HC Deb 03 March 1980 vol 980 cc20-4W
Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked 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 Gilmour

The latest set of figures were given by the Commission in answer to a European Parliament question on 31 October 1979. They were as follows:

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

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.

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