HC Deb 11 March 1981 vol 1000 cc344-5W
Mr. Eldon Griffiths

asked the Minister for the Civil Service if she will publish in the Official Report a table showing the numbers and ranks of those civil servants in each Department whose salaries are larger than those of the Secretary of State, Ministers of State and Parliamentary Secretaries, respectively, who are in charge of that Department, taking account of the parliamentary salaries also paid to the Ministers concerned in respect of their additional duties as hon. Members.

Mr. Hayhoe

[pursuant to his reply, 3 March 1981, c. 107–10] gave the following corrected information:

Perma-nent Secretary 2nd Perma-nent Secretary UIPP (H)* Deputy Secretary UIPP(L)* Under Secretary Assistant Secretary Senior Principal Principal
Under-Secretary of State
—(Lords) (£12,500)† 2 2 5 9 1 10
—(Commons) (£19,280) 2 2 5 4
Secretary-of State for Scotland's Departments
Secretary of State (£30,430) 1
Minister of State (£16,400)† 1 9 36 148 210
Under-Secretary of State (£19,280) 1 9 36 111
Trade (including Export Credits Guarantee Department)
Secretary of State (£30,430) 1
Minister of State (£23,180) 1 7
Under-Secretary of State
—(Lords) (£12,500)† 1 7 2 26 171 317 397
—(Commons) (£19,280) 1 7 2 26 71
Transport
Secretary of State (£30,430) 1
Under-Secretary of State (£19,280) 1 3 1 14 39
Chancellor of the Exchequer's Departments
Chancellor of the Exchequer (£30,430) 4
Chief Secretary (£30,430) 4
Financial Secretary to the Treasury (£23,180) 4 4 20
Minister of State
—Commons) (£23,180) 4 4 20
—(Lords) (£16,400)† 4 4 20 2 63 428 876
Parliamentary Secretary (£26,230) 4 4
Welsh Office
Secretary of State (£30,430) 1
Under-Secretary of State (£19,280) 1 2 12 39
General Notes
1. Those Departments not identified separately are grouped according to ministerial responsibility.
2. Staff numbers given are the latest available and include all those in grades at the same level as those shown. In particular Under-Secretary and above includes a number of equivalent level posts not part of the open structure.
3. Figures in brackets are current ministerial salaries including, where applicable, the reduced basic parliamentary salary received in respect of additional duties as hon. Members.
Footnotes
*U1PP(H) is the unified intermediate pay point (higher), UIPP(L) is the unified intermediate pay point (lower).
† Those Ministers who sit in the House of Lords do not receive the reduced basic parliamentary salary.