HC Deb 01 March 1988 vol 128 cc560-1W
Mr. Tom Arnold

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the responsibilities of each of the deputy secretaries in his Department and the number and ranks of staff reporting to each.

Mr. Peter Bottomley

The Department has four deputy secretaries. Their main responsibilities and numbers of staff will be as follows from 14 March, after a reorganisation:

  1. i. Road Safety and Licensing and Principal Finance Officer. 10,267 staff: including four grade 3s, one grade 4 and 14 grade 5s.
  2. ii. Highways and Traffic. 1,770 staff: including four grade 3s, seven grade 4s and 28 grade 5s.
    3. 561
  3. iii. Aviation, Shipping and International Transport. 1,256 staff: including five grade 3s, four grade 4s and 19 grade 5s.
  4. iv. Public Transport and Research. 747 staff: including three grade 3s, two grade 4s and 13 grade 5s.

The numbers of staff shown are based on staff in post at 1 February 1988. Other grades of staff would not normally report direct to a deputy secretary.