HC Deb 24 June 1971 vol 819 cc336-7W
Mr. Pavitt

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT the grades of the 23 officers in the branch of his Department concerned with the production of and sponsoring the export of pharmaceuticals, the cost of this branch last year, and the total cost for the last 10 years.

Sir K. Joseph

The grades of the officers in the Industries and Exports branch of the Supply Division of my Department at present are:

  1. 1 Assistant Secretary.
  2. 1 Senior Principal.
  3. 4 Principals.
  4. 2 Senior Executive Officers.
  5. 2 Higher Executive Officers.
  6. 5 Executive Officers.
  7. 5 Clerical Officers.
  8. 1 Clerical Assistant.

There are two vacancies at Clerical level.

The duties of the branch cover the whole of the Medical Supplies Industries and it is not practicable to distinguish separately the resources devoted to the pharmaceutical industry. The cost of the Branch for the last financial year, including the cost of allied services provided by other Government Departments, was approximately £80,000.

Because the Branch has been reorganised and the scope of its work has changed it is not practicable to give comparable total figures of costs for the last 10 years.