§ Dr. BrayTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) how many staff work in his Department's science section; and what is the distribution of their grades;
(2) what are the annual running costs of the Advisory Board for the Research Councils.
§ Mr. EggarThere are 36–3 full-time equivalent staff in the 00Department's science branch in the following grades:
Number Grade 3 1 Grade 5 2 Grade 6 1 Grade 71 8 SEO 2 HEO(D) (accountant) 1 HEO 7 764W
Number of secondary pupils per youth worker/club leader by LEA 1989–90 1988–89 1987–88 1986–87 1985–86 1984–85 1983–84 1982–83 1981–82 1980–81 1979–80 Outer London boroughs 301 Barking 829 541 980 1,023 1,168 1,110 1,131 487 705 599 623 302 Barnet 731 1,365 — 1,171 1,133 1,176 1,155 515 971 389 416 303 Bexley — 408 417 464 485 367 1,204 562 1,336 619 1,629 304 Brent 573 145 161 171 203 138 146 141 374 317 335 305 Bromley 502 515 627 735 774 804 914 1,905 1,800 1,858 1.527 306 Croydon — — 500 561 598 876 974 1,162 841 912 1,183
Number Senior personal secretary 1 Administration trainee 1 EO 4 Personal secretaries 3 AO 3.5 AA 0.8 Typist 1 1 Grade 7 is seconded to the Link secretariat at the Department of Trade and Industry. In 1990–91 the net running costs of the Department's science branch amounted to about £767,000 excluding accommodation costs and certain centrally provided services.
§ Dr. BrayTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) how many staff work for the Advisory Board for the Research Councils; and what is the distribution of their grades;
(2) what are the annual running costs of his Department's science section.
§ Mr. Alan HowarthThe advisory board's secretariat currently consists of the following staff:
Number Grade 5 1 Grade 7 2 HEO 1 EO 1 Personal secretaries 2 AO 0.5 AA 0.2 and there is one grade 7 vacancy The ABRC s running costs in 1990–91 totalled £498,000, including the costs of commissioned studies but