Departmental Staff (Hansard, 29 July 1988)

§ Mr. Dobson

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list for 1979, 1984 and the most recent 795W year the numbers of staff by grade in the statistical divisions in his Department; if he will differentiate between staff in the statistical posts and staff in administrative posts; and if he will give separate figures for staff employed in the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys and in the Government Actuary's Department.

Departmental staff in statistical divisions (1 April)
	1979	1984	1988
Grade	Administrative	Statistical	Administrative	Statistical	Administrative	Statistical
3	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	—	1
5	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	—	7
6	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	—	1
7	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	1	35
Senior Assistant Statistician	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	—	5
Assistant Statistician	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	—	7
Senior Executive Officer	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	18	—
Higher Executive Officer	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	43	—
Executive Officer	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	69.5	—
Administrative Officer	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	89	—
Administrative Assistant	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	21	—
Personal Secretary	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	10	—
Total	360	41	270	45	251.5	56
¹Figures not available by grade.

OPCS staff in²statistical divisions (1 April)
	1979	1984	1988
Grade	Administrative	Statistical	Administrative	Statistical	Administrative	Statistical
3	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	2
5	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	1	3
6	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	5	2
7	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	20	13
Senior Assistant Statistician	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	—	2
Assistant Statistician	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	—	2
Senior Executive Officer	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	30	—
Higher Executive Officer	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	60	—
Executive Officer	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	95	—
Administrative Officer	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	199	—
Administrative Assistant	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	65	—
Personal Secretary	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	18	—
Total	574	29	483	27	493	24
¹Figures not available by grade.
²The figures in the White Paper "Government Statistical Services" (Cmnd. 8236) included some staff who worked in support of statistical divisions. These figures relate solely to staff in OPCS statistical divisions.