HC Deb 05 June 1980 vol 985 cc805-9W

CO and below
Bonds & Stock Office,
Lytham St. Annes 215
National Savings Bank, lasgow 471 ½
EO and above
Bonds & Stock Office,
Lytham St. Annes 29
National Savings Bank Glasgow 32

Mr. Wrigglesworth

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer in which divisions, at what grades and in what geographical area the 1,571 posts by which the staff in post in the Customs and Excise contracted between 1 April 1979 and 1 April 1980 were employed.

Mr. Peter Rees

Between 1 April 1979 and 1 April 1980 the permanent staff in post in Her Majesty's Customs and Excise fell by 1,5383½. A grade breakdown of this reduction is:

Principal and above 24
SEO 109
HEO 266
EO 400
CO 321
CA 201½
Other grades 217

The table includes a small number of non-administration group staff at the administration group equivalent grades.

A geographical breakdown is set out in the following table:

Headquarters
London −239½
Southend −303½
Other HQ offices −40
Total −583
Collections
Aberdeen −9½
Belfast −17
Birmingham +3
Brighton −5
Bristol −39
Chester −27
Dover −28½
East Anglia −18
Edinburgh −59
Glasgow −43
Greenock −47½
Hull −64½
Leeds −35
Liverpool −90
London Airports −85
London Central −10
London North −11
London Port −90½
London South −14½
London West −28
Manchester −43
Newcastle −39
Northampton +10
Nottingham −14½
Plymouth −46½
Preston −21
Reading −2
Southampton −58½
South Wales and Borders −22
Total −955½

Mr. Wrigglesworth

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer in which divisions, at what grades and in what geographical area the 408 posts by which the staff in post in the Department for National Savings contracted between 1 April 1979 and 1 April 1980 were employed.

Mr. Peter Rees

The number of staff in the Department for National Savings contracted by 401 between 1 April 1979 and 1 April 1980, accounted for as follows:

Grade HQ (South East) National Savings Bank (Scotland) Bonds & Stock Office (North West) Savings Certificate & SAYE office (Northern)
Non Industrial + + + + +
Seo & Above 2 1 3
HEO/IO 3 2 1 6
EO 1 16 8 15 10
CO 1 276 76 75 278
CA 29 64 43 50
DP Grades 64½ 10 12 42½
Typing Grades 5 7 2
Photoprinter
Grades 5 5
Office Keeper
& Messenger
Grades 1 4 2 3
Cleaners 2 5 3
6 400½ 162 17 147 405 3
−3½ −400½ −145 +147 −402
Industrial Patrolmen 2 1 1
−400½ −143 +146 −401

Mr. Wrigglesworth

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer in which divisions, at what grades and in what geographical area the 6,345 posts by which the staff in post in the Inland Revenue contracted between 1 April 1979 and 1 April 1980 were employed.

Mr. Peter Rees

Between 1 April 1979 and 1 April 1980 the permanent staff in post in the Inland Revenue was reduced by 980 EO and higher grades and 5,325 CO and below. Of the total some 4,900 were staff in tax and collection offices and about 1,150 staff in valuation offices, with the balance from headquarters and other offices.

Reductions were made in the networks of Inland Revenue offices throughout the United Kingdom broadly in proportion to staff distribution. A detailed breakdown by area could be provided only at considerable cost.