HC Deb 24 June 1992 vol 210 c223W
Sir Thomas Arnold

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the responsibilities of each of the deputy secretaries in his Department and the numbers and ranks of staff reporting to each.

Mr. Nelson

The responsibilities of each of the deputy secretaries in the Treasury are as follows. The information on the numbers of staff reporting to each is contained in the table.

  • Deputy Secretary (Overseas Finance):
  • Responsible for:
    • European Community Group
    • Aid and Export Finance Group
    • International Finance Group
  • Deputy Secretary (Public Finance):
  • Responsible for:
    • Fiscal Policy Group
    • Monetary Policy Group
Grade DS DS DS DS DS
Overseas finance Public finance Public services CS Management and pay Industry
G3 4 2 2 3 3
G4 1
G5 7 4 8 11 7
G6 1 1 2 7 2
G7 17 9 16 42 17
SEO 3 1 6 37 3
HEO 4 1 10 30 13
HEO(D) 2 1 2 1
AT 1 2 1 3
EO 9 4 8 45 10
SAS 27
AS 1
SSO 1
HSO 1
SEA 2 4
EA 3
AO 11 6 10 43 16
AA 4 3 7 17 6
SPS 1 2 2 2
PS 11 8 9 16 10
Typist 2 3 2 4 4
SB2 1 1
Total 81 48 87 265 97

Notes:

1. Staff in post figures as at I June 1992, except for financial services command which includes latest estimate of staff being transferred from DTI.

2. Figures for part-time staff rounded down.

3. In addition to the above staff there are 761 staff in the following commands: First Permanent Secretary, Second Permanent Secretary responsible for Public Expenditure (ie, the General Expenditure Policy Group and the Defence Policy and Material Group), Chief Economic Adviser, Chief Accountancy Adviser and the Establishments and Organisation Group.