§ Mr. Sean HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health 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.
§ Mrs. CurrieWe do not yet have accurate statistics for the Department of Health alone, following the split of the Department of Health and Social Security on 5 July. The information given is for DHSS headquarters and covers staff in the Department of Health and the Department of Social Security.
The following is the table:
(a) Numbers of staff in receipt of local pay additions by grade as at 1 July 1988 (DHSS HQ):
Grade Number of staff in receipt Administrative Assistant 106 Administrative Officer 577 Personal Secretary 271 Senior Personal Secretary 21 Executive Officer 30 Higher Executive Officer 14 Others 8 (b) Location of DHSS HQ offices awarding local pay additions:
- Alexander Fleming House
- Avon House
- Brittania House
- Eileen House
- Friars House
- Hannibal House
- St. Christophers House
- Almack House
- Great Titchfield Street
- Hepburn House
- New Court
- Richmond House
- Euston Tower
- Russell Square
- State House
- Canons Park
- Hinchley Wood
- Thames Ditton
- Market Towers
- Ray House
(c) The scheme has not been operating long enough for accurate annual cost projections to be made. The cost for the first month, July, was £42,001.77.