§ Sir Thomas ArnoldTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the responsibilities of each of the deputy secretaries in his Department and the numbers and ranks of staff reporting to each.
§ Mr. Nelson[pursuant to his reply, 24 June 1992 c. 223–24]: I regret that a column in the table was omitted from the reply. The complete reply is as follows:
The responsibilities of each of the deputy secretaries in the Treasury are as follows. The information on the numbers of staff reporting to each is contained in the table.
Deputy Secretary (Overseas Finance):
Responsible for:
- European Community Group
- Aid and Export Finance Group
- International Finance Group
Deputy Secretary (Public Finance)
Responsible for:
- Fiscal Policy Group
- Monetary Policy Group
Deputy Secretary (Public Services)
Responsible for:
- Local Government Group
- Health, Social Services and Territorial Group
- Running Costs Division (part)
- Central Unit on Purchasing
- (also has responsibility for CCTA which is to be transferred to the Office for Public Services and Science in due course)
Deputy Secretary (Civil Service Management and Pay)
Responsible for:
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- Pay Group
- Personnel Policy Group
- Management Policy and Running Costs Group
- CS Catering Organisation (Forward)
Deputy Secretary (Industry)
Responsible for:
- Public Enterprises Group
- Industry, Agriculture and Employment Group
- Home and Education Group
Grade DS Overseas Finance DS Public Finance DS Public services DS CS Management and pay DS Industry DS Financial institutions and markets G3 4 2 2 3 3 2 G4 — — — 1 — 1 G5 7 4 8 11 7 5 G6 1 1 2 7 2 1 G7 17 9 16 42 17 16 SE0 3 1 6 37 3 6 HEO 4 1 10 30 13 13 HEO(D) 2 1 2 — 1 1 AT — 1 2 1 3 2 EO 9 4 8 45 10 12 SAS — — — 2 — — AS — — — 1 — — SSO — — — 1 — — HSO — — — 1 — — SEA 2 4 — — — 1 EA 3 — — — — — AO 11 6 10 43 16 14 AA 4 3 7 17 6 8 SPS 1 — 2 2 2 1 PS 11 8 9 16 10 8 Typist 2 3 2 4 4 6 SB2 — — 1 1 — — Total 81 48 87 265 97 97 Notes:
1. Staff in post figures as at 1 June 1992, except for Financial Services command which includes latest estimate of staff being transferred from DTI.
2. Figures for part-time staff rounded down.
3. In addition to the above staff there are 761 staff in the following commands:
First Permanent Secretary, Second Permanent Secretary responsible for Public Expenditure (ie, the General Expenditure Policy Group and the Defence Policy and Material Group), Chief Economic Adviser, Chief Accountancy Adviser and the Establishments and Organisation Group.