HC Deb 01 May 1991 vol 190 cc214-5W
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 Her Majesty's Customs and Excise; and if he will differentiate between staff in statistical posts and staff in administrative posts.

Mrs. Gillian Shephard

The available information on the numbers of staff in the tariff and statistical office of Her Majesty's Customs and Excise is shown in the following schedule. In addition, one statistician, supported by two administrative staff, is employed in the budget and central unit. I regret that detailed historical figures on the latter are not available.

Her Majesty's Customs and Excise tariff and statistical office Complement (Comp.) and substantive staff-in-post (SIP) as at 1 April
1991–92 1990–91 1989–90 1988–89 1987–88 1986–87 1985–86 1984–85 1983–84 1982–83 1981–82 1980–81 1979–80
Comp. SIP Comp SIP Comp SIP Comp. SIP Comp. SIP Comp. SIP Comp. SIP Comp. SIP Comp. SIP Comp. SIP Comp SIP Comp. SIP Comp. SIP
Administrative Grades
Grade 5 — — 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 — — — — — — — — — — — —
Grade 6 2 2 1 1 — — — — — — — — — — 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Grade 7 6 5 6 2 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
SEO 15 15 14 11 10 9 10 9 10 9 11 10 11 11 11 11 11 10 13 12 14 14 15 14 14 13
HEO 36 36 34 30 22 21 22 17 22 18 24 22 28 28 28 26 30 27 31 30 31 28 32 32 37 34
EO 93 93 99 77 83 71 86 78 87 89 89 89 104 98 106 106 128 117 134 135 134 106 118 98 144 118
AO 175 153.5 174 174 184 170 187 192 193 190 204 203 207 196 217 215 220 225 276 285 340 338 396 386 434 419
AA 200 198 202 202.5 213 213 205 230 209 206 228 217 146 126 148 142 148 141 170 167 137 148 197 196 232 258
SM 3 — — — — — — 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2
SGB 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 3 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
SGB2 12 13 12 14 12 13 12 9 14 7 14 11 14 13 17 17 17 14 17 14 17 17 17 17 17 17
PS 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 | 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Typist 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 — —
Sub Total 544 520.5 548 517.5 532 502 531 543 545 529 580 562 520 482 537 527 565 544 651 652 683 660 785 753 887 868
Statistical Grades
Chief Statistician 1 1 — — — — — — — — — — — — 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Grade 6
Statistician — — 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 — — — — — — — — — — — —
Statistician 2 1 2 — 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Senior Assistant Statistician 2 3 3 1 1 — 1 — 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 — 1 — 1 — 1 — 1 —
Assistant Statistician — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1 — 1 — — — —
Sub Total Grand Total 5 5 6 2 3 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 3
Grand Total 549 525.5 554 519.5 535 504 535 546 549 533 584 566 524 486 541 531 569 547 655 656 687 664 789 756 891 871

Note: W.e.f 1986–87 the AO and AA figures include SDPs and DPs respectively