HC Deb 29 April 1991 vol 190 cc5-6W
Mr. Dobson

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give for each year from 1979–80, including 1991–92, the number of staff actually employed on 1 April and the full complement of staff, including vacant posts, by grade, in the statistical divisions in the Treasury; and if he will differentiate between staff in statistical posts and staff in administrative posts.

Mrs. Gillian Shephard

The information is as follows (budgeted complement given in brackets):

Staff in statistical divisions1
1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92
Unified grade 52 2(2) 2(2) 2(2) 2(2)
Unified grade 72 8(8) 7(8) 8(7) 7(6)
SEO 4(4) 3(4) 2(3) 2(2)
HEO 5(5) 4(5) 5(6) 6(6)
Senior assistant statistician/ assistant statistician 4(4) 3(4) 4(4) 4(5)
EO 10(11) 10(11) 12(11) 11(12)
AO/AA 13(13) 15(13) 14(14) 13(13)
Total 46(47) 44(47) 47(47) 45(46)

NotesConsistent information, in the form required, is not available before 1988–89 and could only be produced at disproportionate cost.

1Defined as divisions headed by grade 5 chief statistician and employed mainly on statistical work. There are other statisticians posts in Her Majesty's Treasury which are not included in the above figures.

2At 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 former occupational groups, eg scientists, administrators, statisticians etc.; each post should be filled by the person best equipped in terms of skills, ability and experience.

Mr. Dobson

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give for each year from 1979–80, including 1991–92, the number of staff actually employed on 1 April and the full complement of staff, including vacant posts, by grade, in the statistical divisions in the Central Office of Information; and if he will differentiate between staff in statistical posts and staff in administrative posts.

Mr. Maples

The Central Office of Information has not had statistical divisions or staff in statistical posts for the years in question. There are no proposals for any such appointments in 1991–92.