§ Mr. Mike Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Industry what were the total numbers of staff and the numbers of men and women, respectively, at the latest available date in each grade from administrative trainee upwards in his Department.
§ Mr. Les Huckfield:Numbers of staff in post on 1st October 1978 were as follows:
STAFF IN POST 1ST OCTOBER 1978 Department of Industry Male Female Permanent secretary 2 — Deputy Secretary 10 1 Under secretary 41 — Executive directing middleband 5 Assistant secretary and equivalent 140 6 Senior principal and equivalent 177 9 Principal and equivalent 626 39 Senior executive officer andequivalent629 44 ½ Higher executive officer "A" 11 4 Higher executive officer andequivalent 1,040 ½ 178 ½ Administrative trainee 20 9 Executive officer and equivalent 1,077 458