§ Mr. Fatchett asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will give separately for the six metropolitan county councils and for the Greater London council, the number of civil servants working in his Department on duties associated with the implementation of the Local Government Act 1985, listing in each case the numbers and ranks of officers and the estimated cost per year of each group.
§ Mrs. ChalkerAbout 46 staff in the Department of Transport are concerned with abolition at an annual cost of about £1.2 million. Of these 16 are directly concerned with metropolitan counties and 13 with the Greater48W London council; the remaining 17 are employed on general policy work in headquarter divisions. Following is the breakdown of staff by grade.
Grade Estimated full-time equivalents Grade 3 0.7 Grade 4 0.7 Grade 5 2.8 Grade 6 0.6 Principal 7.3 Senior executive officer 1.5 Higher executive officer 5.8 Administrative trainee 0.7 Executive officer 3.0 Clerical officer 3.7 Clerical assistant 0.6 PPTO 4.0 PTO I 4.1 PTO II 2.2 Statistician 2.8 Assistant statistician 0.5 Senior personal secretary 0.8 Personal secretary 3.8 TOTAL 45.8