HC Deb 22 February 1988 vol 128 cc36-7W
Mr. Tom Arnold

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services 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. Portillo

The responsibilities of grade 2—deputy secretary level — officers in the Department and the number and grades of staff reporting to them are given in the table. In addition, approximately 4,500 staff work in the special hospitals, Disablement Services Authority, youth treatment centres, artificial eye unit and Medical Practices Committee, and a further 1,500 staff, mainly working for the independent statutory authorities, do not report through lines of command to grade 2 officers.

Staff reporting to each
Title and responsibilities Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Executive grades Clerical and other Total
NHS buildings
Director of personnel: NHS management board
NHS personnel 1 4.0 1.0 15.0 58.5 31.0 110.5
1Director of finance: NHS management board
Health authority financial management and control 1 1.0 1.0 4.0 26.0 8.0 41.0
Management consultancy services for the NHS
1Director of planning information and technology: NHS management board
Planning and information technology 3.0 1.0 10.0 39.5 15.0 68.5
Solicitor
Legal aspects of health and social security 2 1 11.0 20.0 25.0 30.0 54.0 143.0
Chief inspector of social services
Inspection of social work and some aspects of social service 2 14.0 80.0 7.0 24.5 127.5
Deputy chief medical officer
Health issues related to: 4 7 31.5 42.0 8.0 15.0 35.5 143.0
—Children, disablement, prevention and nutrition
—Primary care
—Toxicology and the environment
—Mental health
Deputy chief medical officer
Health issues related to: 3 13.5 3.0 3.0 10.5 21.0 54.0
—Hospital policies and service
—Management, planning and community medicine
—Medical manpower
Deputy chief medical officer
Health issues related to: 2 6 33.0 5.5 5.0 21.0 35.0 107.5
—Medicines
—International health
—Scientific services, equipment and buildings and supplies
—Cancer
1Senior consultants and advisers: Grade 2 status.