HC Deb 22 July 1982 vol 28 cc240-7W
Mr. Philip Holland

asked the Secretary of State for Energy how many civil servants are employed by his Department in each functional job category; in each such category, how many are of each rank; and for each such rank, what are the maximum and minimum pay scales.

Mr. Gray

The numbers, grades and deployment of Civil Servants employed on 1 April 1982 are given in the following table I. Pay scales are given in the Civil Service pay and conditions of service code, a copy of which is in the main Library. Rates of pay for departmental grades not shown in the code are given in table II

Management/personnel and common services (others) Energy technology Electricity Coal Atomic energy Nationalised industries policy Energy conservation Economics and statistics
Assistant Secretary 3 2 3 2 4 1 3
Senior Principal
Principal 12 6 5 6 2 5
Senior Executive Officer 6 1 1 1 1 3
Higher Executive Officer 23 3 6 3 6 2 6 7
Executive Officer 31 5 7 3 5 1 5 16
Clerical Officer 41½ 8 3 3 4 14
Clerical Assistant 19 5 5 3 5 1 3 3
Administration Trainee 6
Professional & Technology Group
Director Engineering 1
Assistant Director Engineering 1
Principal Professional Technology Officer 3
Professional Technology Officer I 1
Professional Technology Officer II
Professional Technology Officer III
Other Technical and Drawing Office Grades 22
Scientific Group
Deputy Chief Scientific Officer 2 1
Senior Principal Scientific Officer 7 1 1
Principal Scientific Officer 7 1
Senior Scientific Officer 1 2
Higher Scientific Officer 1
Scientific Officer
Assistant Scientific Officer
Petroleum Specialist Group
Petroleum Specialist II
Petroleum Specialist III
Petroleum Specialist IV
Petroleum Specialist V
Reservoir Evaluation Specialist
Reservoir Evaluation Specialist I
Reservoir Evaluation Specialist II
Reservoir Evaluation Specialist III
Reservoir Evaluation Specialist IV
Reservoir Evaluation Specialist V
Electricity and Gas Examining Group
Senior Engineering Inspector 2
Engineering Inspector 1
Chief Electricity Meter Examiner 1
Deputy Chief Electricity Meter Examiner 1
Area Electricity Meter Examiner 9
Electricity Meter Examiner 9
Chief Gas Meter Examiner
Assistant Chief Gas Meter Examiner
Gas Meter Examiner I
Gas Meter Examiner II
Gas Meter Examiner III
Area Gas Meter Examiner
Chief Gas Examiner
Area Gas Examiner
Gas Examiner
Inspectorate Group
Deputy Superintending Inspector, Factories

Management/personnel and common services (others) Energy technology Electricity Coal Atomic energy Nationalised industries policy Energy conservation Economics and statistics
Inspector Factories 1A
Inspector Factories 1B
Petroleum Adviser
Economics and Statistics Group
Senior Economic Adviser 3
Economic Adviser 13
Senior Economic Assistant 3
Economic Assistant 1
Chief Statistician 1
Statistician 9
Senior Assistant Statistician 3
Assistant Statistician 1
Information Officer Group
Chief Information Officer (A)
Chief Information Officer (B)
Principal Information Officer
Senior Information Officer
Information Officer 1
Secretarial, Typing and Data Processing Group 64 7 11½ 3 5 1 7 7
Office Service Grades 58 1 1 1 1
Other Miscellaneous Grades 3
Industrials
Total 294½ 51½ 74½ 25 39 8 41 86

Energy and international policy Oil policy (home) Gas Petroleum production Petroleum engineering Offshore supplies office Information and publicity Total
Senior Staff
Permanent Staff 1
Deputy Secretary 4
Under Secretary 1 1 1 1 1 1 13
Administration Group
Assistant Director Accountant 1 1
Assistant Secretary 4 2 3 4 1 32
Senior Principal 1 1 2
Principal 3 7 10 1 3 67½
Senior Executive Officer 2 2 2 3 3 3 28
Higher Executive Officer 7 6 6 11 4 4 94
Executive Officer 5 6 9 12 10 7 122
Clerical Officer 5 3 11½ 9 17 13 2 141½
Clerical Assistant 11 6 9 10 6 91
Administration Trainee 6
Professional & Technological Group
Director Engineering 1 1 3
Assistant Director Engineering 1 1 2 5
Principal Professional Technology Officer 2 5 7 17
Professional Technology Officer I 2 6 4 13
Professional Technology Officer II 2 12
Professional Technology Officer III 1 1
Other Technical and Drawing Office Grades 1 23
Scientific Group
Deputy Chief Scientific Officer 1 4
Senior Principal Scientific Officer 1 1 2 13
Principal Scientific Officer 2 2 8 20
Senior Scientific Officer 5 4 3 15
Higher Scientific Officer 5 6
Scientific Officer 4 4
Assistant Scientific Officer 2 2
Petroleum Specialist Group
Petroleum Specialist II 3 3
Petroleum Specialist III 1 7 8

Energy and international policy Oil policy (home) Gas Petroleum production Petroleum engineering Offshore supplies office Information and publicity Total
Petroleum Specialist IV 13 13
Petroleum Specialist V 3 3
Reservoir Evaluation Specialist
Reservoir Evaluation Specialist I 1 1
Reservoir Evaluation Specialist II 2 2
Reservoir Evaluation Specialist III 3 3
Reservoir Evaluation Specialist IV 8 8
Reservoir Evaluation Specialist V 9 9
Electricity and Gas Examining Group
Senior Engineering Inspector 2
Engineering Inspector 1
Chief Electricity Meter Examiner 1
Deputy Chief Electricity Meter Examiner 1
Area Electricity Meter Examiner 9
Electricity Meter Examiner 9
Chief Gas Meter Examiner 1 1
Assistant Chief Gas Meter Examiner 1 1
Gas Meter Examiner I 2 2
Gas Meter Examiner II 5 5
Gas Meter Examiner III 14 14
Area Gas Meter Examiner 2 2
Chief Gas Examiner 1 1
Area Gas Examiner 6 6
Gas Examiner 8 8
Inspectorate Group
Deputy Superintending Inspector, Factories 1 1
Inspector Factories 1A 2 2
Inspector Factories 1B 1 1
Petroleum Adviser 1 1
Economics and Statistics Group
Senior Economic Adviser 3
Economic Adviser 13
Senior Economic Assistant 3
Economic Assistant 1
Chief Statistician 1
Statistician 9
Senior Assistant Statistician 3
Assistant Statistician 1
Information Officer Group
Chief Information Officer (A) 1 1
Chief Information Officer (B) 1 1
Principal Information Officer 1 1
Senior Information Officer 10 10
Information Officer 6 7
Secretarial, Typing and Data Processing Group 5 3 7 6 14 12 2 154½
Office Service Grades 1 2 3 1 69
Other Miscellaneous Grades 1
Industrials 5 5
Total 48½ 29½ 129 65 134 85 26½ 1,137

Table II
Minimum Maximum
£ £
Petroleum Specialist II 21,016 25,961
Petroleum Specialist III 17,926 23,489
Petroleum Specialist IV 12,363 18,544

Minimum Maximum
£ £
Petroleum Specialist V 8,777 12,981
Reservoir Evaluation Specialist I 31,119 31,119
Reservoir Evaluation Specialist II 24,047 29,705

Minimum Maximum
£ £
Reservoir Evaluation Specialist III 20,510 26,876
Reservoir Evaluation Specialist IV 14,145 21,218
Reservoir Evaluation Specialist V 10,043 14,852
Senior Engineering Inspector (Electrical) 13,949 16.537
Engineering Inspector (Electrical) 10,360 13,616
Chief Electricity Meter Examiner 14,826 15,917
Deputy Chief Electricity Meter Examiner 11,464 13,732
Chief Gas Examiner 10,692 13,497
Area Gas Examiner 7,864 10,967
Gas Examiner 6,840 9,126
Assistant Chief Gas Meter Examiner 8,349 10,080
Gas Meter Examiner I 7,041 8,240
Gas Meter Examiner II 6,881 7,802
Gas Meter Examiner III 5,982 6,783
Assistant Gas Meter Examiner *4,172 5,470
Deputy Superintending Inspector of Factories 16,044 18,507
Inspector of Factories 1A 12,753 16,531
Inspector of Factories 1B 8,662 12,672
* Age 20.

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