HC Deb 20 May 1991 vol 191 cc382-3W
Mr. Dobson

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will give for each year from 1979–80, including 1991–92, the number of staff actually employed on 1 April and the full complement of staff, including vacant posts, by grade, in the statistical divisions in his Department; and if he will differentiate between staff in statistical posts and staff in administrative posts.

Staff in post on 1 April
Grade 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991
Statistical Posts
Assistant Secretary Economist — — — — — — — — — 1 1 1 1
Chief Agricultural Economist 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Director of Research and Information 1 1 1 — — — — — — — — — —
Deputy Chief Agricultural Economist 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1
Senior Principal Scientific Officer 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Senior Principal Economist — — — — — — — — — — 1 1 1
Principal Agricultural Economist 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Principal Scientific Officer 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 3
Principal Economist 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 3 9 7 10 12
Principal Research Officer 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 —
Senior Agricultural Economist 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 5
Deputy Economist 1 1 2 1 4 2 3 2 3 9 13–5 15–5 15–5
Senior Scientific Officer 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 — — — — 1 1
Senior Research Officer 1 1 — — — — — — — — — — —
Scientific Officer 6 6 6 6 7 8 7 7 8 9 9 7 9
Senior Assistant Economist — — — 2 1 2 1 2 1 18 20 19 16
Higher Scientific Officer 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 3 3 2 3
Agricultural Economist 4 4 6 6 3 5 5 5 4 5 4 5 5
Assistant Economist 3 3 2 2 3 6 5 7 8 3 2 3 6
Agricultural Inspector Grade III/IV — — — — — 1 1 1 — — — — —
Agricultural Inspector Group 4 — — — — — 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4
Inspector Group 3 2 2 2 2 2 — — — — — — — —
Agricultural Inspector Group 2 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2
Assistant Agricultural Economist 2 1 1 1 1 — — — — — — — —
Assistant Scientific Officer 5 4 5 5 3 4 4 1 2 1 1 2 2
Sandwich Course Student — — — — — — — — — — — — 1
Administrative Posts
Principal — — — — — — — — — — — — 1
Deputy Principal 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 4
Staff Officer 5 5 4 3 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6
Executive Officer I 9 10 11 11 12 12 11 13 11 13 12 13 12
Executive Officer II 15 16 15 14 24 23 22 21 22 23 27 26 28
Administrative Officer 47 47 43 43 54 41 42 46 54 61 59 65 66
Administrative Assistant 26 26 28 25 22 35 34 31 32 32 31 33 34
Personal Secretary — — — — — — — — — 1 1 1 1