§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will give, by social security region and by standard economic planning region, for the latest year available, including executive agency staff the number of civil servants, whole-time equivalent broken down by grade levels one to four, five, six, seven, SEO, HEO, EO, AO and AA, indicating the salary bands and indicating the percentage at each grade who are women, giving the percentage at each grade who are part time and the percentage of part-timers who are women.
§ Miss Widdecombe[holding answer 27 February 1992]: The information available for the Department of Social Security, including its agencies, as at 31 January 1992 is shown in the table.
To give the breakdown by social security region and standard economic planning region could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. A copy of the "Civil Service Pay and Conditions of Service Code" which gives salary bands is available in the Library.
Grade1 Total full lime equivalents Per cent, who are women Per cent, who are part-time Per cent, part-timers who are women 1–4 26.5 28 2 100 5 53 30 2 0 6 88 18 3 100 7 520 17 1 83 SEO 1,458.5 20 0.5 87 HEO2 4,983 37 2 97 EO 21,346 57 7 97 AO 35,436 75 9 98 AA 11,857.5 74 6 96 1 For each grade we have included equivalent professional grades. 2 Includes HEO(D) and administrative trainee.