§ Mr. Arnoldasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the responsibilities of each of the deputy secretaries in his Department and the numbers and ranks of staff reporting to each.
§ Mr. HurdThe information at 1 November 1985 is as follows:
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Deputy Secretary: Criminal, general and statistical departments: and research and planning unit: Three under-secretaries, one chief research officer and 528 other staff
Deputy Secretary: Police department: Three under-secretaries, controller, forensic science service and 2,645 other staff Deputy Secretary: Broadcasting, community programmes and equal opportunities, immigration and nationality, and passport departments: Three under-secretaries and 3,933 other staff Deputy Secretary: Establishments, fire and emergency planning, finance and manpower departments: Three under-secretaries, one director of information services and 1,982 other staff Deputy Secretary: Legal adviser's branch: Two principal assistant legal advisers and 26 other staff Deputy Secretary: Director-general of the prison service: One deputy director-general, three undersecretaries, one director, prison medical services and 27,580 other staff.