§ Mr. Jim Spicerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many officers are employed in different grades in the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys; and what purpose this Office serves.
§ Mr. DeakinsThe duties of the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys fall under the following main headings:
- (1) the registration of vital events and the administration of the law of marriage;
- (2) the production of population and vital statistics, and a wide range of medical statistics;
637 - (3) the conduct of the census of population and the dissemination of its results;
- (4) the application of survey research on behalf of all sections of government;
- (5) running the National Health Service Central Register.
Most of the work undertaken by the Registrar General under headings (1), (2) and (3) is governed by statute.The following stair are presently employed in the OPCS:
Deputy Secretary (Registrar General) 1 Under Secretary 1 Senior Principal Medical Officer 1 Executive Director 1 Assistant Secretary 3 Chief Statistician 3 Chief Social Survey Officer "A" 1 Senior Medical Officer 2 Senior Principal 7 Chief Social Survey Officer "B" 3 Principal 21 Statistician 15 Principal Social Survey Officer 60 Principal Research Officer (Social Science) 3 Medical Officer 1 Senior Executive Officer 60 Senior Social Survey Officer 24 Senior Research Officer (Social Science) 1 Councillor (Social Service) 2 Higher Executive Officer 146 Senior Assistant Statistician 8 Social Survey Officer 43 Executive Officer 284 Assistant Statistician 4 Assistant Social Survey Officer 53 Clerical Officer 747 Clerical Assistant 668 Secretarial and Typing staff 77 Data Processors 98 Printing Office Manager and Photo-printing staff 136 Messengerial, Security and Cleaning staff 196 Industrial staff 23 Total 2,639* *Of this number, 151 are employed on a part-time basis only. I am sending the hon. Member an article from Population Trends outlining the functions of the OPCS, particularly its statistical functions.