§ Mr. CranTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list by Civil Service grade the number of officials in his Department located outside London; and what proportion they represent of all officials employed by his Department.
§ Mr. RidleyThe table shows the latest numbers of officials, by grade, in my Department (including PSA) located outside London and the percentage which those numbers represent of my total staff.
Grade Number Per cent. 3 9 0.03 4 12 0.04 5 35 0.12 6 128 0.40 7 486 1.50 81 (Senior Executive Officer) 1,262 3.90 91 (Higher Executive Officer) 2,049 6.33 101 (Executive Officer) 3,703 11.45 111 (Administrative Officer) 2,234 6.91 121 (Administrative Assistant) 1,960 6.06 Industrial staff 7,697 23.80 1 Civil Service grades 3 to 7 are unified. In the non-industrial grades below grade 7 different occupational groups exist; for convenience these have been grouped in bands numbered 8 to 12 which are broadly equivalent to the general grades shown in parentheses.