§ Mr. Sean HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment 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. RidleyThis information is not kept in the form requested and it would be disproportionately costly to collect it. There are no fixed complements for particular grades.
§ Mr. Sean HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment 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. RidleyLocal pay additions have been introduced in my Department, excluding the PSA, as follows:
Location: Inner London weighting pay area Grade Number Annual cost £ Secretarial 380 114,000 Administrative Assistant 83 39,600 Administrative Officer 505 288,600