HC Deb 15 November 1988 vol 140 cc596-8W
Mr. Sean Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what are the latest figures for the Training Commission in the London pay area of the number of vacancies by grade and the proportion this is of the grade complement in London.

Mr. Patrick Nicholls

Staff complements are notional and numbers are controlled by cash limits. The latest figures for employment Department: Training Agency are:

Grade Number of vacancies Proportion of vacancies to notional complement Per cent.
7 1 5.0
Senior Executive Officer 2 4.7
Higher Executive Officer 5 3.7
Executive Officer 20.5 7.7
Administrative Officer 12 4.8
Administrative Assistant 7 10.6
Typist 2 8.3

Grades ACAS HSE Employment1 Service Employment Department Headquarters Employment Department ADP/Computer Staff
Number of vacancies Percentage of grade complement Number of vacancies Percentage of grade complement Number of vacancies Percentage of grade complement Number of vacancies Percentage of grade complement Number of vacancies Percentage of grade complement
Administration Assistant 1 6.3 4.5 12.2 48.5 10.9 9 12.9
Administration Officer 2.0 2.7 206.5 6.7 6 2.5
Executive Officer 1 4.4 1.0 1.8 177.6 15.3 5 2.0
Higher Executive Officer 2 2.5 4.0 7.3 8.0 4.6 13 5.5
Senior Executive Officer 3 6.4 2.0 10.0 3.5 20.6 13 12.1
Grade 7 1 0.8
Reprographics Officer II 2 22.2
Graphics Officer 1 100.0
Typist 4.0 11.8
Support Grade Band 1 1.0 11.1
1 Comprises staff in the Southern, Eastern and Western Divisions of London and South East Region.

Mr. Sean Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide the latest available figures for his Department for(a) numbers of staff in receipt of local pay additions, by grade, (b) location of those offices awarding local pay additions and (c) annual cost.

Mr. Lee

The number of staff, by grade, receiving local pay additions in the Department of Employment group is:

Number
Executive officers 1,169
Administrative Officers 2,536
Administrative Assistants 362
Typists 174
Typing Managers 19
Personal Secretaries 99
Senior Personal Secretaries 34
Total 4,393

Local pay additions are currently in payment at 238 offices all of which are in London, that is, within the former GLC borough boundaries.

The estimated annual cost of awarding local pay additions (based on September 1988 staffing figures) is £2.26 million.

Mr. Sean Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide the latest available figures for the Training Commission for(a) numbers of staff in

Grade Number of vacancies Proportion of vacancies to notional complement Per cent.
Messenger 1 10.0
Senior Personal Secretary 1 25.0
Personal Secretary 2 25.0
Instructional Officer 'A' 1 8.3
Higher Instructional Officer 1 2.4
Instructional Officer I 7 6.6
Industrial Staff 1 2.6

Mr. Sean Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what are the latest available figures for his Department in the London pay area of the number of vacancies by grade and the proportion this is of the grade complement in London.

Mr. Lee

The current totals of vacancies by grade for the constituent parts of the employment Department group in the London pay area, are shown in the table.

receipt of local pay additions, by grade, (b) location of those offices awarding local pay additions and (c) annual cost.

Mr. Lee

I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.