§ Mr. Lawlerasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many staff, by grade, are employed by the Professional and Executive Recruitment Service; what are the costs of the service; and how many people were placed in jobs by the professional and executive recruitment service in each of the past five years.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonAt 2 April 1984 there were 307 staff employed in professional and executive recruitment. The table sets out the breakdown by grade of the 307 employees:
Numbers in Grade Assistant Secretary 1 Principal 3 Senior Executive Officer 10 Senior Information Officer 1 Higher Executive Officer 59 Information Officer 2 Executive Officer 113 Assistant Information Officer 1 Clerical Officer 84 Clerical Assistant 13 Personal Secretary 1 Typist 19 The preliminary (unaudited) costs of providing the service during the year ended 31 March 1984 were £8.7 million all of which have been recovered from fees charged for services provided.
In each of the past five years ended 31 March the total number of placings, including placings into the community programme and the former community enterprise programme, recorded by the service was as follows:
Number 1980 6,696 1981 4,938 1982 7,088 1983 7,717 1984 13,838