HC Deb 17 April 1980 vol 982 cc710-1W
Mr. Dalyell

asked the Minister for the Civil Service what reply he has sent to Mr. William Kendall, secretary general of the staff side of the Civil Service National Whitley Council, to its representations on the subject of leave being given to civil servants to participate in the Olympic Games.

Mr. Channon

Mr. Kendall's letter asked me to receive a staff side deputation to hear representations on this matter. A meeting has been arranged for next week.

Mr. Dalyell

asked the Minister for the Civil Service what conditions of service exist under which civil servants may be given leave to go to the Olympic Games; and what prior consultation he had with Civil Service unions on this particular point.

Mr. Channon

Government Departments may at their discretion grant special leave with pay for civil servants to participate in various sporting events, including the Olympic Games. In the case of the 1980 Summer Olympic Games, for the Government as employer to grant special leave with pay would be inconsistent with our general advice to athletes not to participate in the Games.

RATIOS PER 10,000 TOTAL STAFF IN NON-INDUSTRIAL HOME CIVIL SERVICE(AT 1ST APRIL)
Grade 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
Permanent secretary 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.8
Deputy secretary 2.8 2.9 2.9 3.0 2.9
Under-secretary 9.8 10.4 10.5 10.3 10.7
Assistant secretary — — 21.5 21.3 21.4
Principal! — — 60.9 62.0 64.9
Grade 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974
Permanent secretary 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9
Deputy secretary 2.8 2.8 2.8 3.1 3.1
Under-secretary 10.3 10.9 11.5 11.9 12.1
Assistant secretary 21.6 22.3 22.5 22.9 23.7
Principal 65.2 69.6 75.3 78.9 82.7
Grade 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Permanent secretary 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7
Deputy secretary 3.2 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.9
Under-xecretary 12.7 11.9 11.6 11.4 11.4
Assistant secretary 24.2 22.8 22.4 21.6 22.4
Principal 85.6 81.8 81.2 81.2 83.7

Notes:

1. For the purposes of this table, the figures for deputy secretary include those paid at rates between permanent secretary and deputy secretary, and the figures for under-secretary include those paid at rates between deputy secretary and under-secretary.

2. Figures for under-secretary and above comprise agreed posts since consistent data on staff in post is not available for the full period. All other figures relate to staff in post.

3. Figures for staff in post in assistant secretary and principal grades in 1965 and 1966 consistent with those for later years are not available centrally.

4. For the earlier years the staff in post figures relate to the former Administration, Executive and departmental grades which were subsequently combined to form the Administration group grades given above.