§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list(a) by grade the number employed, (b) the staffing costs for the year 1991–92 and (c) the estimate for 1992–93, for the Teachers Pensions Agency.
§ Mr. ForthResponsibility for staff numbers and costs has been delegated to the Teachers Pensions Agency under its chief executive Mrs. Denyse Metcalfe. I have asked her to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Denyse Metcalfe to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 3 November 1992:
The Secretary of State for Education has asked me to supply a detailed answer to the recent question you tabled about the staffing levels and costs of the Teachers' Pensions Agency.
The Agency was not established until 1 April 1992. The estimate of numbers to be employed during the year 1992–93 is as follows:
Grade Estimated numbers (full-time equivalent) Grade 5 1.0 Grade 7 4.0 SEO 4.7 HEO 19.0 EO 43.4 AO 142.6 AA 71.9 SGB1 2.0 SGB2 17.0 Personal Secretary 1.0 306.6 The estimated staffing cost for 1992–93 is £3.725 million.
I have copied this reply to Mr. Forth.