HC Deb 26 February 1980 vol 979 cc509-12W
Mr. Hooley

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list in the Official Report the principal grades of officers in the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate and the salary range applicable to each grade.

Mr. Mayhew

[pursuant to his reply, 25 February 1980]: The principal grades of officers in the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate and their national

Grade Complement Shortfall Percentage
Chief Inspector 1
Senior Deputy Chief Inspector 1
Deputy Chief Inspector 3
Superintending Inspector 12 1 8
Principal Inspector 61 2 3
Inspector 26 14 53

Mr. Hooley

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list all the main sites, installations and laboratories which are subject to surveillance by the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate.

Mr. Mayhew

[pursuant to his reply, 25 February 1980]: The main sites are:

salary scales as at 1 January 1980 are as follows:

£
Inspector 7,313–8,601
Principal Inspector 9,528–11,021
Superintending Inspector 14,250–15,748
Deputy Chief Inspector 17,000
Senior Deputy Chief Inspector 17,000
(increasing to 17,670 on 1.4.80)
Chief Inspector 16,714
(increasing to 18,000 on 1.4.80)

Mr. Hooley

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the establishment in each of the main grades in the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate.

Mr. Mayhew

[pursuant to his replay, 25 February 1980]: The establishment (or complement) in each of the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate is as follows:

Grades No. of Posts
Chief Inspector 1
Senior Deputy Chief Inspector 1
Deputy Chief Inspector 3
Superintending Inspector 12
Principal Inspector 61
Inspector 26
TOTAL 104

This establishment is kept under review in the light of the annual budgeting provisions and the functions of the inspectorate.

Mr. Hooley

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the shortfall of staff, by number and by percentage, in each of the main grades of the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate at the end of January.

Mr. Mayhew

[pursuant to his reply, 25 February 1980]: The shortfall of staff in the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate as at 31.1.80 was as follows:

Major Sites Licensed Under the Nuclear Installations Act 1965

  • Berkeley Nuclear Power Station and laboratories
  • Bradwell Nuclear Power Station
  • Dungeness A and B Nuclear Power Station
  • Hartlepool Nuclear Power Station
  • Heysham Nuclear Power Station
  • 511
  • Hinkley Point A and B Nuclear Power Station
  • Hunterston A and B Nuclear Power Station
  • Oldbury Nuclear Power Station
  • Sizewell Nuclear Power Station
  • Trawsfynydd Nuclear Power Station
  • Wylfa Nuclear Power Station
  • Capenhurst Works
  • Chapelcross Works
  • Drigg Works
  • Springfields Works
  • Windscale and Calder Works
  • The Radiochemical Centre, Ltd., Amersham
  • The Radiochemical Centre, Ltd., Harwell (two sites)
  • The Radiochemical Centre, Ltd., Cardiff
  • Rolls-Royce (1971) Ltd. Nuclear Fuel Element Plant

Other Major Sites

  • UKAEA Windscale Nuclear Power Development Laboratory
  • UKAEA Windscale Advanced Gas-Cooled Reactor
  • UKAEA Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment
  • UKAEA Springfields Nuclear Power Development Laboratory
  • UKAEA Winfrith Atomic Energy Research Establishment
  • UKAEA Harwell Atomic Energy Research Establishment

Mr. Hooley

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many full time qualified (a) physicists and (b) engineers are currently employed by the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate.

Mr. Mayhew

[pursuant to his reply, 25 February 1980]: There are currently 30 physicists and:57 engineers employed by the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate.

Mr. Hooley

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the principal base locations of the staff of the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate and the numbers involved at each main location.

Mr. Mayhew

[pursuant to his reply, 25 February 1980]: Her Majesty's Nuclear Installations Inspectorate maintains offices in London and in Liverpool at which, on 31 January 1980, 64 and 23 nuclear inspectors were employed respectively.

Mr. Hooley

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the level of salary which a career officer in the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate might expect to attain by the age of 40 years.

Mr. Mayhew

[pursuant to his reply, 25 February 1980]: A career officer aged 40 with the rank of principal inspector would be paid on a salary scale of £9,528–£11,021.

Mr. Hooley

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the type of qualified staff, such as engineers, physicists, chemists or metallurgists most difficult to recruit into the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate.

Mr. Mayhew

[pursuant to his reply, 25 February 1980]: The qualified staff most difficult to recruit to the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate are structural engineers, electrical engineers, mechanical engineers and control and instrumentation engineers.