§ Mr. Reidasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many professionally qualified economists and statisticians are employed in the Scottish Office; and what is their Civil Service status.
§ Mr. William RossThe information is as follows:
Grade Number Chief Economic Adviser (Under Secretary) 1 Senior Economic Adviser 1 Economic Adviser 3 Senior Economic Assistant 3 Economic Assistant 1* Chief Agricultural Economist 1 Principal Agricultural Economist 3 Agricultural Economist 1 Assistant Agricultural Economist 4 Economists 18† Chief Statistician 1 Statistician 7‡ Senior Assistant Statistician 6§ Assistant Statistician 3 Statisticians 17|| * Vacancy. † Including 1 vacancy. ‡ vacancy. § 2 vacancies. ║ Including 3 vacancies.