§ Mrs. Bainasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the current total number of employees at the National Savings Bank, Glasgow, and the Giro Headquarters, Bootle, giving a breakdown into appropriate grades and showing this as a comparison with numbers employed at the time of establishment.
§ Mr. Denzil DaviesAccording to the respective Post Office Reports and Accounts, the number of National Giro and Remittance Services staff was 3,029 in 1968–69 and 3,339 in 1975–76. Any detailed information about the breakdown of staff is a matter for the Post Office.
The National Savings Bank was first established in Glasgow in April 1966 with 11 staff under plans for the dispersal of Government offices from London. On 9th May 1977 the staff employed in Glasgow totalled 4,768½. The following table shows the breakdown of all National Savings Bank staff by grade and location at April 1966 compared with 9th May 1977. Dispersal has not yet been completed.
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April 1966 9th May 1977 Grade Glasgow London Harrogate Total Glasgow London Harrogate Total Under-Secretary … … … … — — — — — 1 — 1 Assistant Secretary … … … … — 1 — 1 1 — — 1 Senior Principal … … … … — 1 — 1 1 — — 1 Principal … … … … — 7 1 8 8 2 — 10 Senior Executive Officer … … … … 1 26 4 31 35 3 2 40 Higher Executive Officer … … … … 1 97 15 113 92 7 3 102 Executive Officer … … … … 5 516 86 607 378 27 15½ 420½ Chief Superintendent of Typists … … … … — 1 — 1 — — — — Clerical Officer … … … … 2 3,491 833 4,326 2,140 198 171½ 2,509½ Superintendent of Typists … … … … — 4 1 5 11 1 — 12 Senior Data Processor … … … … — 12 2 14 67 1 — 68 Clerical Assistant … … … … 1 253 100 354 1,258 9½ 10 1,277½ Data Processor … … … … — 964½ 208 1,172½ 541½ 33 36 610½ Typist … … … … — 81 23½ 104½ 57 8 1½ 66½ Sorting Assistant* … … … … — 903½ 8 911½ — 18½ — 18½ Non-Clerical grades … … … … 1 482 86½ 569½ 179 54 3 236 Total … … … … 11 6,840 1,368 8,219 4,768½ 363 242½ 5,374 * Sorting Assistant is a redundant grade replaced in Glasgow by Clerical Assistant.
§ Mrs. Bainasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report the levels of profit at the National Savings Bank, Glasgow, and the Giro Headquarters, Bootle, in each of the last five years.
1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 £ million Ordinary Account … … 12.2 13.5 13.8 14.7 18.9 Investment Account … … 3.2 3.1 2.1 −0.5 0.8 The accounts for 1976 will, in due course, be laid before Parliament as required by Sections 19 and 23 of the National Savings Bank Act 1971.
The National Giro's profit/loss levels for the last five years were:
1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 £ million −7.8* −7.1* −5.1* +0.1* +0.8† * Source: White Paper on the Development of National Giro (Cmnd. 6344). †Source: Post Office Report and Accounts 1975–76.