§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 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 Treasury; 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. Brooke[holding answer 13 March 1989]: The information is as follows:
Staff in statistical divisions1 Staff in Post 1 March 1989 Budgeted Complement 1988–89 Budgeted Complement 1989–90 Unified Grade 52 2 2 2 Unified Grade 72 8 8 8 SEO 4 4 4 HEO 5 5 5 Senior Assistant Statistician/ Assistant Statistician 4 4 4 EO 10 11 11 AO/AA 13 13 13 Total 46 47 47 1 Defined as divisions headed by grade 5 chief statistician and employed mainly on statistical work. There are other statistician posts in HM Treasury which are not included in the above figures. 2 At the senior levels of the service, where management forms a major component of most jobs, there are service-wide common pay and grading arrangements. These unified grades 1 to 7 are known as the open structure and cover grades from permanent secretary level to grade 7 level. Within the unified grades there are no formal barriers to movement between the former occupational groups, e.g. scientists, administrators, statisticians; each post should be filled by the person best equipped in terms of skills, ability and experience.