Departmental Staff (Hansard, 1 November 2001)

§ Mr. Nicholas Brown

The details are set out in the tables.

Table 1: Number of staff by grade level and nation/region
Whole-time equivalent
Government office region	All grades	SCS level	Level 6/7	SEO/HEO level	EO level	AO/AA level	Industrial/Other grade
London	14,678	89	339	1,239	4,891	8,094	27
South East	10,841	¹—	39	483	3,591	6,601	126
South West	8,098	¹—	31	412	2,476	5,125	51
West Midlands	10,956	5	45	542	3,383	6,980	¹—
North West	17,990	15	204	1,276	5,098	11,058	340
North East	13,693	17	122	937	3,384	9,163	70
Merseyside	5,722	¹—	26	236	1,677	3,780	¹—
Yorkshire and Humberside	12,739	37	278	1,637	4,367	6,415	4
East Midlands	5,818	¹—	27	263	1,870	3,652	5
Eastern	5,286	¹—	16	185	1,519	3,565	¹—
England total	105,821	167	1,127	7,210	32,256	64,433	627
Wales	6,490	¹—	26	303	2,065	3,999	94
Scotland	13,822	¹—	64	652	4,259	8,642	201
Great Britain total	126,133	173	1,217	8,165	38,580	77,074	922
Northern Ireland	8	²—	²—	²—	²—	²—	8
Grand total	126,141	173	1,217	8,165	38,580	77,074	930
¹ Because there are three or fewer staff in this category the numbers have not been separately identified
2 Staff numbers for Northern Ireland have not been identified by grade because the small numbers in each category could potentially identify individuals and their salaries

Notes:

1. The staff data from which these figures derive are as at 31 August 2001 as this represents the correct staffing position of DWP, which was formed in June 2001. Earlier DSS data are not comparable.

2. Employment service staff are included.

3. War Pensions Agency Staff are included as they remain within the overall DWP administrative structure pro-tern even though WPA is now technically part of the Ministry of Defence.

4. Casual and other staff on temporary contracts are included.

5. The grade groupings include specialist staff such as accountants, lawyers and auditors in their "generalist" grade equivalent.

6. Because the staffing make-up of DWP is different from the DSS, the figures above are not comparable with those provided for DSS in Civil Service Statistics 2000.

Table 2: Percentage of staffing numbers
Government office region	All grades	SCS level	Level 6/7	SEO/HEO level	EO level	AO/AA level	Industrial/other grades
London	12	51	28	15	13	11	3
South East	9	¹—	3	6	9	9	14
South West	6	¹—	3	5	6	7	5
West Midlands	9	3	4	7	9	9	¹—
North West	14	9	17	16	13	14	37
North East	11	10	10	11	9	12	8
Merseyside	5	¹—	2	3	4	5	¹—
Yorkshire and Humberside	10	21	23	20	11	8	0
East Midlands	5	¹—	2	3	5	5	¹—
Eastern	4	¹—	1	2	4	5	1
England total	84	97	93	88	84	84	67
Wales	5	¹—	2	4	5	5	10
Scotland	11	¹—	5	8	11	11	22
Great Britain total	100	100	100	100	100	100	99
Northern Ireland	²—	²—	²—	²—	²—	²—	1
Grand total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
¹ Because there are three or fewer staff in this category the numbers have not been separately identified
² Staff numbers for Northern Ireland have not been identified by grade because the small numbers in each category could potentially identify individuals and their salaries

Notes:

1. The staff data from which these figures derive are as at 31 August 2001 as this represents the correct staffing position of DWP, which was formed in June 2001. Earlier DSS data are not comparable.

2. Employment service staff are included.

3. War Pensions Agency Staff are included as they remain within the overall DWP administrative structure pro-tern even though WPA is now technically part of the Ministry of Defence.

4. Casual and other staff on temporary contracts are included.

5. The grade groupings include specialist staff such as accountants, lawyers and auditors in their "generalist" grade equivalent.

6. Because the staffing make-up of DWP is different from the DSS, the figures above are not comparable with those provided for DSS in Civil Service Statistics 2000.

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Table 3: Average staff salary by grade level and nation/region
£
Government office region	All grades	SCS level	Level 6/7	SEO/HEO level	EO level	AO/AA level	Industrial/other grades
London	19,129	67,853	44,551	27,470	20,864	15,218	14,023
South East	15,855	¹—	37,432	24,639	19,311	13,295	11,248
South West	15,456	¹—	38,344	24,319	18,703	13,053	12,272
West Midlands	15,577	57,022	39,766	24,451	19,037	13,026	¹—
North West	15,709	63,875	45,557	25,368	18,611	12,760	11,777
North East	15,283	63,371	41,354	24,769	18,408	12,749	11,923
Merseyside	15,191	¹—	40,163	24,412	18,644	12,914	¹—
Yorkshire and Humberside	17,339	63,778	39,350	25,012	18,932	13,081	11,113
East Midlands	15,777	¹—	38,524	24,275	19,168	13,253	11,934
Eastern	15,672	¹—	39,368	24,635	19,580	13,423	¹—
England total	16,280	65,641	42,177	25,303	19,184	13,280	11,814
Wales	15,564	¹—	38,605	24,381	18,604	13,261	11,291
Scotland	15,395	¹—	39,509	24,477	18,740	12,951	11,440
Great Britain total	16,146	65,526	41,960	25,200	19,104	13,242	11,666
Northern Ireland	16,389	²—	²—	²—	²—	²—	²—
Grand total	16,146	65,526	41,960	25,200	19,105	13,243	11,685
¹ Because there are three or fewer staff in this category the average salary has not been separately identified.
² Average salaries for Northern Ireland have not been identified by grade because the small numbers in each category could potentially identify individuals and their salaries.

Notes:

1. Average salaries include basic salary and job-based allowances, but not payments relating to working outside normal hours eg overtime, nor employer's National Insurance and Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme contributions.

2. The figures indicate averages and not the mean; calculation of the mean would have presented significant additional data processing attracting disproportionate costs.

3. The staff data from which these figures derive are as at 31 August 2001, as this represents the correct staffing position of DWP which was formed in June 2001. Earlier DSS data are not comparable.

4. Employment Service staff are included.

5. War Pensions Agency Staff are included as they remain within the overall DAP administrative structure pro-tern even though WPA is now technically part of the Ministry of Defence.

6. Casual and other staff on temporary contracts are included.