§ Mr. Michael Lathamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many qualified architects are employed by the Property Services Agency; what was the proportion of the contracts let by the Property Services Agency in 1973 which was designed wholly or mainly by those architects; and what proportion was designed by consultant architects.
§ Mr. FreesonThere were 411 architects on the staff of the Property Services Agency at 1st June 1974. Information on the proportion of the work in contracts let in 1973 which was designed by PSA architects is not available and could not be obtained without disproportionate effort. It is estimated that during 1973 rather more than half of all architectural design work was carried out by consultants.
§ Mr. Michael Lathamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the present total staffing establishment of the Property Services Agency of his 623W Department; whether he will set out in tabular form the number of persons in each Civil Service grade; and whether he will give the equivalent figures for each year since the Property Services Agency was first established.
1st October 1972 1st April 1973 1st April 1974 Chief Executive (2nd Permanent Secretary) 1 1 1 Deputy Secretary 4 4 4 Undersecretary 14 14 13 Executive Directors 11 11 13 Administration Group Assistant Secretary 22 23 26 Senior Principal 21 21 27 Principal 71 73 79 S.E.O 169 168 193 H.E.O 478 490 496 Administration Trainee 5 4 7 Executive Officer 997 1,015 1,063 Clerical Officer 3,199 3,275 3,222 Clerical Assistant 1,552 1,581 1,458 Typing Grades 1,170 1,165 1,077 Science Grades 29 32 23 Professional and Technical Grades Directing Grades 38 40 36 Superintending Grade 137 148 152 Principal P. and T. O. 571 565 589 P. and T. O. I. 1,734 1,781 1,842 P. and T. O. II 2,435 2,393 2,426 P. and T. O. III 3,130 3,178 3,202 P. and T. O. IV 2,407 2,439 2,072 Other Technical and Drawing Office Grades (including students) 1,315 1,195 951 Office Keeper, Paper Keeper and Messenger grades 556 540 554 All Other Grades 857 794 748 Totals 21,023 20,949 20,264
§ Mr. Michael Lathamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many chartered surveyors and how many quantity surveyors are employed by the Property Services Agency.
§ Mr. FreesonThere are 770 chartered surveyors on the staff of the agency, of whom 320 are quantity surveyors. Other quantity surveyors in the agency's staff number 539.
§ Mr. Michael Lathamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many building workers are employed directly for maintenance work by the Property Services Agency; and what were the equivalent figures for each of the last 10 years for the various departments which the Property Services Agency replaced.
§ Mr. Freeson14,562 on 1st April 1974; the equivalent figures at 1st April
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§ Mr. FreesonThe agency employs staff in over 200 Civil Service grades. The following tables show the total staff in post, subdivided into the main staff groups, in each year since the agency was established on 1st September 1972:
of each of the years from 1966 were as follows:
1973 … … … 15,527 1972 … … … 17,109 1971 … … … 18,941 1970 … … … 21,566 1969 … … … 22,847 1968 … … … 24,050 1967 … … … 23,855 1966 … … … 24,000 For 1965 and 1964 the comparable statistics are not available but the numbers are estimated at 24,900 and 26,400 respectively.
§ Mr. Michael Lathamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the value of the work, identified separately as new construction and maintenance, carried out by the Property Services Agency in 1973; and how much of it was outside the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. FreesonExpenditure in 1973 was £251.2 million on new construction and 625W £172.6 million on maintenance, of which overseas expenditure was £28.6 million and £44.7 million respectively.