HC Deb 26 July 1993 vol 229 c568W
Mr. McAllion

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the numbers of staff by grade that are employed in his Department and agencies in the automatic data processing functional specialism.

Mr. Goodlad

There are 155 officers in the FCO and agencies in the automatic data processing functional specialism.

Ninety-eight are in the diplomatic wing, in the following grades:

Grade Number
SEO 16
HEO 25
EO 15
AO 8
AA 1
DS7M 8
DS9 18
DS10 7

Forty-six in the Overseas Development Administration, in the following grades:

Grade Number
SEO 1
HEO 11
EO 22
AO 12

Eleven in the Natural Resources Institute (an ODA agency), in the following grades:

Grade Number
HEO 3
EO 4
AO 4