HC Deb 28 February 1992 vol 204 cc651-3W
Mrs. Mahon

To 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-General

The information requested is set out in the tables.

(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

(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. Mahon

To 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-General

The 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.

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