§ Mr. Wrigglesworthasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if any of the 1,705 staff savings in his Department and the 275 in the Office of Population 826W Censuses and Surveys announced on 6 December 1979 have yet been made; and, if not, when he expects them to be achieved and in what divisions, at what grades and in which geographical regions.
§ Mr. Patrick JenkinPart of the reduction in administration costs in DHSS may be found from non-manpower savings. Expressed wholly in terms of posts, an estimated breakdown of the savings by economic planning region is as follows:
It is estimated that some 490 posts in DHSS, and 50 in OPCS will be saved in the grade of executive officer—or equivalent—or above and the remainder in the grade of clerical officer or below.
DHSS OPCS Northern 198 — Yorks and Humberside 113 — East Midlands 73 — East Anglia 33 — South East 658 193 South West 88 — West Midlands 108 — North West 235 82 Wales 73 — Scotland 125 — Total 1,704 275 Of the DHSS figure the equivalent of 1,150 posts is expected to be saved in the local office organisation, 200 in the central offices at Newcastle and North Fylde and artificial limb and appliance centres and some 350 in headquarters.
The OPCS savings will be made as follows: establishments 76, marriages and registration 25, medical statistics six, NHS register 70, population statistics 15, computer division 29, census 30 and social survey 24.
Savings of over 250 posts in DHSS and 50 posts in OPCS have been made to date. The remainder will be achieved progressively by April 1984.
§ Mr. Wrigglesworthasked the Secretary of State for Social Services in which divisions, at what grades and in what geographical area the 2,167 posts by which the staff in post in his Department contracted between 1 April 1979 and 1 April 1980 were employed.
§ Mr. Patrick JenkinAn analysis of the reduction of 2,160 posts is shown in the following table. There is an element of approximation where the economic 827W planning regions and DHSS regions do not coincide.
STAFF IN POST—DIFFERENCE BY GRADE BETWEEN 1 APRIL 1979 AND 1 APRIL 1980 Economic Region HEOand above EO* CO* CA Others Total difference Northern: Local Office Organisation … +1 +40 −173 −69 +3 −198 Newcastle Central Office … −5 +19 −272 −210 +27 −441 −4 +59 −445 −279 +30 −639 Yorkshire and Humberside: Local Office Organisation … −1 −19 −161 −87 +11 −257 East Midland: Local Office Organisation … −8 +30 −119 −10 +7 −100 Special Hospital … … … − − −1 − +34 +33 −8 +30 −120 −10 +41 −67 East Anglia: Local Office Organisation … −3 +13 −51 −4 +3 −42 South East: Local Office Organisation … +13 +300 −146 +142 +32 +341 Headquarters … … … −91 −79 −134 −102 −159 −565 Special Hospital … … … − − −1 −1 +34 +32 Youth Treatment Centre … − − − − +17 +17 −78 +221 −281 +39 −76 −175 South West: Local Office Organisation … −12 −24 −176 −21 −5 −238 West Midlands: Local Office Organisation … −7 −14 −236 −48 −5 −310 Youth Treatment Centre … +9 +9 −7 −14 −236 −48 +4 −310 North West: Local Office Organisation … +9 +36 −396 −123 −12 −486 North Fylde Central Office … +10 −20 −51 −7 −20 −109 Special Hospitals … … +2 +2 −2 −2 +69 +69 ALACS … … … … −1 +2 +10 +21 −3 +29 − +20 −439 −111 +33 −497 Wales: Local Office Organisation … −5 +13 −20 −48 −2 −62 Scotland: Local Office Organisation … −7 +93 −19 +43 +3 +107 Livingston Computer Centre … − +3 +1 − +7 +11 −7 +96 −18 +43 +4 +118 TOTAL … … … −125 +395 −1,947 −526 +43 −2,160 * The figures for EO and CO include the Departmental grades of Local officer I and II respectively