HC Deb 19 November 1976 vol 919 cc783-4W
Mr. Fairbairn

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what are the numbers of British personnel and German personnel employed by the Property Services Agency in Germany; and what are the grades of pay and conditions of service.

Mr. Marks

At 1st October 1976 the numbers of personnel employed by the Property Services Agency in Germany were:

Non-industrial
United Kingdom civil servants 303
Locally engaged 860
Industrial
Local engaged 2,810

The civil servants are subject to the normal conditions of service and receive the pay and overseas allowances appropriate to United Kingdom civil servants employed in Germany and comprise:

Executive Director Lower Band 1
Director B 1
Senior Principal 1
Superintending Professionals 5
Principal Professional & Technology Officers 15
Profesional & Technology Officers I 75
Professional & Technology Officers II 126
Professional & Technology Officers III 26
Senior Executive Officers 5
High Executive Officers 15
Executive Officers 23
Clerical Officers 8
Others 2

The locally engaged staff range from tradesmen of all kinds to translators and executive staff. Their conditions of service and pay are laid down in the Collective Tariff Agreement, the parties to which are the German trade unions and the Federal Government.