§ Mr. Anthony Grantasked the Minister of Overseas Development how many civil servants in his Department of the Foreign Office are paid more than the Under-Secretary.
§ Mr. PrenticeOn 1st September 1975 there were 32 civil servants in the Ministry of Overseas Development in grades with salary scales in excess of the sum paid to the Parliamentary Secretary.
The salary paid to the Parliamentary Secretary also falls within the limits of the scales paid to the following grades: Assistant Secretary; Senior Economic Adviser; Chief Statistician; Chief Information Officer A; Senior Principal Scientific Officer; Adviser; Senior Principal.
The total number of staff in these grades was 97—one serves on a part-time basis—and it is not possible without disproportionate cost to ascertain how many of these are being paid more than the Parliamentary Secretary.