HC Deb 20 June 1996 vol 279 cc573-6W
Ms Jowell

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what is the total number of people employed by each of the next steps agencies under his Department's control; how many of those employees are women; and at what civil service or equivalent grades they are employed. [32740]

Mr. John M. Taylor

The chief executives of the DTI executive agencies will respond direct to the hon. Member.

Letter from Seton Bennett to Ms Tessa Jowell, dated 20 June 1996: The President of the Board of Trade has asked me to provide additional information on behalf of the National Weights and Measures Laboratory in reply to your question about the number of staff employed by this Agency.

The figures you request are contained in the following table:

Grade level Female Male Total
Grade 5 0 1 1
Grade 6 0 0 0
Grade 7 0 4 4
SEO level 1 7 8
HEO level 0 11 11
EO level 4 8 12
AO level 9 0 9
AA level 3 1 4
Total staff 17 32 49

The figures are provided on a headcount basis by grade level. They exclude casual staff.

Letter from Jim Norton to Ms Tessa Jowell, dated 20 June 1996: I have been asked to answer the question you raised on behalf of the Radiocommunications Agency. The following table shows the total numbers of women by Civil Service and equivalent grade employed in the Agency on 7 June.

Grade Total Female
Grade 3 1 0
Grade 5 6 0
Grade 6 7 0
Grade 7 33 3
SEO and equivalent 59 4
HEO and equivalent 95 5
EO and equivalent 182 22
AO and equivalent 96 50
AA and equivalent 44 32
Total 523 116

Letter from Peter Joyce to Ms Tessa Jowell, dated 20 June 1996: The President of the Board of Trade has asked me to reply to your question about the number of staff and the number and grades of women employed by The Insolvency Service.

Grade Male Female Total
Grade 3 1 0 1
Grade 4 2 0 2
Grade 5 1 1 2
Grade 6 0 0 0
Inss Grade A 10 0 10
Grade 7 1 0 1
Inss Grade B 53 4 57
SEO 6 1 7
Inss Grade C 86 29 115
HEO 18 13 31
HPTO 1 0 1
Inss Grade D 201 116 317
EO 63 61 124
PTO 1 0 1
Inss Grade E 44 35 79
AO 134 191 325
PS 0 13 13
SBG1 1 1 1
SM3 0 1 2
Grade Male Female Total
AA 59 84 143
SGB2 19 5 24
TYP 2 137 139
703 692 1,395

Source:

DTI PERMIS Computer Records. Date: 1 April 1996.

Staff included in the data comprise permanent staff, staff on loan from other Government Departments, staff seconded from the private sector (who have been allocated to the grades which reflect their salaries) and staff on paid maternity and sick leave.

The data does not include casual staff and those on short term appointments from agencies.

Letter from John S. Holden to Ms Tessa Jowell, dated 20 June 1996: I have been asked by the President of the Board of Trade to respond to your recent Parliamentary Questions on behalf of the Companies House Executive Agency. I have set out on the attached page the information you requested, but please do let me know if you require any additional breakdown.

Grade Male headcount Per cent. Female headcount Per cent. Total
Grade 4 1 100.0 1
Grade 5 2 100.0 2
Grade 7 7 63.6 4 36.4 11
SEO 12 92.3 1 7.7 13
SPTO 1 100.0 —1
HEO 31 54.4 26 45.6 57
EO 63 54.8 52 45.2 115
AO 113 34.6 214 65.4 327
AA 54 41.5 76 58.5 130
SPS 1 100.0 1
PS 3 100.0 3
TM 1 100.0 1
Typist 8 100.0 8
SM2 1 100.0 1
SM3 4 40.0 6 60.0 10
SGB1 10 23.8 32 76.2 42
SGB2 51 18.5 224 81.5 275
Total 349 35.0 649 65.0 998

Figures exclude casuals, unpaid maternity leave, career break schemes, but include all part-time employees.

Letter from P. R. S. Hartnack to Ms Tessa Jowell, dated 20 June 1996: I am replying in relation to the Patent Office to your Parliamentary Question to the President of the Board of Trade about the staffing of next step agencies. The following figures give headcount by grade, excluding staff currently out of the office on loan, career breaks or similar arrangements.

Grade Male Female Total
Grade 3 1 0 1
Grade 5 2 1 3
Grade 6 5 0 5
Grade 7 7 2 9
Assistant comptroller 1 0 1
Superintending examiner 5 0 5
Principal examiner 13 3 16
Senior examiner 125 12 137
Examiner 41 3 44
SEO 17 4 21
HEO 36 18 54
Grade Male Female Total
EO 88 71 159
AO 81 123 204
AA 47 61 108
Support grades 4 6 10
Personal secretaries 0 7 7
Typists 0 7 7
Total 473 318 791

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