§ Mr. Mike Thomasasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 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. John Silkin:The table below gives numbers of non-industrial staff by grade on 1st December 1978. Grades with a salary maximum less than that of an administration trainee are excluded, Part-time staff are counted as half-units.
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Grade Men Women Total Principal information officer 1 — 1 Senior information officer — 1 1 Information officer 2 3 5 Assistant information officer — 1 1 Principal librarian 1 — 1 Senior librarian 2 1 3 Librarian 3 5 8 Assistant librarian 5 11½ 16½ Senior economic adviser 4 — 4 Economic adviser 7 1½ 8½ Senior economic assistant 7 1 8 Economic assistant 4 1 5 Farm manager (experimental centres) 16 — 16 Farm-manager (animal health) 1 — 1 Deputy farm manager (animal health) 2 — 2 Superintending horticultural marketing inspector 1 — 1 Deputy superintending horticultural marketing inspector 2 — 20 Regional horticultural marketing inspector 11 — 11 Assistant regional horticultural marketing inspector 10 — 10 Senior horticultural marketing inspector 51 — 51 Horticultural marketing inspector 57 — 57 Superintending plant health and seeds inspector 1 — 1 Deputy superintending plant health and seeds inspector 5 — 5 Regional plant health and seeds inspector 7 — 7 Plant health and seeds inspector grade I 41 1 42 Plant health and seeds inspector grade II 14 — 14 Chief egg marketing inspector 1 — 1 Regional egg marketing inspector 8 — 8 Egg marketing inspector 31 2 33 Chief fatstock technical officer 1 — 1 Deputy chief fatstock technical officer 1 — 1 Senior fatstock technical officer 8 — 8 Chief investigation officer 1 — 1 Investigation officer 15 — 15 Chief inspector sea fisheries 1 — 1 Deputy chief inspector sea fisheries 1 — 1 District inspector sea fisheries 10 — 10 Fishery officer 9 — 9 Senior translator 1 1 2 Translator — 1 1 Marketing officer grade II ½ — ½ Assistant director (professional accountant) 1 — 1 Chief accountant 2 — 2 Senior accountant 9 — 9 Assistant solicitor 7 — 7 Senior legal assistant 17 4½ 21½ Legal assistant 7 4 11 PSO 165 9 174 SSO 178 18 196 HSO 214 54½ 268½ Deputy senior advisory officer 4 1 5 Advisory officer I 180 6 186 Advisory officer II 387 34 421 Advisory officer III 484 67 551 Advisory officer A 59 6 65 Divisional veterinary officer 132 — 132 Veterinary officer 279 27 306 Senior research officer II 38 5 43 Veterinary research officer 26 81 341 Supervisor of studies (Kew) 1 — 1 Curator 1 — 1 Deputy curator 2 — 2 Assistant curator 6 — 6 Principal P & TO 60 — 60 P & TO I 163½ 1 164½ P & TO II 108 — 108 P & TO III 53 — 53 Graphics officer II 1 — 1 Graphics officer III 5 1 6 Marine superintendent (animal health) 1 — 1 Assistant marine superintendent (animal health) 1 — 1 Senior drainage and water supply officer 42 — 42 Drainage and water supply officer I 34 — 34
Grade Men Women Total Drainage and water supply officer II … … 186 3 189 Chief draughtsman … … 1 — 1 Senior draughtsman … … 1 1 2 Higher draughtsman … … 4 1 5 Chief photographer … … 1 — 1 Principal photographer … … 6 — 6 Senior principal research officer (R & P) … … 1 — 1 Principal research officer (R & P) … … 4 3 7 Senior research officer (R & P) … … 3 3 6 Research officer (R & P) … … 3 10 13 Chief superintendent of typists … … — 4 4 Chief photoprinter … … 3 — 3 Marine superintendent (fisheries) … … 1 — 1 Master (research vessel) … … 4 — 4 Chief engineer (marine) … … 3 — 3 First officer … … 4 — 4 Fishing skipper … … 1 — 1 Second engineer (first class certificate) … … 2 — 2 Second engineer (second class certificate) … … 2 — 2 Radio officer … … 1 — 1 Second mate … … 1 — 1 Principal research fellow … … 1 — 1