HC Deb 28 February 1992 vol 204 cc673-4W
Mrs. Mahon

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish a table showing the number of(a) men and (b) women in his 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.

Mr. Alan Clark

The following full-time equivalent numbers of men and women in grade level equivalents grade 1 to AA were employed in the Ministry of Defence on 1 April 1991:

Grade Men Women Total
Grade 1 4.0 4.0
Grade 2 11.0 11.0
Grade 3 63.0 1.0 64.0
Grade 4 31.0 31.0
Grade 5 370.0 12.0 382.0
Grade 6 832.0 13.0 845.0
Grade 7 3,079.0 131.0 3,210.0
SEO 6,290.5 365.5 6,656.0
HEO 12,008.5 2,052.0 14,060.5
EO (Note 1) 18,050.0 4,153.5 22,203.5
AO (Note 2) 10,416.5 13,566.5 23,983.0
AA (Note 2) 2,587.0 10,352.5 12,939.5
Totals 53,742.5 30,647.0 84,389.5

Note 1. Five male administration trainees are included in the EO grade level equivalent figures.

Note 2. Formerly titled CO and CA respectively.

Rates of military salary Percentage increase in pay
Financial year to financial year
1975–76 to 1979–80 1979–80 to 1985–86 1985–86 to 1991–92
Military salary: all ranks 74.2 68.4 59.3
Senior officers (Major General and above) 40.6 91.2 63.3

Mrs. Mahon

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the total number of employees in his Department; and how many are(b) black and (b) disabled.

Mr. Alan Clark

The information as at 1 January 1992, based on voluntary surveys, is:

Staff Number
Total staff (industrial and non-industrial) 133,158
Total Respondents to ethnic minority survey 111,118
Self-identified ethnic minority staff 2,041
Registered Disabled staff 1,164