HC Deb 26 July 1982 vol 28 cc375-7W
Mr. Philip Holland

asked the Secretary of State for Industry 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. John Patten

[pursuant to his reply, 21 July 1982, c.193]: The numbers of civil servants employed in the Northern Ireland Office, which include members of the Home and Northern Ireland Civil Services, are given in the following table. Pay scales for the Home Civil Service 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. Lists of the numbers of civil servants employed in the Northern Ireland Departments, by grade and Department, have also been placed in the main Library, together with pay scales.

Personnel Numbers
Senior Staff
Permanent secretary 1
Deputy-secretary 2
Under-secretary 7
Administration Group
Assistant-secretary 15
Principal 41½
Deputy-principal 30
Senior executive officer 7
Higher executive officer 22
Staff officer 40
Administration trainee 3
Executive officer 24
Executive officer I 49
Executive officer II 71
Clerical officer 147½
Clerical assistant 143½
Information Officer Group
Director 1
Chief information officer 1
Senior information officer 2
Assistant information officer 1
Scientific Group
Deputy chief scientific officer 1
Senior principal scientific officer 1
Principal scientific officer 6
Senior scientific officer 18
Higher scientific officer 16
Scientific officer 9
Assistant scientific officer 21
Laboratory assistant 4
Other Groups
Solicitors 56
Law clerks 53
Prison education and training officers 45
Prison industries officers 38
Director of prison operations 1
Secretarial and Typing Staff
Chief superintendent of typists 1
Senior superintendent of typists 5
Senior personal secretary 10
Superintendent of typists 5
Personal secretary 29
Specialist typist 60
Typist 60
Security Staff
Security guard 30
Search officer 279

Personnel Numbers
Others 49
Messengerial Staff 31
Cleaning Staff 11
Other Miscellaneous Grades 34½
Industrial Grades 58
Total 1,540

Note: Numbers are for April 1982.