HC Deb 13 March 1990 vol 169 cc216-8W
Mr. Dobson

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) 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 Training Agency; 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;

(2) 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 administration posts; and if he will give the staffing complements by grade, and differentiated between statistical and administrative posts, proposed for 1990–91.

Mr. Nicholls

[holding answer 12 March 1990]: The numbers of staff, by grade, employed as at 31 January 1990 in statistical divisions in the Department of Employment headquarters, the Training Agency, the employment service and the Health and Safety Executive are as in the table. The permanent staff included within these numbers are close to the current complement and to that proposed for 1990–91. More casual administrative staff than are included in these numbers will be employed as necessary to process the 1989 census of employment and the 1990 earnings surveys. The table excludes the 35 staff previously in the Department and transferred to the new Central Statistical Office on 31 July 1989.

Staff1 in post in ED group statistical divisions As at 31 January 1990
Grade Number
Statistical grades
Grade 3 (Director of Statisticis) 1
Grade 5 (Chief Statistican) 5
Grade 7 (Statistician) 23.7
Assistant/Senior Assistant Statistician 20
Total statistical grades 49.7
Administrative grades
Grade 6 1
Grade 7 3
Senior Executive Officer 8
Higher Executive Officer 24.5
Executive Officer 53.5
Administrative Officer 95.6
Administrative Assistant 33
Senior/Personal Secretary 7
Total administrative grades 225.6
Other staff
Grade 7 (Economic Adviser) 2
Senior/Economic Assistant 2
Senior/Research Officer 2
Assistant Librarian 1
Total other grades 7

Grade Number
Total all grades 282.3
1 Part-time staff shown as proportion of full-time.