HC Deb 25 July 1988 vol 138 cc19-21W
Mr. Janner

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1) how many of the staff from ethnic minority groups known to be working in grades one to seven in his Department are in grades one, two, three, four, five, six and seven, respectively;

(2) how many of the non-industrial staff as at 1 June from ethnic minority groups known to be working in grades one to seven in his Department are in grades one, two, three, four, five, six and seven, respectively.

Mr. Butcher

The figures, for those non-industrial staff who responded to the ethnic survey, and as at 1 June 1988 are as follows:

Grade Number
1–5 nil
6 6
7 15

Mr. Dobson

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list for 1979, 1984 and the most recent year the numbers of staff by grade in the statistical divisions in the Duchy offices and the Department of Trade and Industry, respectively; if he will differentiate between staff in the statistical posts and staff in administrative posts; and if he will give separate figures for the Business Statistical Office and the Office of Telecommunications.

Mr. Butcher

[holding answer 21 July 1988]: Direct comparisons with 1979 are not possible because of changes in the Departments internal structure, the introduction of unified grading, and machinery of Government changes. There are no statisticians in the office of the Duchy of Lancaster. The figures available are as follows:

Business Statistics Office
Grade 1 April 1979 1 April 1984 1 April 1988
Grade 3 1 1 1
Chief Statistician 4 4 1
Grade 5 1 1 5
Grade 6 1 1 1
Grade 7 13 8 19
Statistician 9 11 1
Senior Assistant Statistician 2 4 3
Assistant Statistician 3 1 3
SEO 28 22 20
HEO 95 80 80½
EO 230 180 176½
AO 407 277 237
AA 161 97 59½
PS 7 6 6
Librarian 1 1 1
Assistant Librarian 1 1 1
Typing Manager 3 3 2
Typist 22 19 14
Senior Messenger 3 3 2
Messenger 17 13 8
Chief Paper Keeper 1
Senior Paperkeeper 4 2
Paper Keeper 13 8 3
Office Keeper II 1 1
Repro Graphics Officer I 1 1 1
Repro Graphics Officer II 1 2 2
Teleprint Operator 1 1
Telephonist 4 3 3
Sub total—statistician grades 18 20 6
Sub total—other grades 1,017 731 642½
Total 1,035 751 648½
1 Following the introduction of unified grading, chief statistician and statistician grades were absorbed into Grades 5 and 7 respectively.

Statistics Division 1
Grade 1 April 1979 1 April 1984 1 April 1988
Grade 3 1 1
Chief Statistician 3 1
Grade 5 3
Grade 7 11
Statistician 12 1
Senior Assistant Statistician 4 1
Assistant Statistician 3
SEO 1 1
HEO 12 8
EO 19 16
AO 28 18½
AA 2 3
PS 4 4
Subtotal— Statistician Grades 19 4
Subtotal— Other Grades 67 65½
Total 86 69½
1 Following the introduction of unified grading, chief statistician and statistician grades were absorbed into Grades 5 and 7 respectively.
Statistics Division 2
Grade 1 April 1979 1 April 1984 1 April 1988
Grade 3 1 1
Chief Statistician 3 1
Grade 5 3
Grade 7 1
Statistician 8 1
Senior Assistant Statistician 2 3
Assistant Statistician 1 1
SEO 1 1
HEO 12 10
EO 24½ 16
AO 42½ 43½
AA 3 7
PS 4 4
Paperkeeper 1 1
Sub Total—Statistician Grades 14 4
Sub Total—Other Grades 90 95
Total 104 99
1 Following the introduction of unified grading, chief statistician and statistician grades were absorbed into Grades 5 and 7 respectively.
Summary Totals
1 April 1979 1 April 1984 1 April 1985 1 April 1988
Economics and Statistics Divisions 452
Statistics Division 1 86 69½
Statistics Division 2 104 99
Business Statistics Office 1,035 751 648½
Office of Telecommunications 69 111½