§ Mr. Arnoldasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the responsibilities of each of the deputy secretaries in his Department, and the numbers and ranks of staff reporting to each.
§ Mr. WhitelawThe information is as follows
Deputy secretary: Criminal, general and statistical departments; and research and planning unit:3 under-secretaries, 1 chief research officer and 504 other staff.Deputy secretary: Police end fire departments:Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary, 4 undersecretaries, controller, forensic science service and 3,219 other staff.Deputy secretary: Broadcasting, community programmes and equal opportunities, immigration and nationality and radio regulatory departments:4 under-secretaries and 3,322 other staff.Deputy secretary: Establishments and finance and manpower departments; and data protection divisions:2 under-secretaries, 1 executive director and 1,642 other staff.Deputy secretary: Legal adviser's branch:2 principal assistant legal advisers and 22 other staff.Deputy secretary: Director-general of the prison service:1 deputy director-general, 3 under-secretaries, 1 director, prison medical services, and 26,174 other staff.