§ Mr. Sean HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department 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. HurdThe latest available information in respect of posts in the London area which are normally filled by direct recruitment is as follows:
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Administration Group Vacancies Executive Officer 89 Administrative Officer 82 Administrative Assistant 69 Specialist and Support Grades (other than Prison Service) Inspector—Animals (Scientific Procedures Inspectorate) 2 Assistant Information Officer (Public Relations Branch) 1 Marketing post (Directorate of Telecommunications) 2 Inspector (Territorial) (Fire Service Inspectorate) 1 Inspector (Grade I) (Fire Service Inspectorate) 1 Inspector (Grade II) (Fire Service Inspectorate) 2 Assistant Inspector (Fire Service Inspectorate) 14 Legal Officer (Legal Advisers Branch) 2 Economic Adviser (Grade 7) 1 Higher Scientific Officer 6 Scientific Officer 15 Assistant Scientific Officer 1 Research Officer 2 Immigration Officer 301 Paperkeeper 5.5 Personal Secretary 25 Typist 12.5 Assistant Librarian 2 VSU consultant 1 Porter/Messenger 3 Reprographic Officer 8 Prison Service Prison Service Unified Grades Grade 4 2 Grade 5 5 Grade 6 36 Grade 7 177 Grade 8 37 Night Porter 19 Specialist Grades Medical Officer 2
Administration Group Vacancies Professional and Technology Group Grade 7 5 SPTO 5 HPTO 14 PTO 28 Typist 3.5 Telephonist 1 1 These vacancies will all be filled by new recruits currently or shortly in training.
§ Mr. Sean HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department 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. HurdThe information requested is as follows:
Numbers of Home Office Staff in receipt of Local Pay Additions (by Grade and rounded) Grade Number Typist 200 Personal Secretary 230 Senior Personal Secretary 35 Typing Manager 20 Administrative Assistant 515 Administrative Officer 1,300 Total 2,300 Local pay additions are paid to staff in the above grades in the following locations:
London boroughs
Barnet, Croydon, Hammersmith, Islington, Lambeth, Wandsworth, Westminster.
Other local authority areas
Harlow and Tunbridge Wells—Typists and Typing Managers only.
The estimated annual cost of local pay additions in the Department is £1.5 million.
§ Mr. Sean HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will provide the latest available figures for the Metropolitan police 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. Douglas HoggI understand from the Commissioner that the latest information available is as follows:
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(a) Number Executive officers 54 Administrative officers 2,194 Administrative assistants 115 Senior personal secretaries 9 Personal secretaries 51 Typing managers 89 Typists 892 Trainee typists 9 Traffic warden area controllers 7 Traffic warden senior controllers 11 Traffic warden controllers 47 Traffic warden supervisors 194 Traffic wardens 883 Knowledge of London examiners 5 (b) Local pay additions are awarded to selected staff in Metropolitan Police offices throughout the Metropolitan Police District.
(c) £2,292,975.