§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for Transport how many civil servants in his Department and at what grades are currently engaged on work associated with the abolition of the Greater London council and the metropolitan county councils; and what is the total cost.
§ Mrs. Chalker[pursuant to the reply, 20 May 1985, c. 283]On 21 May the number of staff working on abolition of the GLC/MCCS in my Department was as follows:
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Grade Estimated full-time equivalents Grade 3 0.7 Grade 4 0.7 Grade 5 2.3 Grade 6 2.1 Principal 6.7 PPTO 4.1 Statistician 0.9 Senior executive officer 1.0 Higher executive officer/HEOD 4.2 Executive officer/administration trainee 5.3 PTO1 3.2 PTO2/PTO3 2.1 Clerical officer/assistant 4.9 Senior personal secretary 0.9 Personal secretary 3.0 Total *42 * Does not sum owing to rounding. The cost, including accommodation, of employing these staff for a whole year would be approximately £1.14 million (1985 prices).