§ Mr. Steenasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report the numbers of all full-and part-time staff employed in the occupational guidance unit of the Employment Services Agency and specify where each is situated and the total cost of each office.
§ Mr. GoldingI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the number of staff employed in occupational guidance units of the Employment Services316W Agency as at 16th December 1976 is 227 full-time, 15 part-time. Details of location and estimated annual cost of each office are as follows:
Staff Estimated Occupational Guidance Unit Full time Part time Total cost £ Hammersmith … … 4 — 31,830 City of London … … 12 — 84,576 Croydon … … 7 — 49,705 Brighton … … 5 — 27,646 Guildford … … — 4 21,687 Maidstone … … 4 1 26,100 Luton … … 4 — 24,554 Oxford … … 3 1 22,231 Portsmouth … … 3 1 22,231 Reading … … 4 2 30,513 Southampton … … 3 — 18,595 Cambridge … … 2 1 16,272 Chelmsford … … 4 2 26,392 Norwich … … 2 1 16,272 Ipswich … … 1 1 8,282 Bournemouth … … 4 — 24,554 Exeter … … 2 1 16,272 Plymouth … … 4 — 24,554 Preston … … 7 — 39,802 Manchester … … 12 — 71,631 Liverpool … … 10 — 53,261 Cardiff … … 8 — 41,581 Swansea … … 3 — 18,595 Wrexham … … 3 — 17,041 Colwyn Bay … … 1 — 5,959 Bristol … … 8 — 47,077 Gloucester … … 3 1 20,141 Swindon … … 1 — 5,959 Birmingham … … 10 — 57,679 Coventry … … 4 — 23,238 Stoke-on-Trent … … 3 1 22,231 Wolverhampton … … 4 — 23,238 Glasgow … … 11 — 61,251 Aberdeen … … 3 — 18,595 Edinburgh … … 6 — 36,472 Middlesbrough … … 4 — 24,554 Newcastle … … 8 — 45,761 Sunderland … … 4 — 24,554 Bradford … … 4 — 24,554 Hull … … 4 — 23,519 Leeds … … 10 — 52,702 Derby … … 4 — 24,554 Leicester … … 5 — 30,513 Nottingham … … 6 — 33,605 Lincoln … … 3 — 15,010 Sheffield … … 6 2 39,564
§ Mr. Steenasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the level of staffing at the occupational guidance unit of the Employment Services Agency.
§ Mr. GoldingI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that at 16th December 1976, 227 full-time, 15 part-time staff were employed at the occupational guidance units of the Employment Services Agency.
§ Mr. Steenasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the 317W Official Report the numbers of all full-and part-time staff employed in the disablement resettlement office of the Employment Services Agency and specify where each is situated and the total cost of each office.
§ Mr. John GrantI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that 511 disablement resettlement officers (DROs) are employed full time by the Employment Services Agency. Most of these are based at the larger offices, and visit other offices as required, but 16 are based at certain large hospitals. At each of the agency's 987 local offices and at two of the 16 hospitals there is one or more person who assists the DRO with clerical and placing work, on a full-or part-time basis. The number of officers who act as assistants is not readily available, but their duties represent the equivalent of some 500 staff units. There are also 59 senior disablement resettlement officers who provide oversight. In addition, 31 blind persons resettlement officers and 12 blind persons training officers, form a specialist service for blind people.
The disablement resettlement service is an integral part of the Employment Services Agency, and information about the precise staff allocation and costs at each individual office is not readily available. The total staff cost, including accommodation, of the field service in 1976, was about £6,300,000.
§ Mr. Steenasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report the numbers of careers officers in the Employment Services Agency and specify where each is situated and the total cost.
§ Mr. GoldingI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that there are no careers officers serving with the Employment Services Agency.