§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will give the latest figures for the number of staff presently employed, and the full complement of staff including vacant posts, by grade, in the statistical divisions in the Department of Trade and Industry; if he will differentiate between staff in statistical posts and staff in administrative posts; and if he will give the staffing complements by grade, and differentiated between statistical and administrative posts, proposed for 1989–90.
§ Mr. ForthThe manpower allocations for 1989–90 will be set by my right hon. and noble Friend the Secretary of State later this month in the light of the Department's annual activity and resource management review. The current allocation, and the number of staff in post on 1 February 1989 (part time staff are counted as half), is as follows:
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Statistics division 1 Grade SIP 1 February 1989 Allocation of posts 1988–89 Grade 3 1.0 1.0 Grade 5 3.0 13.0 Grade 7 12.0 112.0 SEO 1.0 1.0 HEO 8.0 8.0 Senior Assistant Statistician 2.0 7.0 Assistant Statistician 1.0 EO 16.0 14.0 AO 17.5 17.5 AA 3.0 3.0 PS 4.0 4.0 Subtotal—Statistical Grades 3.0 7.0 Subtotal Other Grades 65.5 63.5 Total 68.5 70.5 1Following the introduction of unified grading, chief statistician and statistician grades were absorbed into Grades 5 and 7 respectively. All of the Grade 5 and 7 posts are filled by professional statistical staff.
In addition on 1 February 1989 there were four casual staff in post of which one was Senior Assistant Statistician.
Statistics Division 2 Grade SIP 1 February 1989 Allocation of posts 1988–89 Grade 3 1.0 1.0 Grade 5 3.0 13.0 Grade 7 9.5 18.5 SEO 1.0 Nil HEO 10.5 11.0 Senior assistant statistician 1.0 6.0 Assistant statistician 3.0 EO 18.5 18.0 AO 40.5 41.0 AA 4.0 5.0 SPS 1.0 Nil PS 3.0 4.0 Paper Keeper 1.0 1.0 Unallocated — 1.0 Subtotal—Statistician grades 4.0 6.0 Subtotal—Other grades 93.0 93.5 Total 97.0 99.5 In addition on 1 February 1989 there were two casual staff in post of which one was an Assistant Statistician. 1Following the introduction of unified grading, chief statistician and statistician grades were absorbed into Grades 5 and 7 respectively. All of the Grade 5 and 7 posts are filled by professional statistical staff. 102W
Business Statistics Office Grade SIP I February 1989 Allocation of posts 1988–89 Grade 3 1.0 1.0 Grade 5 5.0 15.0 Grade 6 1.0 1.0 Grade 7 20.0 120.0 SEO 18.0 20.0 HEO 85.0 80.0 Senior Assistant Statistician 3.0 10.0 Assistant Statistician 3.0 SEO/SIO 1.0 1.0 EO 173.5 184.0 AO 224.5 242.5 AA 60.0 63.5 PS 6.0 6.0 Librarian 1.0 1.0 Assistant Librarian 1.0 1.0 Typing Manager 2.0 2.0 Typist 10.5 15.0 Senior Messenger 2.0 2.0 Porter/Messenger 8.0 9.0 Paper Keeper 2.0 3.0 Repro Graphics Officer I 1.0 1.0 Repro Graphics Officer II 2.0 2.0 Superintendent Telephonist 1.0 1.0 Telephonist 2.0 2.0 Subtotal—Statistician grades 6.0 10.0 Subtotal—Other grades 627.5 663.0 Total 633.5 673.0 In addition on 1 February 1989 there were 11 casual staff in post of which three were Assistant Statisticians. 1Following the introduction of unified grading, chief statistician and statistician grades were absorbed into Grades 5 and 7 respectively. However, 4 of the Grade 5 posts and 12 of the Grade 7 posts are filled by professional statistical staff.