HC Deb 02 May 1990 vol 171 c589W
Mr. John Garrett

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will publish in theOfficial Report the number and percentages of his staff in grades one to seven who have (a) arts and (b) science and technical degrees, who (c) are qualified accountants or (d) have post-graduate qualifications in management and who were educated in (e) local authority and (f) private schools.

Grade level Total in grade Agriculture Arts Business studies Education Language and literature Miscellaneous Professional studies Science Social studies Technology
Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent.
Grade level 1 1 1 100.0
Grade level 2 13 3 23.0 1 7.7 2 15.4 4 30.8
Grade 2 13 3 23.0 1 7.7 2 15.4 4 30.8
Grade level 3 55 13 24.0 1 1.8 6 10.9 18 32.7 13 23.6 5 9.1
Grade 3 55 13 24.0 1 1.8 6 10.9 18 32.7 13 23.6 5 9.1
Grade level 4 13 2 15.4 5 38.5 1 7.7
Grade 4 8 1 12.5 3 37.5 1 12.5
Deputy Inspector General 3 1 33.3
Assistant Comptroller (Patents) 2 2 100.0
Grade level 5 249 39 15.7 4 1.6 2 0.8 23 9.2 3 1.2 71 28.5 58 23.3 25 10.0
Grade 5 209 39 18.7 4 1.9 2 0.9 23 11.0 3 1.4 43 20.6 57 27.3 19 9.1
Principal Examiner (Patents) 28 19 67.8 1 3.6 5 17.8
Superintent Examiner (Patents) 10 9 90.0 1 10.0
Grade level 6 199 1 0.5 7 3.5 11 5.5 9 4.5 66 33.1 33 16.6 30 15.1
Grade 6 182 1 0.5 7 3.8 9 4.9 9 4.9 66 36.2 32 17.6 30 16.5
Insolvency Grade A 14 2 14.3
Senior Legal Assistant 3 1 33.3
Grade level 7 1,187 1 0.1 53 4.5 35 2.9 1 0.1 53 4.5 1 0.1 3 0.2 320 26.9 123 10.4 126 10.6
Grade 7 912 1 0.1 49 5.4 29 3.2 1 0.1 51 5.6 1 0.1 3 0.3 241 26.4 117 12.8 114 12.5
Insolvency Grade B 65 3 4.6 6 9.2 1 1.5 4 6.1 1 1.5
Senior Examiner (Patents) 210 1 0.5 1 0.5 79 37.6 2 0.9 11 5.2

Only one member of Department of Trade and Industry staff in grades 1 to 7—a grade 7—is shown on the Department's personnel computer system as having a post-graduate qualification in management. This represents 0.10 per cent. of grade 7 staff.

The Department does not record details of the schools attended by its staff on its personnel computer system.

Grade level Total in grade Accountants in grade level Percentage of total in grade level Accountants in grade Percentage of total in grade
Grade level 1 1
Grade level 2 13
Grade level 3 55 2 3.6
Grade 3 55 2 3.6
Grade level 4 13 1 7.6
Deputy Inspector General 3 1 33.3
Grade level 5 249 6 2.4
Grade 5 209 6 2.9
Grade level 6 199 14 7.0
Grade 6 182 11 6.0
Insolvency Grade A 14 3 21.0
Grade level 7 1,187 42 3.5
Grade 7 912 32 3.5
Insolvency Grade B 65 10 15.4