§ Mr. Mike Thomasasked the Minister for the Civil Service 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 traineee upwards in his Department.
Grade level Male Female Total Permanent secretary … … … … 3 — 3 Deputy secretary … … … … 12 — 12 Under secretary … … … … 18 2 20 Assistant secretary … … … … 66 4 70 Senior principal … … … … 43 4 47 Principal … … … … 194 26 220 Senior executive officer … … … … 232 32 264 Higher executive officer … … … … 353 77 430 Higher executive officer "A" … … … … 10 7 17 Executive officer … … … … 462 302 764 Administrative trainee … … … … 6 3 9 139 457 1,856 NOTES (1) The figures include all specialist grade equivalents. (2) Part-timers have been included as whole units throughout the table.