§ Ms. RichardsonTo 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. WaddingtonThe 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