§ Mr. Foulkesasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what changes have been made in the staff of the Overseas Development Administration and its associated units in each of the last four years; and what plans there are for staff reductions.
29W
§ Mr. RaisonThe table shows the staff in post, including casual employees, in the Overseas Development Administration's headquarters (London and East
1 April 1980 1 April 1981 1 April 1982 1 April 1983 Headquarters (London and East Kilbride) 1,218 1,171 1,173 1,133 Overseas 58 48 42 53 Scientific units 823½ 799 770 694 The target figures for staff in post at 1 April 1984 are 1,170 at headquarters, and 6231h in the scientific units. The latter figure includes some 185 posts in the directorate of overseas surveys. Its functions are to be transferred on 2 April 1984 to the Ordnance Survey. A substantial proportion of its staff will transfer to the Ordnance Survey. The remainder will either take up duties elsewhere in the civil service, or retire (some prematurely) over the following 12 months.
Manpower targets for future years will be included in the forthcoming 1984 Public Expenditure Survey White Paper.
§ Mr. Foulkesasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give full details of the staffing in each building of the Overseas Development Administration before and after the occupation of the East Kilbride building, with the number of staff in each Civil Service grade working at each building.
§ Mr. RaisonThe move of certain departments of the Librarians Overseas Development Administration's headquarters to East Kilbride took place over the period February to August 1981. Details in the following tables show the staffing situations on 1 February 1981 and 1 April 1982.
30W
TABLE 1 Overseas Development Administration Staff in Post, February 1981–April 1982 Locations 1 February 1981 1 April 1982 Headquarters, Eland House and, prior to November 1981, 29 Bressenden Place, London 1,197 752 Abercrombie House, East Kilbride — 421 Sub Total* 1,197 1,173 Five scientific and special units, at 10 locations, in London, Worcs, Wilts, Oxon and Berks. (Scientific, Technical, Industrial and Administration staff) 809½ 770 UK-based staff overseas at regional development divisions based in Barbados, Kenya, Malawi, Thailand, Jordan (1981 only), and at UNESCO Paris (Advisers, administrative and support staff) 50 42 2,056½ 1,985 *See staff details in Table 2. Kilbride); United Kingdom-based staff in ODA posts overseas; and staff in post in the scientific and special units, at 1 April in each of the last four years.
TABLE 2 Headquarters Staff 1 February 1981 1 April 1982 Grades London London East Kilbride Total Open Structure 12 11 — 11 Administration group: Assistant secretary 20 17 1 18 Senior principal 6 1 4 5 Principal 73½ 62½ 6 68½ Senior executive officer 60 32 19 51 Higher executive officer 147½ 98½ 33 131½ Executive officer 203 87 95 182 Clerical officer 306 145 174 319 Clerical assistant 35 14 25 39 Support staff 248 192 64 256 Information group 10 10 — 10 Economist group 25 25 — 25 Statistician group 9 11 — 11 Librarians 5 5 — 5 Departmental class of advisers 37 41 — 41 1,197 752 421 1,173