HC Deb 15 April 1981 vol 3 cc204-6W
Mr. Latham

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will bring up to date, as of 1 April 1981, the detailed information about staff of the Property Services Agency, including surveyors and building workers, given in reply to three questions from the hon. Member for Melton by the Under-Secretary of State on 4 June 1980.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

[pursuant to his reply, 13 April 1981, c. 63]: On 1 April 1981 the number of staff in post was 34,763, comprising 17,633 non-industrials and 17,130 industrials. The figures for each of the main non-industrial staff groups are as follows:

Main Non-industrial staff groups
Chief Executive 1
Deputy Secretary 3
Under Secretary 15
Executive Director 10
Administration Group:
Assistant Secretary 22
Senior Principal 20
Principal 81
SEO 176
HEO 426
HEO(A) and Administration Trainee 3
Executive Officer 1,046
Clerical Officer 2,547
Clerical Assistant 915
Professional and Technology Grades:
Directing Grade 33
Superintending Grade 161
Principal Professional and Technology Officer (PPTO) 600
PTOI 2,043
PTOII 2,600
PTOIII 3,094
PTOIV 1,356
Other Technical and Drawing Office Grades (including Students) 688
Science Grades 10
Typing Grades 837
Office Keeper, Paperkeeper and Messengerial Grades 477
All other grades 469
17,633

The other information requested is as follows:

(a) quantity surveyors 424
(b)quantity surveying assistants 440
(c)chartered surveyors 754
(d)non-chartered surveyors 73
(e)industrial workers employed on works services 14,870

Mr. Latham

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will set out in tabular form for 1 April 1981 (a) the total number of architects, including landscape architects, employed by the Property Services Agency and (b) the equivalent figure for the design office of the Directorate-General of Design Services.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

[pursuant to his reply, 13 April 1981, c. 63]: Following is the information:

(a) Architects (including landscape architects) in PSA 529
(b) Architects (including landscape architects) in the design office of the Directorate-General of Design Services 21
(c) Total staff of the Directorate-General of Design Services 550

Mr. Latham

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will break down in tabular form, similar to that provided in the reply to the hon. Member for Melton on 4 June 1980, details of the staff currently in post in the Directorate-General of Design Services, including their grades and professional disciplines.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

[pursuant to his reply, 13 April 1981, c. 63]: Staff in post on 1 April 1981 were:

Staff in post
Under-Secretaries 4
Directors B 7
Superintending Grades 23
Professional and Technology Group:
Principal Professional and Technology Officers 81
Other Professional and Technology Officers 310
Science Group:
Principal Scientific Officers 3
Other Science grades 7
Administration Group:
Principals 1
Others 97
Secretarial and other staff 17
550

Professionally qualified staff comprised:

Staff in post
Architects and Landscape Architects 41
Civil Engineers 72
Mechanical and Electrical Engineers 54
Quantity Surveyors 49
Building Surveyors 17
Land Surveyors 5
238

A further 183 staff have scientific or technological qualifications.