§ Mrs. Ewingasked the Attorney-General how many staff are employed in the Lord Chancellor's Department; where they are employed; and into what categories they are divided and in what Civil Service grades.
§ The Attorney-GeneralDisregarding those engaged in the Royal Courts of Justice and in the County Courts service, the staff employed on 1st March in the Lord Chancellor's Office in London numbered 82 full-time and 2 part-time, made up as follows:
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery and Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor 1 Deputy Clerk of the Crown 1 Secretary of Commissions 1 Assistant Secretary (Principal Establishment Officer) 1 Assistant Solicitors 4 Senior Legal Assistants (2 seconded) 5 Legal Assistants 4 Chief Executive Officers or equivalent 4 Plus 1 part-time Assistant Secretary for Ecclesiastical Patronage 1 Senior Executive Officer 1 Higher Executive Officers 6 Executive Officers (1 seconded) 15 Clerical Officers (1 seconded) 12 Clerical Assistant 1 Senior Personal Secretary 1 Personal Secretaries 7 Plus l part-time Shorthand Typists 6 Audio Typist 1 Lord Chancellor's Pursebearer 1 Lord Chancellor's Trainbearer 1 Crown Office Messenger 1 Senior Messenger 1 Messengers 5 Paperkeeper 1 82 Plus 2 part-time