§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will list by grade the numbers of staff and their cost for 1991–92 and the estimated figures for 1992–93 for each executive agency for which he is responsible.
Mr. John M. TaylorThe Lord Chancellor is responsible for two agencies,—the Public Record Office and Her Majesty's Land Registry. Responsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to the chief executives of both agencies and I have asked them to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from W. Arnold to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 30 October 1992:
The Chief Executive is presently absent from the Office and, as Principal Establishment Officer of the Public Record Office, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question as set down below, since this is a matter delegated to the Office under the terms of the Agency's Framework Document.
I enclose tables giving the information you seek in respect of the Public Record Office.
If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to ask me.
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Public record office Staff in post: 1 April 1992 Number Grade 3 1.0 Grade 5 3.0 Grade 6 6.0 Grade 7 21.0 Grade 8 20.0 Grade 9 20.5 Grade 10 44.5 Grade 11 48.5 Grade 12 4.5 Senior Personal Secretary 1.5 Typing Manager 1.5 Personal Secretary 3.0 Typist 6.5 Conservation Officer D 1.0 Conservation Officer E 4.0 Conservation Officer F 13.0 Conservation Officer G 11.0 Museum Support Grade 2 1.0 Museum Support Grade 3 7.5 Support Manager 1 1.0 Support Manager 2 8.0 Support Manager 3 16.0 Support Grade Band 1 41.5 Support Grade Band 2 141.0 Total 426.5 Casual staff Typist 1.0 Support Grade Band 2 2.5 Staff costs 1991–92 £6.742 million
Public record office Estimated staff in post: 1 April 1993 Number Grade 3 1.0 Grade 5 3.0 Grade 6 4.0 Grade 7 24.0 Grade 8 22.5 Grade 9 25.0 Grade 10 54.0 Grade 11 62.0 Grade 12 5.5 Senior Personal Secretary 1.5 Typing Manager 1.5 Personal Secretary 3.0 Typist 8.0 Conservation Officer D 1.0 Conservation Officer E 4.0 Conservation Officer F 16.0 Conservation Officer G 8.0 Museum Support Grade 2 1.0 Museum Support Grade 3 8.0 Support Manager 1 1.0 Support Manager 2 8.0 Support Manager 3 16.0 Support Grade Band 1 38.0 Support Grade Band 2 151.0 Total 467.0 Casual staff Support Grade Band 2 6 Estimated costs 1992–93 £7.200 million Letter from John Manthorpe to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 2 November 1992:
324WThe Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, has asked me to reply to your question concerning staff numbers by grade and their cost for 1991–92 and the estimated figure for 1992–93 in the Land Registry.
The table attached indicates the permanent staff in post by grade at the beginning and end of 1991–92 and an estimate of the total at 1 April 1993. Costs, both inclusive and exclusive of superannuation expenditure, for permanent staff in 1991–92 and an estimate for 1992–93 are also shown in the table.
Her Majesty's Land Registry 1. Staff in post Actual staff in post Estimated staff in post 1 April 1991 Permanent 1 April 1992 Permanent 1 April 1993 Permanent Grade 2 1.0 1.0 1.0 Grade 3 1.0 1.0 1.0 Grade 4 0.0 0.0 1.0 Grade 5 (legal) 14.0 17.0 17.0 Grade 6 (legal) 18.0 19.0 20.0 Grade 7 (legal) 89.5 84.0 81.5 Legal officer 7.0 4.0 2.5 Grade 5 4.0 4.0 3.0 Grade 6 20.0 23.0 23.0 Grade 7 45.0 46.0 47.0 SEO 295.0 290.5 282.0 HEO 601.0 592.5 580.0 EO 2,152.0 2,103.5 2,050.0 AO(SDP) 53.5 44.0 30.0 AO 3,236.0 3,137.0 2,996.0 AA(DP) 316.0 284.0 267.0 AA 1,158.5 966.0 865.0 Chief typing manager 12.0 11.0 11.0 Typing manager 73.0 72.5 72.5 Senior personal secretary 2.0 1.0 2.0 Personal secretary 8.0 7.0 8.0 Typist 786.0 776.0 770.0 Trainee typist 0.0 0.0 0.0 Support manager 1 1.0 1.0 1.0 Support manager 2 4.0 4.0 2.0 Support manager 3 51.5 54.5 53.0 Support grade band 1 204.0 188.0 166.0 Support grade band 2 890.0 822.0 783.0 Night watchman 4.0 3.5 3.5 Total 10,047.0 9,557.0 9,139.0 Note: These figures relate to permanent staff, part-timers are counted as half.
2. Staff costs 1991–92 £ million 1992–93 (estimate) £ million 124.221 129.100 (144.031) (149.450) Note: The figures in brackets include superannuation costs.