer £1,976/£2,288 £1,976/£2,288 £2,109/£2,434 £2,400/£2,800 £2,484/£2,898
Senior Experimental Officer £1,508/£1,872 £1,508/£1,872 £1,568/£2,001 £1,845/£2,250 £1,910/£2,329
Experimental Officer £1,087/£1,336 £1,087/£1,336 £1,130/£1,389 £1,274/£1,618 £1,319/£1,675
Assistant Experimental Officer. £458/£983 £458/£983 £476/£1,022 £530/£1,160 £549/£1,201
Senior Scientific Assistant £811/£1,082 £811/£1,082 £843/£1,125 £962/£1,269 £996/£1,313
Scientific Assistant £333/£780 £333/£780 £346/£811 £370/£920 £383/£952
Principal Research Fellow — — — £2,100/£2,895 £2,175/£3,000
Senior Research Fellow £1,325/£1,640 £1,325/£1,640 £1,380/£1,705 £1,605/£1,995 £1,685/£2,080
Junior Research Fellow £910/£1,220 £910/£1,220 £945/£l,270 £1,000/£1,470 £1,140/£1,520
Principal Psychologist £1,635/£2,040 £1,716/£2,340 £1,839/£2,488 £1,951/£2,640 £1,951/£2,640
Senior Psychologist £1,230/£1,545 £1,342/£1,654 £1,396/£1,720 £1,481/£1,825 £1,481/£1,825
Psychologist £595/£l,260 £728/£l,222 £757/£l,271 £803/£1,348 £803/£1,348
Senior Research Officer £1,635/£2,040 £1,716/£2,340 £1,839/£2,488 £1,951/£2,640 £1,951/£2,640
Research Officer £1,230/£1,545 £1,342/£1,654 £1,396/£1,720 £1,481/£1,825 £1,481/£1,825
Assistant Research Officer £595/£l,260 £728/£l,222 £757/£l,271 £803/£1,348 £803/£1,348
Chief Information Officer A £2,650/£3,350 £2,650/£3,350 £2,800/£3,500 £3,050/£3,900 £3,050/£3,900
Chief Information Officer B £2,392/£2,650 £2,392/£2,650 £2,542/£2,800 £2,697/£3,050 £2,697/£3,050
Principal Information Officer £1,976/£2,288 £1,976/£2,288 £2,109/£2,434 £2,400/£2,800 £2,484/£2,898
Senior Information Officer £1,508/£1,872 £1,508/£1,872 £1,568/£2,001 £1,845/£2,250 £1,910/£2,329
Information Officer £1,222/£1,430 £1,222/£1,430 £1,271/£1,487 £1,348/£1,578 £1,521/£1,811
Assistant Information Officer £458/£l,154 £458/£1,154 £476/£1,200 £530/£1,360 £549/£1,408
Librarian Grade II £1,508/£1,872 £1,508/£1,872 £1,568/£2,001 £1,845/£2,250 £1,910/£2,329
Librarian Grade IV £458/£1,154 £458/£1,154 £476/£1,200 £530/£1,360 £549/£1,408
Professional Works Group
Superintending Grade £2,650/£3,00 £2,650/£3,000 £2,800/£3,150 £3,050/£3,475 £3,050/£3,475
Senior Grade £2,080/£2,392 £2,080/£2,392 £2,163/£2,488 £2,295/£2,640 £2,295/£2,640
Main Grade £1,456/£1,950 £1,456/£1,950 £1,514/£2,028 £1,606/£2,152 £1,600/£2,152
Basic Grade £707/£1,430 £707/£1,430 £735/£1,487 £780/£1,578 £780/£1,578

Research as at 1st January, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1965 are as follows, the salary figures shown being either the current fixed salaries or the minimum and maximum of the relevant national scales for non-industrial staff. No rates are shown for industrial staff where pay ranges generally derive from agreements made by a number of joint industrial councils.

NATIONAL RATES
Grade 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66
Technical Works, Engineering and Allied Classes
Grade A £1,482/£1,747 £1,482/£1,747 £1,541/£1,817 £1,635/£1,928 £1,635/£1,928
Grade B £1,388/£1,602 £1,388/£1,602 £1,444/£1,666 £1,532/£1,767 £1,532/£1,767
Grade I £1,128/£1,388 £1,128/£1,388 £1,173/£1,444 £1,244/£1,532 £1,244/£1,532
Grade II £988/£1,128 £988/£1,128 £1,028/£1,173 £1,091/£1,244 £1,091/£1,244
Grade III £697/£988 £698/£988 £725/£1,028 £769/£1,091 £769/£1,090
Cartographical Draughtsmen
Chief Draughtsman £1,347/£1,622 £1,347/£1,622 £1,401/£1,687 £1,486/£1,790 £1,486/£1,790
Senior Draughtsman £1,113/£1,347 £1,113/£1,347 £1,158/£1,401 £1,229/£1,486 £1,229/£1,486
Higher Grade Draughtsman £936/£1,113 £936/£1,113 £973/£1,158 £1,032/£1,229 £1,032/£1,229
Basic Grade Draughtsman £286/£936 £286/£936 £297/£973 £315/£1,032£315/£1,032
Drawing Office Assistant £359/£640 £359/£640 £373/£666 £396/£746 £396/£746
Senior Illustrator £1,217/£1,451 £1,217/£1,451 £1,266/£1,509 £1,343/£1,601 £1,343/£1,601
Leading Illustrator £993/£1,160 £993/£1,160 £1,033/£1,206 £1,096/£1,279 £1,096/£1,279
Illustrator £603/£993 £603/£993 £627/£1,033 £646/£1,064 £631/£1,096
Assistant Illustrator £286/£478 £286/£478 £297/£497 £306/£512 £315/£527
Tracer £4 8s.6d./ £11 13s. 0d. £4 8s.6d./ £11 13s. 0d. £4 12s. 0d./ £12 2s. 0d. £4 18s. 0d./ £12 7s. 6d. £4 18s. 0d./ £12 17s. 6d. weekly
Learner Tracer £3 19s. 0d./ £7 6s. 6d. £3 19s. 0d./ £7 6s. 6d. £4 2s. 0d./ £7 12s. 6d. £4 7s. 0d./ £8 1s. 6d. £4 7s. 0d./ £8 1s. 6d. weekly
Chief Photographer £1,352/£1,560 £1,352/£1,560 £1,406/£1,622 £1,491/£1,721 £1,543/£1,781
Principal Photographer £1,082/£1,269 £1,082/£1,269 £1,125/£1,320 .£1,194/£1,401 £1,236/£1,450
Senior Photographer £801/£1,009 £801/£1,009 £833/£1,049 £884/£1,112 £915/£1,151
Photographer £520/£770 £520/£770 £541/£801 £574/£850 £594/£880
Assistant Photographer £328/£494 £328/£494 £341/£514 £362/£545 £375/£564
Assistant Chief Photographer £14 11s. 0d./ £15 14s. 6d. £14 11s. 0d./ £15 14s. 6d. £15 2s. 6d./ £16 7s. 0d. £16 1s. 0d./ £17 7s. 0d. £16 12s. 0d./ £17 19s. 0d. weekly
Photographer Grade I £12 2s. 6d./ £13 16s. 6d. £12 2s. 6d./ £13 16s. 6d. £12 12s. 0d./ £14 7s. 6d. £13 7s. 6d./ £15 5s. 0d. £13 17s. 0d./ £15 5s. 6d. weekly
Photographer Grade II £10 1s. 0d./ £11 11s. 6d. * £4 2s. 0d./ £11 11s. 6d. £4 5s. 6d./ £12 1s. 0d. £4 10s. 6d./ £12 15s. 6d. £4 13s. 6d./ £13 4s. 6d. weekly
Laboratory Attendant £4 19s. 0d./ £10 19s. 6d. £4 19s. 0d./ £10 19s. 6d. £5 3s. 0d./ £11 8s. 6d. £5 9s. 0d./ £12 2s. 6d. £5 13s. 0d. £12 11s. 0d. weekly
Secretary £6,950 £6,950 £6,950 £8,200 £8,200
Deputy Secretary £4,950 £4,950 £4,950 £5,800 £5,800
Under secretary £4,700 £4,700 £4,700 £4,700 £4,700
Assistant Secretary £2,650/£3,350 £2,650/£3,350 £2,800/£3,500 £3,050/£3,900 £3,050/£3,900
Principal£1,716/£2,418 £1,716/£2,418 £1,839/£2,569 £1,951/£2,725 £2,174/£3,002
Chief Executive Officer £1,976/£2,288 £1,976/£2,288 £2,109/£2,434 £2,400/£2,800 £2,484/£2,898
Senior Executive Officer £1,508/£1,872 £1,508/£1,872 £1,568/£2,001 £1,845/£2,250 £1,910/£2,329
Higher Executive Officer £1,222/£1,430 £1,222/£1,430 £1,271/£1,487 £1,470/£1,750 £1,521/£1,811
Executive Officer £458/£1,154 £458/£1,154 £476/£1,200 £530/£1,360 £549/£1,408
Clerical Officer £286/£796 £294/£820 £306/£853 £328/£935 £339/£968
Clerical Assistant £4 4s. 0d./ £11 15s. 6d. £4 4s. 0d./ £11 15s. 6d. £4 7s. 6d./ £12 5s. 0d. £4 17s. 6d./ £13 15s. 0d. £5 1s. 0d./ £14 4s. 6d. weekly

NATIONAL RATES
Grade 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66
Superintendent of Typists £286/£796 £294/£820 £306/£853 £324/£905 £409/£1,038
Shorthand Typist Grade I £5 0s. 0d./ £12 2s. 6d. £5 0s. 0d./ £12 2s. 6d. £5 4s. 0d./ £12 12s. 0d. £5 10s. 0d./ £5 16s. 6d./£14 7s. 6d weekly.
Shorthand Typist Grade II £4 16s. 6d./ £11 9s. 6d. £4 16s. 6d./ £11 9s. 6d. £5 0s. 6d./ £11 18s. 6d. £5 6s. 6d./ £12 13s. 0d. £5 12s. 0d./ £13 10s. 6d. weekly
Copy Typist Grade I £4 8s. 6d./ £11 5s. 0d. £4 8s. 6d./ £11 5s. 0d. £4 12s. 0d./ £11 14s. 0d. £4 18s. 0d./ £12 8s. 0d. £5 3s. 6d./£13 7s. 0d. weekly
Copy Typist Grade II £4 5s. 6d./ £10 13s. 0d. £4 5s. 6d./ £10 13s. 0d. £4 9s. 0d./ £11 1s. 6d. £4 14s. 0d./ £11 15s. 0d. £4 18s. 6d./£12 11s. 0d. weekly
Senior Machine Operator — — — — £719/£937
Machine Operator £5 11s. 6d./ £12 0s. 0d. £5 11s. 6d./ £12 0s. 0d. £5 19s. 6d./ £12 17s. 0d. £6 3s. 0d./ £13 4s. 6d. £6 12s. 6d./ £14 11s. 0d. weekly
Machine Assistant £4 4s. 0d./ £11 11s. 6d. £4 4s. 0d./ £11 11s. 6d. £4 7s. 6d./ £12 1s. 0d. £4 12s. 6d./ £12 15s. 6d. £5 1s. 0d./ £13 19s. 6d. weekly
Office Keeper Grade III £629/£723 £629/£723 £654/£752 £694/£798 £718/£826
Senior Paper-keeper £11 3s. 0d./ £12 4s. 0d. £11 3s. 0d./ £12 4s. 0d. £11 12s. 0d./ £12 14s. 0d. £12 6s. 0d./ £13 9s. 6d. £12 14s. 6d./ £13 19s. 0d. weekly
Paper-keeper £10 6s. 6d./ £10 19s. 0d. £10 6s. 6d./ £10 19s. 0d. £10 15s. 0d./ £11 8s. 0d. £11 8s. 0d./ £12 2s. 0d. £11 16s. 0d./ £12 10s. 6d. weekly
Senior Messenger £10 3s. 0d./ £11 2s. 0d. £10 3s. 0d./ £11 2s. 0d. £10 11s. 0d./ £11 11s. 0d. £11 4s. 0d./ £12 5s. 0d. £11 12s. 0d./ £12 13s. 6d. weekly
Messenger £9 10s. 6d./ £9 15s. 0d. £9 10s. 6d./ £9 15s. 0d. £9 18s. 0d./ £10 3s. 0d. £10 10s. 0d./ £10 15s. 6d. £10 17s. 6d./ £11 3s. 0d. weekly
* Scale reconstructed.

TOTAL INDUSTRIAL STAFF OF D.S.I.R.
1st January, 1961 … … … … … … 1,208½
1st January, 1962 … … … … … … 1,332½
1st January, 1963 … … … … … … 1,401
1st January, 1964 … … … … … … 1,453
1st January, 1965 … … … … … … 1,523½

STAFF IN POST BY GRADE OF D.S.I.R. LESS HEADQUARTERS
Grade 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965
Higher Directing Posts 1 1 1 1 1
Chief Scientific Officer 12 13 13 13 13
Chief Scientific Officer (Personal) 1 1 1 1 1
Deputy Chief Scientific Officer 28 32 36 34 34
Deputy Chief Scientific Officer (Personal) 5 2 — 4 4
Senior Principal Scientific Officer 98 104 111 109 109
Senior Principal Scientific Officer (Personal) 18 22 22 23 24
Principal Scientific Officer 345 340½ 338 344 352½
Senior Scientific Officer 194½ 228 253 268 268½
Scientific Officer 115 128 147 154 153
Research Officer — — — 1 1
Assistant Research Officer — — — — 3
Principal Psychologist — — — — 1
Senior Psychologist — — — 1 1
Psychologist — 1 1 3 2
Research Fellow 33 45 43 33 31
Superintending Architect 2 1 2 2 2
Senior Architect 4 3 4 4 5
Main Grade Architect 11 10 8 9 9
Basic Grade Architect 4 5 4 2 2
Superintending Engineer 1 1 1 2 2
Senior Engineer 4 4 3 3 3
Main Grade Engineer 5 6 5 4 6
Basic Grade Engineer 4 4 2 4 3
Main Grade Quantity Surveyor 1 2 2 2 2

Grade 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965
Basic Grade Quantity Surveyor … 1 — — — —
Main Grade Town Planner … — — — 1 1
Chief Experimental Officer … 27 31 39 35 40
Senior Experimental Officer … 268½ 274½ 283½ 291½ 311
Guide Lecturer (SEO Level) … 1 1 1 1 1
Experimental Officer … 724 758 757½ 762 787½
Assistant Experimental Officer … 425 511 538 537 533
Athlone Fellow … — — — 1 —
Works Technical Officer "B" … 2 2 2 2 3
Works Technical Officer I … 7 7 6 9 8
Works Technical Officer II … 13 15 21 22 20
Works Technical Officer III … 30 35 37 38 43
Works Technical Officer IV … 4 — — — —
Principal Artificer … 2 2 3 3 3
Senior Artificer … 6 6 8 8 7
Artificer … 23 21 18 19 18
Senior Scientific Assistant … 84 95½ 105 105 111
Scientific Assistant … 604½ 682½ 696 728½ 744
College Based Sandwich Course Study … — — 11 12 20
Chief Draughtsman … 1 1 1 1 1
Senior Draughtsman … 3 3 3 3 3
Higher Grade Draughtsman … 11 9 11 11 13
Basic Grade Draughtsman … 18 26 24 27 23

NON INDUSTRIAL STAFF
Grade 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965
Leading Illustrator … — 1 1 1 1
Illustrator … — — 1 1 2
Librarian II … 1 1 1 1 1
Librarian IV … 2 2 2 2 2
Chief Photographer … — — 1 1 1
Principal Photographer … 4 5 5 6 6
Senior Photographer … 18 18 19 20 23
Photographer … 16 20 27 27½ 27½
Assistant Photographer … 9 8 9 7 6
Assistant Chief Photoprinter … 2 2 1 2 2
Photoprinter I … 10 10 15 13 14
Photoprinter II … 9½ 26½ 24½ 29½ 36
Reproduction Assistant … 7 — — — —
Office Keeper III … 2 2 2 2 2
Senior Paperkeeper … — 2 3 3 3
Paperkeeper … 4 1 1 — —
Senior Messenger … 8 8 7 9 8
Messenger … 47 43 45 43 43
Doorkeeper … 3 3 3 3 3
Chief Warder … 1 1 1 1 1
Supervisory Warder … 1 4 4 4 4
Warder … 15 13 11 12 11
Supervisory Publications Saleswoman … 1 1 11 1
Publications Saleswoman … 1 1 1 1 1
Cleaner … 11 10 9½ 10 10
Drawing Office Assistant … 22½ 22½ 27½ 23½ 24½
Leading Tracer … 2 — 1 1 1
Tracer … 25 16 24 26½ 25½
Laboratory Attendant … 36½ 37½ 41½ 45 49½
Senior Machine Operator … 23 2 2 2
Machine Operator … 2½ 8 6½ 7½ 8½
Machine Assistant … 7 4 5 8 5
Duplicator Operator II … 1 1 2 1½ 2
Telephonist … 28½ 33 34½ 32½ 35
Specialist Teleprinter Operator … — — — 4 4
Master … 1 1 1 1 1
Chief Engineer … 1 1 1 1 1
Second Engineer … 1 1 1 1 1
Mate … 1 1 1 1 1
Chief Executive Officer … 1 1 1 1 2
Senior Executive Officer … 7 7 7 6 5
Higher Executive Officer … 22 22 24 26 29
Executive Officer … 60 66 67 69 71
Clerical Officer … 219½ 231½ 253½ 255 284
Clerical Officer (Secretary) … 51 64 63½ 67½ 75
Clerical Assistant … 78½ 98½ 102½ 113 110

Grade 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965
Superintendent of Typists … … 6 7 9 9 9
Shorthand Typists … … 57½ 64 60 60½ 54½
Copy Typists … … 117 123½ 128 131 144
Chef … … — 1 1 1 1
Canteen Manageress 'B' … … 1 1 1 1 1
Assistant Canteen Manageress … … 2 2 2 2 2