HL Deb 09 March 1988 vol 494 cc787-8WA
Lord Harris of Greenwich

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many Administrative Assistants, Administrative Officers, Executive Officers and Higher Executive Officers resigned from the Ministry of Defence in the London area during 1987, what proportion of each grade this represented and what were the comparable figures for the remainder of the United Kingdom.

The Minister of State for Defence Procurement (Lord Trefgarne)

The number of staff in the grades mentioned who have resigned from the Ministry of Defence in the London area during 1987 are as follows:

Number of resignations Proportion of each grade
AAs 282 18.4%
AOs 295 9.8%
EOs 63 4.1%
HEOs 19 2.0%

The resignation statistics for these grades for the remainder of the United Kingdom during the same period are:

Number of resignations Proportion of each grade
AAs 1,036 13.2%
AOs 860 6.8%
EOs 145 3.8%
HEOs 28 1.6%

The proportions shown are in respect of the total number of staff in each grade employed in the geographical area concerned.