§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what are the latest figures for the number of staff presently employed, and the full complement of staff, including
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Number in post (1 March 1990) Number planned to be in post (1 March 1990) Number planned to be in post (1 October 1990) Statistical posts Grade 5 (Chief statistician) 3.0 3.0 3.0 Grade 6 (Statistician) 1.0 1.0 1.0 Grade 7 (Statistician) 12.5 12.5 12.5 Senior assistant statistician 4.0 5.0 5.0 Assistant statistician 5.0 4.0 3.0 Medical officer grades 2.5 2.5 2.5 Survey officer posts Grade 5 (Chief social survey officer 'A') 1.0 1.0 1.0 Grade 6 (Chief social survey officer 'B') 4.0 4.0 4.0 Grade 7 (Principal social survey officer) 12.0 12.0 13.0 vacant posts, by grade, in the statistical divisions in his Department; if he will differentiate between staff in statistical posts and staff in administration posts; and if he will give the staffing complements by grade, and differentiated between statistical and administrative posts, proposed for 1990–91.
§ Mr. FreemanThe information requested, showing the number of staff at 1 March 1990, is shown in the table. A small increase in staff is expected in 1990–91 but exact details have not yet been determined. These figures are not comparable with earlier figures due to changes in the statistics division caused by the formation of separate Departments of Health and Social Security in April 1989.
DH Permanent Staff in Statistics Division (1 March 1990) Statistical Administrative Vacancies Grade 3 1.0 — — Grade 5 5.0 — — Grade 7 25.5 — 1 Senior Assistant Statistician 6.5 — — Assistant Statistician 2.0 — — Senior Executive Officer — 8 — Higher Executive Officer — 23 1 Executive Officer — 41 4 Administrative Officer — 58 4 Administrative Assistant — 13 — Personal Secretary — 5 1 Total 40.0 148 11
§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what are 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 Office of Population Censuses and Surveys; 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 1990–91.
§ Mr. FreemanThe information is shown in the table. It covers all the staff employed in the statistical divisions of the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys including the medical statistics and social survey divisions. It excludes staff employed in the finance, personnel and administration division and in the information technology division. Staff complements as such are no longer used since expenditure is controlled by financial rather than manpower limits. The planned staff figures for 1 October 1990 are therefore subject to change. The number of staff employed will increase over the next 12 months in the build-up to the 1991 census.
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Number in post (1 March 1990) Number planned to be in post (1 March 1990) Number planned to be in post (1 October 1990) Senior social survey officer 10.0 11.0 12.0 Social survey officer 4.5 5.5 9.0 Assistant social survey officer 10.0 8.0 10.0 Administrative posts Grade 6 3.0 3.0 4.0 Grade 7 12.0 12.0 12.0 Senior executive officer 23.5 20.0 20.0 Higher executive officer 59.5 64.0 78.0 Executive officer 111.0 115.0 138.0 Administration officer and others 446.5 463.5 554.0