HC Deb 13 March 1990 vol 169 cc165-6W
Mr. Dobson

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 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 Central Office of Information; 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. Ryder

[holding answer 12 March 1990]: The Central Office of Information does not have statistical divisions or staff in statistical posts; nor are any proposed for in 1990–91.

Mr. Dobson

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 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 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 1990–91.

Mr. Ryder

[holding answer 12 March 1990]: The information is as follows:

Staff in Statistical Divisions1
Staff in post 1 February 1990 Budgeted complement 1989–90 Budgeted complement 1990–91
Unified Grade 51 2 2 2
Unified Grade 72 8 8 7
SEO 2 4 3

Staff in post 1 February 1990 Budgeted complement 1989–90 Budgeted complement 1990–91
HEO 4 5 6
Senior assistant statistician/ Assistant statistician 4 4 4
EO 11 11 11
AO/AA 13 13 14
Total 44 47 47

Notes:

1 Defined as divisions headed by Grade 5 Chief Statistician and employed mainly on statistical work. There are other statistician posts in Her Majesty's 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.