HC Deb 26 October 1990 vol 178 cc313-4W
Ms. Richardson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many civil servants are employed by his Department at each grade; and how many in each grade are women.

Mr. Waddington

The Home Office employs some 42,000 non-industrial staff in more than 150 grades. The information requested is therefore provided in the table by occupational group. Each occupational group comprises staff in a number of grades dealing with similar work.

Females
Group or class Total staff Number Per cent.
Administration Group 9,189 5,363 58
Cleaners 131 126 96
Immigration Service 2,025 526 26
Instructional Officer Class 1,050 112 11
Medical Officer 227 23 10
Messenger Grades 323 201 62
Paperkeeper Grades 172 123 71
Personal Secretary Class 417 416 99
Prison Officer Grades 3,614 482 13
Prison Service 21,215 1,367 6
Professional and Technical Officer Group 414 10 2
Science Group 661 222 34
Typing Class 814 809 99
Nursing Grades 140 134 96
Reprographics Class 44 30 68
Information Officer Group 36 18 50
Psychologist Class 93 53 57
Other 1,871 274 15
Total 42,436 10,289 24