§ Mr. Lathamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will set out in tabular form for 1 April 1985 and 1 April 1986 the total number of staff in post in the Directorate General of Design Services; and whether he will break those figures down into Civil Service grades, indicating also the number of persons trained in relevant professional disciplines.
§ Mr. ChopeThe number of staff in post in the Directorate General of Design Services on 1 April 1985 and 1 April 1986 was as follows:
1 April 1985 1 April 1986 Grade 2 1 1 Grade 3 1 — Grade 4 3 4 Grade 5 6 6 Grade 6 15 19 Grade 7 69 79 Professional and Technology Group 299 308 Science Group 2 1 Administrative Group 94 107 Secretarial and other staff 26 25 514 550 Professionally qualified staff comprised: Architects and Landscape Architects 45 54 Civil Engineers 56 59 Mechanical and Electrical Engineers 55 49 Quantity Surveyors 40 50 Building Surveyors 11 17 Land Surveyors 4 4 Other staff with scientific or technical qualifications 183 184 The figures for 1 April 1986 include 23 staff in the students training office transferred from the Directorate of Civil Accommodation to the design office in 1985–86.