§ Mrs. MahonTo ask the Attorney-General if he will publish a table showing the number of(a) men and (b) women (x) in his Department and (y) in the Lord Chancellor's Department in each of grades (i) 1, (ii) 2, (iii) 3, (iv) 4, (v) 5, (vi) 6, (vii) 7, (viii) SEO, (ix) HEO, (x) administrative trainee, (xi) EO, (xii) CO and (xiii) CA.
The Attorney-GeneralThe information requested is set out in the tables.
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(X) Legal Secretariat to the Law Officers (a) Men (b) Women Grade 1 — — 2 — — 3 — 1 4 2 — 5 3 —
(a) Men (b) Women 6 2 1 7 — 1 SEO — — HEO 1 — Administration trainee — — EO 2 — AO 1 1 AA — 1
(X) Treasury Solicitor's Department (a) Men (b) Women Grade 1 1 — 2 1 — 3 9 — 4 2 — 5 35 7 6 50 11 7 59 29 SEO 8 3 HEO 22 9 Administration trainee — — EO 27 40 AO 26 41 AA 4 4
(X) Crown Prosecution Service Grade (a) Men (b) Women 1 — — 2 — 1 3 5 — 4 9 — 5 55 2 6 165 23 7 27 5 SEO 84 32 HEO 127 174 Administration trainee — — EO 362 809 AO 334 954 AA 124 312
(X) Serious Fraud Office Grade (a) Men (b) Women 1 — — 2 — 1 3 1 — 4 — — 5 7 1 6 7 4 7 7 1 SEO 7 1 HEO 14 5 Administration trainee — — EO 7 11 AO 9 13 AA — — 653W
(Y) Lord Chancellor's Department Grade (a) Men (b) Women 1 1 — 2 2 — 3 11 — 4 5 — 5 27 2 6 55.5 19.5 7 123 42.5 SEO 225 85 HEO 522 417.5
Grade (a) Men (b) Women AT/HEOD 5 4 EO 556.5 1,185.5 AO 9,655 2.949 AA 195 511.5 (A) The figures are based on full-time equivalents, ie part-time staff count as .5.
(B) Figures for grades 6 and 7 include figures for grade equivalents.
§ Mrs. MahonTo ask the Attorney-General what is the total number of employees in(a) the Lord Chancellor's Department and (b) his Department; and how many are (i) black and (ii) disabled.
The Attorney-GeneralThe total number of staff in(a) the Lord Chancellor's Department is 11,923. The total numbers of staff in my Departments (b) are:
Department Numbers Legal Secretariat to the Law Officers 23 Treasury Solicitor's Department 474 Crown Prosecution Service 5,758 Serious Fraud Office 129 In the Lord Chancellor's Department 8,674 staff responded to an ethnic origin survey, and of these 622 were black or belonged to other ethnic minorities. As at 1 June 1991 the Lord Chacellor's Department had 171 staff who are registered as disabled.
In the Legal Secretariat to the Law Officers there are no black or registered disabled staff. In the Treasury Solicitor's Department there are 80 staff who are black or belong to other ethnic minorities. The Treasury Solicitor's Department had four members of staff who are registered as disabled.
In the Crown prosecution service, 4,012 staff responded to an ethnic origin survey, and of these 248 were black or belonged to other ethnic minorities. As at 31 August 1991 the Crown prosecution service had 40 staff who are registered as disabled.
The Serious Fraud Office has 17 staff who are black or belong to other ethnic minorities, but no employees who are registered as disabled.