§ Mr. Marplesasked the Secretary of State for Defence what staff, by number and grades, is allocated full-time to standardisation and variety reduction within his Department.
§ Mr. John MorrisThe Directorate of Standardisation was created within the Ministry of Defence in 1965, and its staff employed full-time on standardisation and variety reduction are as follows:
Grade Numbers Brigadier 1 Asst. Directors/Eng. (Director) 2 Engineer Grade I 4 Engineer Grade II 3 Engineering Tech. Grade "B" 6 Engineering Tech. Grade I 19 Engineering Tech. Grade II 53 Senior Executive Officer 1 Higher Executive Officer 2 Executive Officer 9 Clerical staff 36 Total 136 In addition, the following staff in other areas are also employed full-time on similar duties:
Wing Commander 1 Squadron Leader 1 Major 1 Retired Officer Grade III 2 Technical Grade "B" 2 Technical Grade I 4 Engineer Grade II 1 Experimental Officer 2 Chief Draughtsman 1 Senior Draughtsman 3 Leading Draughtsman 7 Draughtsman 7 Drawing Office Assistant 3 Senior Scientific Assistant 2 Senior Production Engineer 3 Clerical Staff 7 Total 47