§ Mr. Trotterasked the Secretary of State for Defence what are the present numbers of staff in each grade in the Procurement Executive; in each case how many are scientists; and by how many the number in each category has varied since the executive was first established.
§ Mr. GoodhartThe details are as follows: 397W
1 April 1972 1 February 1981 Non-Industrial Staff Administrative, Executive and Clerical 8,787 7,092 Secretarial 1,292 1,040 Professional and Technological 11,331 10,816 Science 6,962 6,604 Process and General Supervisory 529 606 Graphics 543 320 Retired Officers 143 84 Medical and Nursing 260 83 Others 1,776 1,779 Total Non-Industrials 31,623 28,424 Industrial Staff Craft 8,802 5,842 Non-Craft 11,786 9,111 Apprentices 1,752 2,099 Total Industrials 22,340 17,052 Total PE Strength 53,963 45,476 Notes:
1. Februaiy 1981 is the latest date for which figures are available.
2. The Procurement Executive was set up on 2 August 1971. Figures in the detail required are not available for that date, but the table shows details of the strength at 1 April 1972.
3. The figures are not exactly comparable because of reorganisations and consequent transfers of staff which have affected the Procurement Executive during the intervening years.
The figures exclude the Royal Ordnance factory organisation.