§ Mr. Craigenasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the number of staff employed in the Treasury and the proportions involved in each of the main staff grades compared with the same figures 10 years ago.
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§ Mr. Robert Sheldon1,144 on 1st December 1975 and 1,647 on 1st December 1965. The numbers in the main staff grades on these dates were as follows:
1.12.75 1.12.65 Permanent Secretary 1 2 2nd Permanent Secretary* 4 5 Deputy Secretary* 9 6 Under-Secretary* 22 16 Assistant Secretary* 49 51 Senior Prinicipal* 10 5 Principal* 103 114 Senior executive officer* 42 117 Higher executive officer A*† 22 22 Administration trainee*† 27 Higher executive officer* 71 131 Executive officer* 103½ 143 463½ 612 Other staft 680½ 1,035 1,144 1,647 It should be noted that the figures for the two dates are not comparable because that for 1965 includes staff engaged on Civil Service pay and management work which in 1968 was transferred to the newly-established Civil Service Department. Notes: These figures include part-time staff counted as a half. * Includes economic, statistical and other professional staff of equivalent rank. † In 1965 there was a single grade of Assistant Principal.