Next Steps Agencies

HC Deb 20 June 1996 vol 279 cc610-4W

Ms Jowell

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 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. [32737]

Sir John Wheeler

The information requested for the agencies under the Northern Ireland Office and Northern Ireland Departments is listed:

Agency	Total staff	Female staff	Grades of female staff (all grades include analogous ranks)
Valuation and Lands Agency	311	108	17 Staff Officer (SO)
			3 Executive Officer (EOI)
			9 Executive Officer II
			(EOII)
			48 Administrative Officer (AO)
			31 Administrative Assistant (AA)
Government Purchasing Agency	58	26	1 Deputy Principal (DP)
			5 SO
			1 EOI
			7 EOII
			12 AO
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency	122	69	1 Grade 7
			9 DP
			8 SO
			3 EOI
			6 EOII
			29 AO
			13 AA
Forensic Science Agency of Northern Ireland	123	48	11 DP
			3.5 SO
			8.5 EO
			17 AO
			1 Support Grade Band 1 (SGB1)
			7 Support Grade Band 2 (SGB2)
Training and Employment Agency	1,377	674	2 Grade 7
			18 DP
			24 SO
			171 EOI
			111 EOII
			255 AO
			1 SGB1
			5SGB2
			86 AA
			1 Industrial
Industrial Research and Technology Unit	158	55	1 Grade 7 2 DP
			5 SO
			2 EOI
			15 EOII
			24 AO
			2SGB2
			4 AA
Northern Ireland Prison Service	3,676	530	3 Grade 6
			6 Grade 7
			6 DP
			16 SO
			27 EOI
			25 EOII
			78 AO
			47 AA
			2SG2

Agency	Total staff	Female staff	Grades of female staff (all grades include analogous ranks)
			1 Governor 4
			2 Governor 5
			4 Principal Prison Officer
			12 Senior Prison Officer
			174 Basic Grade Prison Officer
			5 Organist
			17 Auxiliary Officer
			15 Searchers
			1 Night Patrol Officer
			23 Cleaner
Compensation Agency	124	79.5	2.5 Grade 6
			3.5 Grade 7
			1 SO
			4 EOI
			18 EOII
			22.5 AO
			27 AA
			1 Other
Child Support Agency	1,097	671	2 Grade 7
			3 DP
			12 SO
			15 EOI
			109 EOII
			401 AO
			129 AA
Social Security Agency	5,826	3,817	3 Grade 7
			14 DP
			58 SO
			211 EOI
			785 EOII
			1,751 AO
			995 AA
Health Estates Agency	126	30	1 Grade 7
			1 DP
			1 SO
			3 EOI
			4 EOII
			10 AO
			10 AA
Construction Service	720	143	1 Grade 7
			6 DP
			4 SO
			10 EOI
			16 EOII
			64 AO
			7 SGB2
			35 AA
Planning Service	417	182	3 Grade 7
			7 DP
			20 SO
			23 EOI
			16 EOII
			65 AO
			10 SGB2
			38 AA
Roads Service	2,354	412	1 Grade 7
			3 DP
			18 SO
			33 EOI
			59 EOII
			179 AO
			14 SGB2
			100 AA
			5 Industrial Staff

Agency	Total staff	Female staff	Grades of female staff (all grades include analogous ranks)
Water Service	2,398	358	1 Grade 7
			5 DP
			15 SO
			21 EOI
			59 EOII
			4 ASO
			185 AO
			185 AO
			8 SGB2
			58 AA
			2 Industrial Staff
Environment and Heritage Service	380	131	1 Grade 6
			1 Grade 7
			14 DP
			15 SO
			8 EOI
			20 EOII
			31 AO
			3 SGB2
			25 AA
			13 Industrial Staff
Driver and Vehicle Testing Agency	321	95	1 DP
			1 SO
			3 EOI
			4 EOII
			51 AO
			35 AA
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Northern Ireland	256	194	4 SO
			6 EOI
			15 EOII
			111 AO
			58 AA
Land Registers Northern Ireland	224	149	1 Grade 6
			4 DP
			10 SO
			4 EOI
			25 EOII
			82 AO
			8 SGB2
			15 AA
Public Records Office Northern Ireland	81	31	2 Grade 7
			1 DP
			2 SO
			4 EOI
			1 EOII
			14 AO
			2 SGB 2
			5 AA
Rate Collection Agency	261	163	1 DP
			6 SO
			6 EOI
			19 EOII
			121 AO
			4SGB2
			6 AA
Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland	192	22	1 SO
			11 EOI
			2 EOII
			6 AO
			2 AA

Non-general service grades have been included with the figures for the equivalent general service grade.