§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many civil servants there are in total on each pay band in her Department. [9579]
§ Mr. Paul MurphyThe Northern Ireland civil service is currently undertaking a review of its pay and grading structures and no decision has yet been taken on revised pay bands.
The table has been prepared on the basis of the current pay bands. The left-hand side shows the numbers of staff in the senior civil services in the pay band ranges set out in £5,000 bands, and, the right-hand side, the numbers of general service and analogous grades below the SCS in the relevant pay bands. The figures are full-time rates of basic salary, excluding allowances.
The figures for the general service include a number of specialist grades which, although analogous, have a higher maximum point on the particular pay range. For some specialist grades, this pay lead may result in the maximum point being up to 10 per cent. higher than that for the analogous general service grade.
736WThe figures cover all NICS staff and include a number of home civil service staff who work in the Northern Ireland Office.
Number of staff in each pay range/band Grade (or analogous) Pay range band (£) Number of staff in grade Senior Civil Service 105,000+ 1 100,000–105,000 — 95,000–99,999 1 90,000–94,999 — 85,000–89,999 1 80,000–84,999 3 75,000–79,999 3 70,000–74,999 4 65,000–69,999 14 60,000–64,999 19 55,000–59,999 23 50,000–54,999 75 45,000–49,999 78 40,000–44,999 28 Below 40,000 6 Total 256 Unified Grade 6 29,844–50,261 268 Unified Grade 7 26,154–40,909 867 Deputy Principal 19,611–30,371 1,501 Staff Officer 15,839–21,491 2,403 Executive Officer Grade I 13,324–18,639 3,399 Executive Officer Grade II 11,323–15,839 3,453 Administrative Officer 9,080–12,735 7,782 Administrative Assistant 7,166–10,735 5,049 Total 24,722