HC Deb 15 December 1987 vol 124 cc487-9W
Mr. Corbyn

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the annual turnover of staff, by grade, for each year since 1979, for(a) Highgate, (b) Finsbury Park and (c) Dalston offices of his Department.

Mr. Portillo

The Department does not have a Dalston local office.

The following tables give the total number of staff, in each grade, leaving the Highgate, Finsbury Park and Hoxton local offices of the Department, for all reasons, during the period 1 October 1985 to 31 October 1987.

The information requested is not available prior to 1 October 1985.

Grade Number of staff leaving local office
1 October 1985 to 31 December 1985 January 1986 to December 1986 January 1987 to December 1987
(a) Highgate Local Office
LOI 1 9 9
LOII 3 26 32
AA 2½ 11 16
Typist — 3 —
Other 2 5 4
Total 8½ 54 61
(b) Finsbury Park Local Office
LOI 1 23 4

Grade 1979 1980 1981 1984 1985 1986 1987
Finsbury park ILO
Principal 1 1 1 0 1 1 1
SEO 1 2 1 1 1 1 1
HEO 9 7 6 8 8 10 6
LO1 44 43 37 42 48 52 52.5
LO2 82 92 84 83 100 93.5 107
AA 30 32 28 31 31 36 50
Typist 2.5 3.5 3.5 4 4 4 4
Security Guard 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
Messenger 4 3 4 4 3 4 5
Total 174.5 185.5 165.5 173 196 201.5 226.5
Highgate ILO
Principal 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
SEO 2 2 2 1 1 1 1
HEO 9 10 8 7 8 7 9
LO1 52 57 56 50 49 49.5 56.5
LO2 102 94 94 99 106 98.5 103.5
AA 35 41 39 36 38 35 39.5
Typist 3 3 4 5 5 5 6
Security Guard 1 2 2 5 4 3 4
Messenger 4 4 4 3 5 5 5
Total 209 214 210 207 217 205 225.5
Hoxlon ILO
Principal 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Grade Number of staff leaving local office
1 October 1985 to 31 December 1985 January 1986 to December 1986 January 1987 to December 1987
LOII 4½ 40 10
AA 1 14 4
Typist — 1 1
Other — 3 4
Total 6½ 81 23
(c)Hoxton Local Office
LOI 3 8 3
LOII 4 19 19
AA — 17 14
Typist 1 — —
Other 2 3 3
Total 10 47 39

Mr. Corbyn

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the staffing levels, by grade, of his Department's offices at(a) Finsbury Park, (b) Highgate and (c) Dalston for June in each year since 1979.

Mr. Portillo

There is no social security local office at Dalston. Information is provided for those offices serving the hon. Member's constituency which are Finsbury Park, Highgate and Hoxton. Records of staffing levels for 1982 and 1983 are unavailable as they have been destroyed by fire. For the remaining years since 1979 the numbers of staff in post at these offices as at 1 June are as follows:

Grade 1979 1980 1981 1984 1985 1986 1987
SEO 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
HEO 6 6 6 6 6 6 7
LOI 35 35 37 37 35 34 40
LO2 59 69 65 65 66 71 62
AA 24 23 24 26 26 24 30
Typist 4 3 4 4 3 4 4
Security Guard 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
Messenger 2 1 2 3 3 3 3
Total 133 141 142 144 142 145 149

Abbreviations:

ILO—Integrated Local Office.

SEO—Senior Executive Officer.

HEO—Higher Executive Officer.

LO1—Local Officer 1.

L02—Local Officer 2.

AA—Administrative Assistant.

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