HC Deb 01 August 1966 vol 733 c26W
Mr. Marquand

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the full complement of the professional grades of the Civil Service, grade by grade; and how many are in post in each grade.

Mr. MacDermot

Complements are agreed on a departmental basis and overall figures are not available in full centrally. Such information as is available about the sum of departmental complements shows the following position at 1st January, 1966 for some of the main professional classes.

Complement In Post
Professional Accountants 379 334
Actuaries 33 32
Legal 800 749
Medical Officer 687 657
Psychologist 111 103
Scientific Officers 4,476 4,119
Statisticians 202 159
Works Group of Professional Classes, Departmental Variants and Related Classes 12,331 11,416