§ Mr. Tim Smithasked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection whether he will give the number of public servants employed in his Department at each level down to clerical assistants.
§ Mr. MaclennanThe number of staff employed in my Department is as follows:
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Permanent Secretary 1 Deputy Secretary 1
Under Secretary 4 Assistant Secretary and equivalent 14 Senior Principal and equivalent 4 Principal and equivalent 35½ Senior Executive Officer and equivalent 18 Higher Executive Officer(A) 5 Higher Executive Officer and equivalent 49 Administrative Trainee 10 Executive Officer and equivalent 56 Clerical Officer and equivalent 42 Secretarial Category 30 Clerical Assistant and equivalent 35½ These figures are exclusive of the Metrication Board, Office of Fair Trading, Price Commission and Monopolies and Mergers Commission.