§ Mr. Onslowasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the totals of staff, broken down by 59W grades, employed by his Department in support of the Ministry of Defence and the Armed Services (a) at home and (b) overseas in each of the past three years.
The following staff were employed in the defence directorates of the agency at the mid points of the three years:
1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 Grade Home Overseas Home Overseas Home Overseas Non-Industrial Under secretary … 2 — 2 — 2 — Executive Director Lower Band … — — — 1 — 1 Director A … — 1 — — — — Director B … 5 1 5 1 5 1 Assistant Secretary … 4 — 4 — 4 — Senior Principal … 2 2 2 2 2 2 Principal … 10 3 10 3 11 3 SEO … 13 7 16 7 16 6 HEO … 41 26 45 26 46 30 EO … 81 34 89 37 92 35 CO … 128 12 126 12 138 11 CA … 99 — 102 — 114 — Superintending Professional … 29 6 25 8 27 9 PPTO … 108 26 119 24 125 22 PTO I … 291 101 308 114 356 109 Tech B … 18 23 5 6 2 8 PTO II … 192 165 170 194 200 167 PTO III … 176 120 165 123 188 114 PTO IV … 86 32 61 19 98 13 Drawing Office Assistant … 11 — 10 — 16 — Senior Personal Secretary … 1 — 1 — 1 — Personal Secretary … 12 3 16 2 16 3 Typist … 13 — 12 — 14 — Telephonist … 2 — 3 — 3 — Machine Operator … 5 — 5 — 5 — Senior Paperkeeper … — — 1 — 1 — Paperkeeper … 6 — 4 — 4 — Stores Supervisor … 1 3 2 — 1 2 Messenger … — 1 — 1 — 1 Catering Manager … — 1 — 1 — 1 Cleaner … 1 — — — — — Totals … 1,337 567 1,308 581 1,487 538 Locally engaged non-industrial overseas … — 1,746 — 1,772 — 1,641 United Kingdom-based industrial overseas … — 177 — 157 — 133 Locally engaged industrial overseas … — 7,632 — 7,566 — 7,374 Totals … 1,337 10,122 1,308 10,076 1,487 9,686 11,459 11,384 11,173