§ Mr. Wrigglesworthasked the Minister for the Civil Service what was the staff establishment of his Department on 1 April 1979 and on 1 April of the current year; and what was the shortfall on these figures, if any, and the grades and geographical regions where the shortfall occurred.
§ Mr. ChannonThe information required in respect of the four Departments for which I am responsible—the Civil Service Department including the Civil Service catering organisation, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, the Central Office of Information and the Government Actuaries Department—is set out in the table below.
1 April 1979 Estimate Provision 13,720 Staff in Post 13,110 Shortfall 610 1 April 1980 Estimate Provision 13,220 Staff in Post 12,640 Shortfall 580 The figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.
The geographical distribution and range of grades in which the shortfall occurs has not changed significantly over the past year. Vacancies remain predominately in the London and South-East region.
387WIn the Civil Service Department some 60 to 65 per cent. of all vacancies are for grades below executive officer or equivalent.
The vacancies in CISCO and HMSO are mostly for industrial staff.
In the COI about 35 per cent. of the vacancies are for staff in the information officer class, about 50 per cent. are general administration staff and the remainder are industrial staff.