§ Mr. Percivalasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the commissions which have been set up under legislation introduced by his Department in the past 10 years; and what is the annual cost of running each commission and the number of staff employed by each commission, giving separate figures for executive and clerical staff in each case.
§ Mr. John Grant,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 28th June 1976; Vol. 914, c. 57], gave the following information:
Two commissions have been set up under legislation introduced by my 456W Department during the past 10 years. These are the Manpower Services Commission—set up under the Employment and Training Act 1973—and the Health and Safety Commission—set up under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. In addition, the Commission on Industrial Relations, which was originally set up in March 1969 by Royal Warrant, was later established as a statutory body under the Industrial Relations Act 1971. This commission was abolished by the provisions of the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974.
The estimated cost for 1976–77 of the Manpower Services Commission, including its executive arms, the Employment Service Agency and Training Services Agency, for the whole of their activities—with the single exception of the Job Creation Programme—is £363,220,000. The estimated total cost of the Health and Safety Commission, including the Health and Safety Executive is £35,017,000.
On 1st April 1976 the total staff of the Manpower Services Commission, including the Employment and Training Services Agencies, were:
Administrative and executive staff … 5,873 Professional grades … 240 Training grades … 2,812 Clerical and Ancillary … 10,572 Industrial and others … 1,743 Total … 21,240 In addition, 1,229 casual staff were employed.
Staff in the Health and Safety Commission and Executive were:
Administrative and executive … 300 Professional grades … 1,705 Clerical and ancillary … 1,195 Industrial … 81 Total … 3,281 In addition, 98 casual staff were employed.