§ Ms. Richardsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the number of (a) Women and (b) men employed within each grade in his Department in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Hurd[pursuant to his reply, 23 July 1987, c. 338]: The information is not available in the precise form requested. The following table gives the number of nonindustrial staff in post (full-time equivalents) by sex from January 1979 to January 1987 by grade level equivalents based on a comparison of salary scales. Comparable figures for industrial staff are not available. The figures have been derived from personnel records and may differ from other published manpower totals.
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January 1984 January 1985 January 1986 January 1987 Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Grade 4 11 2 10 2 12 2 12 2 Grade 5 128½ 11 125½ 12 127 12 126½ 15 Grade 6 183 12 196 14 199 15 193 16½ Grade 7 452½ 50 459½ 58 476 59½ 477½ 56 Senior Executive Officer 840½ 63½ 834 79½ 814 88 843 99 Higher Executive Officer 1,936½ 276½ 1,984½ 291 2,038½ 321½ 2,014 342½ Executive Officer 7,457½ 1,200½ 7,551½ 1,294½ 7,698 1,395½ 7,681 1,478 Clerical Officer (and equivalents) 14,275½ 2,979 14,725 3,250 14,753½ 3,304 15,143 3,317 Clerical Assistant (and equivalents) 416½ 2,141 473 2,231½ 502 2,099½ 528 2,136 Obsolete Grades 1 — — — — — — —