§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport 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 his Department; 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. Peter BottomleyI praise the directorate for the latest figures they produce on a regular basis.
The Department's directorate of statistics had 110 staff in post at 1 March 1989. The current complement is 116 and that proposed for 1989–90 is 119.5. The division between grades is as follows:
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At 1 March 1989 Complement Staff-in-post Complement 1989–90 Statistician Posts 34 32 36.0 Grade 3 1 1 1.0 Grade 5 4 4 4.0 Grade 7 23 23 23.0 (Senior) Assistant Statistician 6 4 8.0 Administrative Posts 78 73 77.0 Senior Executive Officer 1 1 1.0 Higher Executive Officer 10 10 9.0 Executive Officer 30 28 32.0 Administrative Officer 26 25 25.0 Administrative Assistant 6 4 4.0 Senior Personal Secretary 1 1 1.0 Personal Secretary 4 3 4.0 Typographer 0 1 1.0 Other Posts 4 5 6.5 Principal Scientific Officer Nil 1 Nil Higher Scientific Officer Nil Nil 0.5 Higher Professional and Technical Officer 2 2 2.0
At 1 March 1989 Complement Staff-in-post Complement 1989–90 Scientific Officer Professional and Technical Nil Nil 2.0 Officer 2 2 2.0
£000s Privatisation 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 Estimate 1988–89 Estimate 1989–90 Sale of shares in National Freight Corporation 151 — — — — — — — — Sale of shares in Associated British Ports — 1,809 260 1,494 — — — — — Sale of shares in British Airways plc — — 50 1,012 674 20,804 11,364 100 580 Sale of shares in BAA plc — — — — — 564 41,149 3,200 — Sale of National Bus Company operations — — — — — 635 324 140 40 British Rail privatisation study (consultants fees) — — — — — — — 300 300 No expenditure was incurred before 1981–82.