§ Mr. Charles Morrisonasked the Minister of Technology how many staff in total are employed in his Department; in what grades they are; how many of these have university degrees or equivalent qualifications in a scientific or technological subject; and what will be the cost of his Department in the current year.
§ Mr. Cousins4,460 non-industrial and 1,147 industrial civil servants were employed by my Department on 1st May, 1966. Of the non-industrial staff, 60 were employed in the Administrative Class, 838 in the Scientific and Engineering Classes, 1,344 in the Experimental Class, 100 in the Works Technical Class, 696 in the Scientific Assistant Class, 291 in the Executive Class, 805 in the Clerical and Typing Classes and 326 in miscellaneous grades. Approximately 1,500 members of my Department have university degrees or equivalent qualifications in scientific or technological subjects. In addition, approximately 1,450 have other scientific or technological qualifications.
The estimated cost of my Department in the current year was given in the Civil Estimates for 1966–67.