HC Deb 21 October 1988 vol 138 cc1020-1W
Mr. Sean Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy 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. Parkinson

The table lists grades where vacancies against complement exist as at 1 October 1988.

Grade Vacancies Percentage of complement
Grade 7 2.0 2
Higher executive officer 8.5 9
Administrative officer 5.5 5
Administrative assistant 18.0 24
Personal secretary 7.5 14
Typist 11.0 37
Senior messenger 1.0 20
Security officer 1.0 12
Senior professional and technical/senior scientific officer 4.0 28
Assistant scientific officer 1.0 100
Reservior evaluation specialist IV/V 9.5 33
Petroleum specialist IV 3.0 18
Senior engineering inspector 1.0 25
Mapping and charting officer 2.5 42
Reprographics officer 4.0 80
Senior economist assistant 1.0 20
Senior assistant statistician 2.0 67
Senior information officer 1.0 10

Mr. Sean Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy 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. Parkinson

The latest available information on local pay additions (LPAs) for the Department of Energy is as follows:

(a) Staff in receipt of LPAs, by grade
Number
Administrative assistant 38
Administrative officer 114

(b) Location of offices involved:

Thames House South, Millbank, London SW1P 4QJ Croydon, Surrey

(c) Annual cost: £78,600

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