HC Deb 16 May 1980 vol 984 cc672-4W
Mr. Meacher

asked the Minister for the Civil Service what was the number, respectively, of permanent secretaries, deputy secretaries, under-secretaries, assistant secretaries and principals employed in the Civil Service each year since 1945; and what was the average salary in each grade for each of these years.

Mr. Channon

The table below gives the information required from 1965, the earliest year for which consistent figures for the specified grades are held centrally.

HOME CIVIL SERVICE
STAFF IN POST1 1965–1980
(Staff numbers and salaries as at 1st April)
Perm. Sec. Deputy Sec. Under Sec. Asst. Sec. Principal
Staff Salary Staff Salary Staff Salary Staff Salary Staff Salary
£ £ £ £ £
1965 … … 37 8,060 92 5,800 324 4,700 — — — —
1966 … … 40 8,461 94 6,300 363 5,250 — — — —
1967 … … 34 8,461 103 6,300 389 5,250 949 4,000 2,684 2,673
1968 … … 34 8,461 113 6,300 393 5,250 981 4,280 2,856 2,860
1969 … … 36 8,461 111 6,300 418 5,500 987 4,400 2,987 2,937
1970 … … 35 9,661 115 7,100 426 6,000 1,043 5,015 3,154 3,346
1971 … … 35 13,707 120 9,000 455 6,750 1,088 5,620 3,401 3,845
1972 … … 37 15,457 125 10,500 488 8,250 1,094 6,260 3,666 3,943
1973 … … 40 15,707 142 10,750 524 8,500 1,147 6,460 3,957 4,113
1974 … … 43 16,057 145 11,100 533 9,000 1,192 7,280 4,156 4,895
1975 … … 42 18,235 152 14,000 593 12,000 1,247 9,800 4,405 6,495
1976 … … 44 18,235 156 14,000 607 12,000 1,273 9,800 4,572 6,495
1977 … … 44 18,235 152 14,000 598 12,000 1,260 9,800 4,561 6,495
1978 … … 41 20,289 155 15,629 596 13,429 1,203 11,302 4,534 7,688
1979 … … 41 25,296 159 20,314 599 16,714 1,245 12,319 4,662 8,380
1980 … … 41 27,768 157 22,500 590 18,000 1,150 15,750 4,500 10,150

Notes

  1. 1
    1. (a) For purposes of consistency the staff of the Manpower Services Commission are included in 1974 and (with ESD, TSD) in 1975, although they were not then part of the manpower count.
    2. (b) 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. (c) 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. The figures for staff numbers in these grades at 1st April 1980 are taken from PRISM and are provisional.
    4. (d) 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 below.
  2. 2. Part-timers are counted as half units.
  3. 3. Salary cost is the median rate for each grade pay scale or single grade pay rate where applicable. For permanent secretaries the pay rate is a weighted average for the permanent secretaries to the Civil Service Department and to the Treasury and the Secretary to the Cabinet, permanent secretaries and second permanent secretaries.

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