HC Deb 29 April 1991 vol 190 cc50-3W
Mr. Dobson

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 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 his Department; and if he will differentiate between staff in statistical posts and staff in administrative posts.

Mr. Leigh

The tables show the available information. The Department's statistical services have been subject to a number of organisational and machinery of government changes which need to be taken into account when comparing the data for different years. In particular, a major part of the Department's statistical work and associated staff (including the business statistics office) were transferred to the Central Statistical Office on 31 July 1989.

Table A shows the information for the business statistics office for each year from 1 April 1980 to 1 April 1989. Tables B and C show the information for the Department's two central statistical divisions from 1 April 1981 to 1 April 1989. On 1 April 1980, the central statistical divisions were part of the Department's economics and statistics divisions, and table D shows the staff in post for these as at 1 April 1980. Following the transfer of statistical work to the Central Statistical Office, the remaining statistical work was distributed among a number of divisions within the Department in 1989–90. A further departmental reorganisation combined the statistical work of the Department to form part of the economics, market intelligence and statistics division in 1990–91. The information from 1 April 1990 is shown in table E. Detailed allocations have not yet been finalised for April 1992.

The following points should also be noted in reading the tables:

  1. 1. The staff in post figures count part-time staff as half and exclude casual staff.
  2. 2. The allocation of posts to grade is not available for April 1980.
  3. 3. With the introduction of unified grading, the chief statistical and statistician grades were absorbed into grades 5 and 7 respectively.
  4. 4 Following the creation of the economics, market intelligence and statistics division in 1990–91, some administrative staff work for both economists and statisticians. The figures for 1 April 1991 only include that proportion of time spent supporting statisticians.

The following figures relate to the position as at I April of each year
Grade 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Staff in post Staff in post Posts Staff in post Posts Staff in post Posts Staff in post Posts Staff in post Posts Staff in post Posts Staff in post Posts Staff in post Posts Staff in post Posts
EO 237 238 250 235 233 203 207 180 188 180 188 192.5 194 186 186 176.5 185 169.5 184
AO 371 338 352 327 325 304 313 277 283 251 263 261 259 242 248 237 247 239 242.5
AA 128 126 132 119 128 113 115 97 105 83 90 79 81 70.5 71 59.5 61 59 63.5
PS 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 5 5 4 6 6 6 6 6 7 6
Librarian 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Assistant Librarian 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Typing Manager 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Typist 24 22 23 19 22 19 21 19 19 16.5 14 14 16 15 15 14 15 12 15
Senior Messenger 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 2 — 2 2
Messenger 16 17 17 17 16 16 16 13 13 9 10 8 9 8 9 8 — 8 9
Chief Paperkeeper 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 — — — — — — — — — — — —
Senior Paperkeeper 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 — 1 — 1 — —
Paper Keeper 13 11 9 10 8 8 8 8 6 8 7 6 6 4 4 3 4 3 3
Office Keeper II 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 — 1 — — — —
Reprographics I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Reprographics II 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Teleprint Operator 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 — — — — — — — — — —
Telephonist 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Total 970 946 977 914 921 842 862 751 780 697.5 722 711.5 720 676.5 689 648.5 664 646.5 673

Table B
Statistics 1 Division
The following figures relate to the position as at 1 April of each year
Grade 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Staff in post Posts Staff in post Posts Staff in post Posts Staff in post Posts Staff in post Posts Staff in post Posts Staff in post Posts Staff in post Posts Staff in post Posts
G3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Chief Statistician 6 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 — — — —
G5 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 3 3 3 3
G7 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 11 11 11 12
Statistician 17 17 16 14 14 14 12 12 12 12 11 11 12 12 — — — —
Senior Assistant Statistician 2 12 2 10 3 8 1 7 3 7 — 7 2 7 1 7 2 7
Assistant Statistician 4 4 3 3 1 3 5 3 —
SEO 3 3 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
HEO 18 19 16 15 13 13 12 12 12 12 12 11 9 11 8 8 8 8
EO 33 32 30 24 22 21 19 17 19 17 15 14 15 14 16 14 16 14
AO 65.5 65 56.5 46 35.5 37 28 29 28 28 20 19.5 16 18.5 18.5 16.5 18.5 17.5
AA 7.5 8 4.5 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 — 1 2 1 3 3 2 3
PS 6 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Paper Keeper — — — — 1 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Principal Research 1 1 1 1 1 1 — — — — — — — — — — — —
OFF(R) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Total 164 167 143 126 106.5 109 86 88 86 87 70 72.5 70 72.5 69.5 68.5 66.5 70.5

Table C
Statistics 2 Division
The following figures relate to the position as at 1 April of each year
Grade 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Staff in post Posts Staff in post Posts Staff in post Posts Staff in post Posts Staff in post Posts Staff in post Posts Staff in post Posts Staff in post Posts Staff in post Posts
G3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Chief Statistician 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 — — — — —
G5 — — — — — — — — — — — — 1 3 3 3 3 3
G7 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 — — 3 8 8.5 9 8.5 8.5
Statistician 8 8 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 5 — — — — —
Senior Assistant Statistician 2 4 3 6 5 6 2 6 2 5 1 6 1 5 3 6 2 6
Assistant Statistician 3 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2
SEO — — — — — — 1 — 1 1 1 — 1 — 1 — 1 —
HEO 12 11 13 12 13 12 12 11 11 11 11 11 12 11 10 11 9.5 11
EO 21 24 22 24 22 25 24.5 23 22 22 23 24 18 23 16 20 19.5 18
AO 55 59 56 56 47.5 51 42.5 43 38.5 41 46.5 47 42.5 46 435 44.5 39.5 41
AA 3 2 2 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 5.5 3 5.5 7 5 4 5
SPS — — — — — — — — — — 1 — — — — — 1 —
PS 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 2 4
Paper Keeper 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Total 115 121 116 120 109.5 116 104 105 97.5 102 105.5 111.5 96.5 107.5 99 104.5 94 98.5

Table E
Grade SIP 1 April 1990 Posts 1 April 1990 SIP 1 April 1991 Posts 1 April 1991
Grade 5 1 1 1 1
Grade 7 11 11 10.6 10.5
Senior assistant statistician 3 6 2 2
Assistant statistician 1 — 1 2
HEO 5 5 2.5 2.5
EO 13 15 11 11
AO 14 17 10 10
AA 3 3 1 1
PS 1 1 1 1

Grade SIP 1 April 1990 Posts 1 April 1990 SIP 1 April 1991 Posts 1 April 1991
Support grade 2 1 1 — 1
Total 53 60 40.1 42

Table D
Economics and statistics division
SIP 1 April 1980
G3 5
Chief Statistician 10
Statistician 30
S/Assistant Statistician 8
Assistant Statistician 4
S/Economic/Advisor 8
Economic/Advisor 19.5
S/Economic/Assistant 10
G7 3
SEO 4
HEO 42
HSO 1
EO 77
AO 145.5
AA 9
SPS 2
Principal Research Officer 4
S/Research Officer 1
Research Officer 1
PS 19
Paper Keeper 1
Total 404