§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment 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, (1) in the statistical divisions in his Department; and if he will differentiate between staff in statistical posts and staff in administrative posts;
(2) in the statistical divisions in the Training Agency/MSC; and if he will differentiate between staff in statistical posts and staff in administrative posts.
Mr. JacksonThe numbers of staff, by grade, employed on 1 April 1991 in statistical divisions in the Department of Employment headquarters—including statistical sections previously in the Training Agency—the Employment Service Agency and the Health and Safety Executive are as in the table below. The number of permanent staff included is close to the current complement. The complement of casual administrative staff varies over time. More such staff will be employed as necessary to process the 1991 "New Earnings Survey" and the 1991 census of employment.
78WThe information readily available for earlier years has already been given, in replies to the hon. Member on 15 March 1990, 15 March 1989 and 21 July 1988.
Staff in post in ED group statistical divisions (as at 1 April 1991—part-time staff shown as proportion of full time) Grade Number Statistical grades Grade 3 (director of statistics) 1 Grade 5 (chief statistician) 5 Grade 6 (statistician) 1 Grade 7 (statistician) 23.7 Assistant/senior assistant statistician 24 Total statistical grades 54.7 Administrative grades Grade 7 2 Senior executive officer 10 Higher executive officer 23 Executive officer 51.5 Administrative officer 124.4 Administrative assistant 36 Senior/personal secretary 7 Total administrative grades 253.9 Other staff Grade 7 (economic adviser) 1 Senior/economic assistant 3 Senior/research officer 2 Total other grades 6 Total all grades 314.6