The number of staff in the Department by grade, both permanent and casual, located outside London on 18 March 1988 was:
| Grade title |
Total |
| Administrative Assistant |
3,030 |
| Administrative Officer |
2,248 |
| Assistant Chief Driving Examiner |
1 |
| Assistant Librarian |
1 |
| Assistant Scientific Officer |
17 |
| Assistant Storekeeper |
8 |
| Assistant Chief Reprographics Officer |
3 |
| Cartographic Assistant (Misc.) |
1 |
| Cartographic Draughtsman (Misc.) |
3 |
| Casual Administrative Assistant |
243 |
| Casual Administrative Officer |
8 |
| Casual Cleaner |
6 |
| Casual Clerical Assistant |
2 |
| Casual Government Telephonist |
1 |
| Casual Messenger |
9 |
| Casual Paperkeeper |
2 |
| Casual Personal Secretary |
1 |
| Casual Reprographics Operators II |
2 |
| Casual Technical Grade 1 |
1 |
| Casual Technical Grade 2 |
1 |
| Casual Typist |
10 |
| Chairman of Traffic Commissioners |
8 |
| Chief Photographer |
1 |
| Chief Typing Manager |
1 |
| Cleaner (full time) |
1 |
| Cleaner (less that 10 hours a week) |
167 |
| Grade title |
Total |
| Cleaner (part time) |
12 |
| Clerical Assistant |
1 |
| Coastguard Officer |
210 |
| Data Processor |
1 |
| District Officer (Coastguard) |
27 |
| Driving Examiner |
1,007 |
| Engineer and Ship Surveyor Grade 1 |
20 |
| Engineer and Ship Surveyor Grade 2 |
11 |
| Executive Officer |
924 |
| Government Telephonists |
8 |
| Grade 3 (Under Secretary) |
2 |
| Grade 4 (Chief Inspector of Accidents C/Av) |
1 |
| Grade 4 (Chief Scientific Officer L/S) |
1 |
| Grade 4 (Director A—Civil Engineer) |
5 |
| Grade 4 (Director A—M & E Engineer) |
1 |
| Grade 4 (Director Middle Band) |
1 |
| Grade 5 (Assistant Secretary) |
5 |
| Grade 5 (Assistant Chief Engineer—CE) |
1 |
| Grade 5 (Director 3—Civil Engineer) |
7 |
| Grade 5 (Director 3—Electrical Engineer) |
1 |
| Grade 5 (Director 5—M & E Engineer) |
2 |
| Grade 5 (Deputy Chief Inspector of Accidents) |
1 |
| Grade 5 (Deputy Chief Scientific Officer) |
7 |
| Grade 6 (Chief Surveyor) |
5 |
| Grade 6 (Senior Principal Scientific Officer) |
14 |
| Grade 6 (Senior Principal) |
13 |
| Grade 6 (Superintending Civil Engineer) |
23 |
| Grade 6 (Superintending Electrical Engineer) |
2 |
| Grade 6 (Superintending M & E Engineer) |
2 |
| Grade 6 (Superintending Mechanical Engineer) |
7 |
| Grade 7 (Casual PP & TO Civil Engineer) |
1 |
| Grade 7 (PP & TO Civil Engineer) |
81 |
| Grade 7 (PP & TO Electrical Engineer) |
12 |
| Grade 7 (PP & TO Landscape Architect) |
2 |
| Grade 7 (PP & TO M & E Engineer) |
2 |
| Grade 7 (PP & TO Mechanical Engineer) |
16 |
| Grade 7 (PP & TO Quantity Surveyor) |
2 |
| Grade 7 (PP & TO Railway EMP Inspector) |
2 |
| Grade 7 (Principal Engineer & Ship Surveyor) |
13 |
| Grade 7 (Principal Information Officer) |
1 |
| Grade 7 (Principal Inspector of Coastguard) |
7 |
| Grade 7 (Principal Scientific Officer) |
82 |
| Grade 7 (Principal Nautical Surveyor) |
9 |
| Grade 7 (Principal Ship Surveyor) |
15 |
| Grade 7 (Principal) |
59 |
| Grade 7 (Principal Civil Engineer (Highways)) |
1 |
| Graphics Officer |
2 |
| Graphics Officer Grade IV |
1 |
| Higher Cartographer Draughtsman (Miscellaneous) |
1 |
| Higher Executive Officer |
400 |
| Higher Graphics Officer |
1 |
| Higher Scientific Officer |
90 |
| HPTO (Civil Engineer Highways) |
1 |
| HPTO (Civil Engineer) |
44 |
| HPTO (Electrical Engineer) |
33 |
| HPTO (Fire) |
1 |
| HPTO (Horticultural) |
5 |
| HPTO (Landscape Architect) |
1 |
| HPTO (M & E DO) |
1 |
| HPTO (M & E Engineer) |
3 |
| HPTO (Mechanical Engineer) |
108 |
| Industrial grade |
515 |
| Inspector of Accidents (Engineering) |
3 |
| Inspector of Accidents (Operations) |
2 |
| Inspector of Coastguard |
7 |
| Librarian |
2 |
| Medical Officer |
7 |
| Messenger |
152 |
| Nautical Surveyor 1 |
13 |
| Nautical Surveyor 2 |
9 |
| Office Keeper II |
3 |
| Office Keeper III |
5 |
| Grade title |
Total |
| Packer |
16 |
| Paperkeeper |
32 |
| Personal Secretary |
77 |
| Porter/Messenger |
40 |
| Principal Inspector of Accidents (Engineering) |
2 |
| Principal Inspector of Accidents (Operations) |
2 |
| Principal Photographer |
4 |
| Process & General Supervisory D |
1 |
| PTO (B & CE) |
1 |
| PTO (Civil Engineer (Casual)) |
1 |
| PTO (Civil Engineer Highways) |
1 |
| PTO (Civil Engineer) |
24 |
| PTO (Electrical Engineer) |
13 |
| PTO (Landscape Architect Technician) |
2 |
| PTO (Landscape Architect (Casual)) |
1 |
| PTO (M & E DO) |
4 |
| PTO (M & E Engineer) |
9 |
| PTO (M & E Engineering) |
1 |
| PTO (Mechanical Engineer) |
446 |
| Reprographics Manager |
1 |
| Reprographics Operator I |
12 |
| Reprographics Operator II |
18 |
| Sandwich Course Student (Comp SC) CB |
11 |
| Sandwich Course Student (Work Experience) |
2 |
| Scientific Officer |
53 |
| Security Officer Grade II (Non Uniformed) |
1 |
| Security Officer Grade II (Uniformed) |
1 |
| Security Office Grade III (Uniformed) |
1 |
| Security Officer Grade IV (Uniformed) |
10 |
| Security Officer Grade V (Uniformed) |
39 |
| Senior Inspector of Accidents (Engineering) |
12 |
| Senior Inspector of Accidents (Operations) |
6 |
| Senior Assistant Statistician |
1 |
| Senior Carto Draughtsman (Misc.) |
1 |
| Senior Coastguard Officer |
199 |
| Senior Coastguard Officer (ex Station Officer) |
54 |
| Senior Driving Examiner |
328 |
| Senior Executive Officer |
120 |
| Senior Inspector of Ships Provisions |
1 |
| Senior Librarian |
1 |
| Senior Medical Officer |
1 |
| Senior Messenger |
19 |
| Senior Paperkeeper |
2 |
| Senior Personal Secretary |
3 |
| Senior Photographer |
10 |
| Senior Scientific Officer |
73 |
| Senior Traffic Examiner |
34 |
| Ship Surveyor Grade 1 |
16 |
| Ship Surveyor Grade 2 |
5 |
| SPTO (Casual Civil Engineer) |
2 |
| SPTO (Civil Engineer) |
172 |
| SPTO (Electrical Engineer) |
33 |
| SPTO (Electrical Marine Engineer) |
1 |
| SPTO (Landscape Architect) |
5 |
| SPTO (M & E Engineer) |
5 |
| SPTO (Mechanical Engineer) |
50 |
| SPTO (Quantity Surveyor) |
4 |
| SPTO (Railway Employment Inspector) |
5 |
| Storekeeper |
5 |
| Stores Officer Grade B |
1 |
| Stores Officer Grade C |
1 |
| Stores Officer Grade D |
3 |
| Supervising Driving Examiner |
85 |
| Supervising Traffic Examiner |
5 |
| Technical Grade B (Mechnical Engineer) |
1 |
| Technical Grade 1 |
6 |
| Technical Grade 2 |
1 |
| Teleprinter Operator |
1 |
| Traffic Examiner |
140 |
| Trainee Typist |
3 |
| Typing Manager |
21 |
| Typist |
271 |