§ Mr. Terry DavisTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many civil servants in grades 7 and principal and above were employed at 1 October 1981 and 1 October 1991.
§ Mr. NelsonThe information readily available relates to 1 January 1981 and 1 April 1991 and is published in "Civil Service Statistics", copies of which are available in the House of Commons Library.
With the introduction of unified grading between 1984 and 1986 principal grade and equivalents were replaced by grade 7, senior principal by grade 6. Data comparable to unified grades are not available for years before 1986.