§ Mr. Gwynfor Evansasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many civil servants are attached to the Welsh Office; and what are their grades.
§ Mr. John MorrisAt 1st April 1977 the Welsh Office employed 1,565 civil servants as follows:
No. Permanent Secretary 1 Deputy Secretary 1 Under-Secretaries 12 Assistant Secretaries 24 Senior Principals 5 Principals 64 Senior Executive Officers 50 Higher Executive Officers 145 Executive Officers 216* Clerical Officers 331* Clerical Assistants 116* Senior Personal Secretaries 10 Personal Secretaries 67* Higher Executive Officers (Administration) 2 Administration Trainees 9 HM Inspectors of Schools 48 Legal Officers 11 Information Officers 22 Economists/Statisticians 7 Research Officers 17 Medical Officers 21 Dental Officers 4 Nursing Officers 7 Social. Work Service Officers 16 Professional/Technical Officers 77 Scientific Officers 4 Housing and Planning Inspectors 9 Planning Officers 11 Architects 10 Quantity Surveyors 10 Cartographic Draughtsmen 23 Librarians 3 Office Services Staff 78 Typing Services Staff 115 Specialist Advisers 8 Machine Operators 2 Eye Fitters 2 Special Duty Orderlies 3 Industrials 2 * With, in addition, one half-time.
§ Mr. Grocottasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table showing how many members of his Department have received honours for 349W public service in each of the last five years, indicating in each case the honour received and the grade of civil servant who received it.
§ Mr. John MorrisThe information is as follows:
1973 2 OBE 2 Principals 1 MBE Higher Executive Officer 1 BEM Messenger 1974 2 MBE 1 Higher Executive Officer 1 Executive Officer 1975 1 CBE HM Inspector of Schools 1 ISO Architect 1 MBE Higher Executive Officer 1976 1 KCB Permanent Secretary 1 CBE Assistant Secretary 2 ISO 1 Principal 1 Principal Information Officer 2 MBE 1 Higher Executive Officer 1 Personal Secretary 1977 1 CB Deputy Secretary 2 MBE 1 Executive Officer 1 Clerical Officer