§ Mr. Anthony Grantasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many civil servants in his Department are paid more than the various Ministers within it.
§ Mr. CroslandThe information is as follows:
Secretary of State 4 Minister of Transport, Minister of Housing and Construction 24 Minister of State 129 Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State 915* * The salary paid to Parliamentary Under-Secretaries falls within the limits of the scales paid to the following grades:
- Deputy Chief Scientific Officers.
- Chief Inspector of Ancient Monuments.
- Superintending Planning Inspectors.
- Assistant Director Water Engineering.
- Assistant Solicitors.
- Assistant Secretaries.
- Chief Statisticians.
- Senior Economic Advisers.
- Assistant Controller of Supplies.
- Chief Information Officer (A).
- Chief Information Officer (B).
- District Auditors.
- Deputy District Auditors.
- Superintending Grades.
- Senior Principal Scientific Officer.
- Senior Principal.
- Principal Planning Inspector.
- Principal Planners.
- Accountant Director.
The total number of staff in these grades included in the figure of 915 is 555W 687 but it is not possible without disproportionate cost to ascertain how many of these are being paid more than the Parliamentary Under-Secretaries.
My right hon. Friend the Minister for Planning and Local Government does not draw a ministerial salary.