HC Deb 21 July 1982 vol 28 cc174-6W
Mr. Philip Holland

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many civil servants are employed by his Department in each functional job category; in each such category, how many are of each rank; and for each such rank, what are the maximum and minimum pay scales.

Mr. Hurd

The numbers of staff of the Diplomatic Service and Foreign and Commonwealth Office, including

Diplomatic Service/Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Heads of Overseas Posts Political Economic Commercial Aid Information and Culture
Mainstream
Senior Grade 113 26 5 2 2
Grade 4 67 96 14 40½ 2 5
Grade 5 12 213½ 27½ 65 8 34½
Grade 6 11 39 65 27
Grade 7D/8 72 3 4 ½
Grade 7E 1 74 100 22½ 40
Grade 9 69 3 57½ 15 16
Grade 10/Clerical Officer 108 6 9 ½ 21½
Clerical Assistant 6
204 697½ 75½ 343 58 157½

Consular Immigration and Visa Finance Personnel and Administration Miscellaneous (Scientific, Labour Attaches etc) Training, Transit and Leave
Mainstream
Senior Grade 5 3
Grade 4 1 20½ 16 15
Grade 5 7 3 45 37
Grade 6 35 5 64 6 10
Grade 7D/8 ½ 16 3 13
Grade 7E 56 17 134 1 40
Grade 9 96 100 257 3 120
Grade 10/Clerical Officer 31 37 477½ 7 70
Clerical Assistant 8 5 16
236 168 1,035 73 271

Secretarial, 650½; Legal, 22; Research, 56; Security, 348½; Communications, 1364½; Common Services, 630. Total DS/FCO Staff, 6390.

Passport Office Overseas Development Administration
Headquarters Special Units
Open Structure 11
Administration Group
Assistant Secretary 1 23
Senior Principal 1 5
Principal 4 73½
Senior Executive Officer 7 51 4
Higher Executive Officer 27 130½ 4
Executive Officer 125 187 17
Clerical Officer 507 321 46
Clerical Assistant 219½ 39 3
Administration Trainee 2
Secretarial Group 20 121½ 33
Other Grades 72½ 247½ 646½
Total 984 1,212 753½

Total DS/FCO, Passport Office and ODA Staff 9,339½

the Passport Office and the Overseas Development Administration, by grade and function, employed on 1 April 1982 are given in the following table. In many posts there is an overlap of function, for example, the work done by a head of mission in promoting exports. Pay scales are given in the annexes to paragraph 1050 of the Civil Service pay and conditions of service code, a copy of which is in the main Library.