§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Lord Privy Seal what are the numbers of staff at the various administrative levels in the European Commission, respectively, according to nationality.
§ Sir Ian GilmourThe latest set of figures were given by the Commission in answer to a European Parliament question on 31 October 1979. They were as follows: 21W
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OFFICIALS AND TEMPORARY STAFF AT 30 JUNE 1979 BY GRADE AND NATIONALITY Nationality Category/grade Germany United Kingdom France Italy Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg Denmark Ireland Other Total A/1 7 7 8 7 5 3 1 2 1 — 41 A/2 21 20 26 24 13 11 5 4 4 — 128 A/3 64 53 58 52 35 25 10 12 12 2 323 A/4 124 79 115 80 94 42 18 5 9 1 567 A/5 94 74 85 118 63 28 17 19 17 1 516 A/6 64 50 82 72 55 12 8 13 7 3 366 A/7 47 46 74 39 38 14 5 14 11 4 292* Total A 421 329 448 392 303 135 64 69 61 11 2,233 B/1 84 21 83 54 88 39 30 9 2 5 415 B/2 85 19 90 62 125 34 27 3 2 4 451 B/3 64 43 51 50 99 14 13 13 6 — 353 B/4 27 29 45 48 95 27 18 11 3 — 303 B/5 31 29 28 28 72 14 10 11 8 1 232 Total B 291 141 297 242 479 128 98 47 21 10 1,754 C/1 61 7 78 51 179 17 41 3 1 — 438 C/2 152 7 134 156 428 39 81 1 2 1 1,001 C/3 78 55 85 102 324 33 51 35 32 15 810 C/4 26 41 24 74 157 10 29 29 10 3 403 C/5 6 33 10 44 83 3 33 17 10 2 241 Total C 323 143 331 427 1,171 102 235 85 55 21 2,893
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Nationality Category/grade Germany United Kingdom France Italy Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg Denmark Ireland Other Total D/1 10 1 9 76 60 2 9 — — — 167 D/2 1 2 1 44 41 — 6 — — 1 96 D/3 6 8 7 51 47 3 20 1 1 1 145 Total D 17 11 17 171 148 5 35 1 1 2 408 LA/3 3 2 3 1 1 2 1 1 — 2 16 LA/4 47 20 31 26 20 26 2 7 1 — 180 LA/5 51 22 26 38 38 36 2 20 — 7 240 LA/6 25 46 10 37 45 14 1 24 4 5 211 LA/7 54 69 30 69 46 26 2 53 8 15 372 LA/8 7 20 5 15 12 4 2 5 2 3 75 Total LA 187 179 105 186 162 108 10 110 15 32 1,094 Grand total 1,239 803 1,198 1,418 2,263 478 442 312 153 76 8,382 * Includes two in grade A/8.