Civil Servants (Hansard, 26 July 1999)

§ Mr. Kilfoyle

Civil Service Statistics personnel statistics are collated and published annually by the Cabinet Office. The latest information shown in the tables, is for staff in post at 1 April 1998.

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Civil servants by Department, responsibility level¹ and gender, 1 April 1998
	SCS	G6/G7	SEO/HEO	EO	AO	AA	Total
Department	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W
General Register Office—Scotland	²—	²—	8	²—	34	7	22	23	14	49	22	30	100	109
Health	279	140	498	315	615	536	344	586	233	751	140	250	2,109	2,578
Health and Safety Commission/Executive	66	12	615	75	1,097	454	153	226	311	836	²—	²—	2,240	1,600
HM Prison Service	71	9	475	85	1,454	537	2,486	1,309	19,975	4,920	3,971	2,079	28,432	8,939
Home Office	85	24	426	152	1,554	775	2,047	1,720	868	1,753	607	1,165	5,587	5,589
Information, Central Office of	5	²—	22	14	97	87	23	15	14	26	10	7	171	150
Inland Revenue	226	21	2,401	567	5,564	2,505	5,800	6,886	5,001	13,968	3,725	10,238	22,717	34,185
International Development	41	5	142	35	147	87	114	95	111	216	41	53	596	491
Intervention Board	5	²—	26	6	120	71	124	145	186	337	43	68	504	630
Land Registry	23	6	132	56	650	264	1,026	1,518	988	2,520	277	952	3,096	5,316
Lord Chancellor's Department	45	16	177	118	643	668	853	1,394	1,572	3,083	656	1,386	3,946	6,665
National Savings	9	²—	42	9	311	219	159	252	515	1,494	410	982	1,446	2,960
National Statistics, Office for	25	5	122	67	347	306	337	391	309	793	134	317	1,274	1,879
Northern Ireland Office	19	²—	17	6	19	19	12	42	15	26	13	21	95	120
Office for Standards in Education	15	²—	134	63	29	17	31	23	23	66	6	49	238	220
Office of Electricity Regulation	9	²—	24	16	41	24	17	32	9	49	2	25	100	150
Office of Fair Trading	8	5	45	14	62	42	57	43	25	70	16	22	213	196
Office of Telecommunications	²—	²—	38	18	33	14	10	20	2	8	5	6	92	70
Office of Water Services	6	²—	9	7	23	23	26	26	10	32	²—	11	80	100
Ordnance Survey	5	²—	40	²—	342	75	869	206	144	174	21	18	1,421	477
Public Record Office	²—	²—	15	11	52	39	59	31	57	64	66	46	250	190
Registers of Scotland	²—	²—	16	6	127	104	197	221	137	133	62	109	540	570
Royal Mint	²—	²—	21	²—	108	11	50	45	29	74	9	14	220	146
Scottish Courts Service	²—	²—	17	²—	109	22	102	117	63	190	135	132	430	464
Scottish Office	136	23	426	125	809	305	527	383	348	697	397	622	2,643	2,155
Scottish Prison Service	14	²—	102	32	771	104	2,050	269	965	262	114	123	4,016	790
Security and Intelligence Services	30	²—	208	19	1,242	259	1,475	515	350	481	105	250	3,410	1,530
Serious Fraud Office	7	²—	24	8	25	12	13	16	8	22	5	9	82	70
Social Security	88	36	605	277	2,714	1,971	8,562	13,668	12,990	36,684	5,220	10,666	30,179	63,302
Trade and Industry	197	37	781	194	1,623	700	906	666	966	1,573	362	796	4,835	3,966
Treasury	67	12	168	49	154	71	81	64	59	150	16	42	545	388
Treasury Solicitor	39	8	92	73	36	31	35	56	31	51	13	14	246	233
Welsh Office (including OHMCIS)	53	20	149	49	264	137	218	270	163	366	190	253	1,037	1,095
Departments with less than 150 staff	69	8	82	38	120	71	93	69	79	136	67	73	510	395
Total	3,139	617	16,778	4,785	51,913	19,249	56,906	52,241	65,930	108,029	25,754	45,597	220,420	230,518
¹ Responsibility levels are an approximate assignment of staff to a level of seniority broadly equivalent to the former service wide grades.
² In order to preserve confidentiality number withheld and the total rounded to the nearest 10 as there are less than 5 staff at this level.

Civil Servants by Department, responsibility level¹ and ethinic origin³—1 April 1998
	SCS	G6/G7	SEO/HEO	EO	AO	AA	Total
Department	W	EM	W	EM	W	EM	W	EM	W	EM	W	EM	W	EM
Advisory, Conciliation & Arbitration Service	²—	²—	30	²—	324	9	54	8	81	18	14	5	510	40
Agriculture, Fisheries & Food	104	2	573	11	1,717	50	1,376	53	1,832	144	1,378	140	6,980	400
Cabinet Office	84	2	204	²—	314	7	271	27	302	46	96	15	1,271	98
Charity Commission	12	²—	26	²—	137	7	155	20	98	23	55	19	483	71
Crown Prosecution Service	45	²—	1,581	118	328	16	1,098	88	976	139	494	49	4,522	410
Culture, Media & Sport	17	²—	49	²—	83	²—	59	5	75	16	18	7	301	33
Customs & Excise	70	²—	421	12	6,020	158	7,022	486	4,691	570	2,173	258	20,397	1,490
Defence	333	8	3,717	61	17,476	275	13,784	224	18,059	378	10,878	366	64,247	1,312
Education & Employment	105	²—	492	9	2,049	64	6,707	646	8,507	1,426	698	109	18,558	2,250
Environment, Transport & the Regions	260	²—	1,145	37	2,182	121	3,068	180	3,237	392	1,424	127	11,316	860
Export Credits Guarantee Department	10	²—	36	²—	79	8	54	10	47	18	19	11	245	49
Foreign & Commonwealth Office	387	²—	544	²—	1,195	23	1,071	38	856	96	134	29	4,187	191
Health	367	14	760	36	1,036	85	674	167	892	289	5	²—	3,734	600
Health & Safety Executive	73	²—	635	7	1,400	45	324	26	980	99	²—	²—	3,410	178
HM Prison Service	61	11	521	45	1,493	31	3,227	140	22,437	664	5,039	204	32,778	1,095
Home Office	79	²—	495	8	1,804	62	2,702	278	1,680	503	1,261	286	8,021	1,140
Information, Central Office of	²—	²—	34	²—	142	6	22	9	29	9	14	²—	250	25
Inland Revenue	244	²—	2,904	39	7,737	228	12,019	585	17,367	1,274	11,286	1,149	51,557	3,280
International Development	25	²—	78	²—	138	²—	185	14	237	39	51	10	714	68
Intervention Board	²—	²—	23	²—	130	²—	174	12	371	42	73	11	770	67
Land Registry	26	²—	172	²—	833	16	2,294	66	3,083	210	1,092	89	7,500	384

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Civil Servants by Department, responsibility level ¹ and ethnic origin ³—1 April 1998
	SCS	G6/G7	SEO/HEO	EO	AO	AA	Total
Department	W	EM	W	EM	W	EM	W	EM	W	EM	W	EM	W	EM
Lord Chancellors Department	50	²—	274	²—	1,192	36	1,890	196	3,812	536	1,704	161	8,922	933
National Savings	6	²—	43	²—	505	²—	402	²—	2,076	14	1,185	7	4,217	26
National Statistics, Office for	32	²—	177	7	590	24	641	49	954	77	404	11	2,798	170
Office for Standards in Education	11	²—	82	²—	10	²—	22	²—	18	7	18	²—	161	18
Office of Electricity Regulation	9	²—	37	²—	58	²—	36	8	44	8	19	6	203	26
Office of Fair Trading	8	²—	37	²—	60	²—	43	26	41	25	9	13	198	66
Ordnance Survey	5	2	40	²—	363	²—	893	12	231	²—	19	²—	1,551	20
Royal Mint	²—	²—	22	²—	117	²—	95	²—	102	²—	23	²—	360	²—
Scottish Office	139	²—	436	²—	769	²—	592	²—	716	5	466	²—	3,118	14
Other Scottish Departments	64	²—	348	²—	762	²—	976	6	1,044	5	915	6	4,109	18
Security & Intelligence Services	29	²—	219	²—	1,480	²—	1,760	6	773	²—	440	²—	4,701	14
Serious Fraud Office	7	²—	33	²—	31	²—	22	10	18	²—	9	6	120	32
Social Security	99	²—	627	21	4,075	65	18,596	855	39,217	3,134	11,214	1,029	73,828	5,110
Trade & Industry	196	²—	857	22	1,861	131	1,188	157	1,678	414	764	155	6,544	880
Treasury	66	²—	165	7	171	6	106	22	145	47	33	20	686	100
Treasury Solicitors Department	32	²—	88	6	38	6	41	16	41	15	16	²—	256	45
Welsh Office (including OHCMI)	73	²—	195	²—	396	²—	477	²—	522	6	438	²—	2,101	14
Departments less than 100 with known ethnic origin	41	²—	106	6	162	11	107	28	83	38	33	17	532	100
Total	3,181	53	18,226	478	59,257	1,527	84,227	4,482	137,352	10,744	53,910	4,331	356,156	21,620
¹ Responsibility levels are an approximate assignment of staff to a level of seniority broadly equivalent to the former service wide grades.
² In order to preserve confidentiality number withheld and the total rounded to the nearest 10 as there are less than 5 staff at this level.
³ Number of non-industrial staff who responded to departmental surveys on ethnic origin.

Note:

W = White, EM = Ethnic Minority

Source:

Mandate and Departmental Returns