§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 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. WaldegraveResponsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to the following agency chief executives: Mr. Mike Devereau, Central Office of Information; Miss Marianne Neville-Rolfe, Civil Service College; Mr. Paul Freeman, Her Majesty's Stationery Office; Dr. George Sorrie, Occupational Health Service and Mr. Michael Geddes, Recruitment and Assessment Services Agency. I have asked them to write to the hon. Member. Copies of their replies will be placed in the Library.
Letter from Miss Marianne Neville-Rolfe to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 9 November 1992
You asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he would 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.
I am replying to you in respect of the Civil Service College. The information you have asked for is set out in the attached table.
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Civil service college sunningdale statement of average numbers and staff costs Grade 1991–92 average numbers employed 1992–93 average numbers employed/planned 3 1 1 5 3 2.50 6 12.25 15 7 60.75 61 Senior Executive Officer 18 13.75
Grade 1991–92 average numbers employed 1992–93 average numbers employed/planned Senior Librarian 1 1 Higher Executive Officer 15.50 15.50 Executive Officer 28.25 29 Assistant Librarian 1.50 1.50 Senior Personal Secretary 1 1.50 Professional and Technology Officer 0.50 1 Administrative Officer 55.75 60.50 Administrative Assistant 7.25 6.50 Personal Secretary 5.25 6.50 Typing Manager 1 — Typist 2.25 0.50 Support Grade Band 1 2.50 3 Support Grade Band 2 7.25 8.25 Total 224 228 Casuals employed in year 4.50 5.50 Grand Total 228.50 233.50 Total staff costs (including ERNIC) £4,952,000 £5,382,000 Notes:
1. Staff Numbers include part-time employees who are counted as 0.50, hence the 0.25 on averaging.
2. Average is between 1st April and 31st March numbers.
3. Costs are total employee costs inclusive of Earnings Related National Insurance Contributions.
Letters from Mr. Michael D. Geddes to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 2 November 1992.
The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster has asked me to reply for Recruitment and Assessment Services to your Question asking him to 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.
The information for RAS is set out in the table annexed to this letter.
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RAS Staff 1991–92 and 1992–93 Average for 1991–92 Current 1992–93 Grade 3 1 1 Grade 5 1.5 1 Grade 6 4.5 4 Grade 7 18.25 16 Senior Executive Officer 8 7 Senior Information Officer 0.5 1 Senior Psychologist 2.5 3 Higher Executive Officer 13 10 Information Officer 0.75 1 Higher Psychologist 1 2 Executive Officer 36.25 29 Psychologist 1.25 0 Assistant Information Officer 1.25 1 Administrative Officer 56.5 51 Administrative Assistant 34 25 Typing Manager 1 1 Senior Personal Secretary 1 2 Personal Secretary 5.5 1.5 Typist 12.25 9 Support Manager Grade 2 1 1 Support Manager Grade 3 1 1 Support Grade 1 12.5 10 Support Grade 2 22 15.5 236.5 193
Average for 1991;92 Current 1992;93 Cost: £ £ Salaries 3,613,282 3,198,000 Superannuation 570,408 498,000 Casuals 35,879 37,000 TOTAL 4,219,569 3,733,000 Letter from Dr. George Sorrie to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 4 November 1992.
I have been asked by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to reply to your question about the numbers of staff and their costs in the Civil Service Occupational Health Service Executive Agency.
I attach a table which shows the number of staff by grade as at 30 September 1991 and 1992. We also employ staff from time to time on a fee paid basis.
In 1991–92 staff costs for permanent staff were £2.671 million. A further £0.113 million was spent on staff loaned from other Government departments and on staff overtime and £0.249 million on fee paid sessional staff and agency staff. Business Plan forecasts for the current financial year are £2,990 million, £0.140 million and £0.240 million respectively.
Civil Service Occupational Health Service Number of Staff1 1991–92 Number of Staff1 1992–93 Grade 3 1 1 4 2 2 5 8 8 6 8 8 7 3 4 Senior Executive Officer (SEO) 2 2 Senior Professional and Technical Officer (SPTO) 2 2 Higher Executive Officer (HEO) 2 2 Executive Officer (EO) 3 4 Administrative Officer (AO) 15 15 Personal Secretary (PS) 6 6 Administrative Assistant (AO) 6 5 Typist 6 8 Senior Occupational Health Adviser (SOHA) 6 7 Occupational Health Adviser (OHA) 13 20 Occupational Health Practitioner (OHP) 14 13 Occupational Health Nurse (OHN) 17 21 114 128 1 Numbers of staff in post as at 30 September includes part-time staff and staff on short-term contracts. Letter from Mr. Paul Freeman to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 3 November 1992.
I am responding in respect of HMSO to your Question to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster about staff numbers and costs, which has been referred to Chief Executives.
I should explain first that HMSO does not follow the traditional financial year of April to March, but operates on a calendar year basis. Total staff costs in 1991 were £63.9 million and the 1992 outturn is expected to be around £67.7 million. Both figures cover permanent, casual and agency staff, and include basic pay, national insurance, superannuation, bonus and overtime, and some redundancy and early retirement costs.
751WHMSO is also an exception to the standard Civil Service grading arrangements. Apart from my own, all posts were reclassified in 1991 under an analytical job evaluation system based on pay bands. The attached list shows the average numbers employed in each pay band in 1991 and 1992.
1991 1992 Grade 2 1 1 Pay Band 20 2 2 19 — — 18 4 4 17 4 3 16 5 6 15 7 6 14 12 12 13 36 36 12 18 17 11 55 56 10 94 94 9 162 166 8 221 221 7 410 419 6 172 163 5 272 270 4 414 393 3 184 175 2 81 66 1 45 37 Industrial Staff 1,169 1,103 Totals 3,368 3,250 Letter from Mr. Mike Devereau to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 4 November 1992.
I am replying to your question about staff numbers and costs.
For 1991–92 our total paybill, excluding accrued early retirement liabilities, was £16.3m. I expect the figure for 1992–93 to be in the region of £15.7m.
The average number of staff employed during 1991–92 was 709 of which 685 were permanent employees and 24 casual. In 1992–93 I expect the average to be in the region of 645 of which 625 would be permanent employees and 20 casual. A breakdown of average staff numbers by grade for 1991–92 and projected average staff numbers for 1992–93 is attached.
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Average staff numbers 1991–92 actual 1992–93 estimated Permanent staff Chief Executive (G3) 1 1 Deputy Director General (G5) 1 1 Grade 5 5 5 Grade 6 12 10 Grade 7 35 35 Supervisory Engineer 1 1 Senior Executive Officer 13 12 Senior Information Officer 112 111 Senior Engineer 2 1 Engineer 4 5 Chief Typing Manager 1 1 Higher Executive Officer 26 25 Information Officer 164 146 Librarian 1 1 Senior Personal Secretary 1 1 Typing Manager 3 1 Assistant Information Officer 36 29 Executive Officer 43 42 Personal Secretary 14 14 Vault Keeper 2 2 Assistant Librarian 3 3 Support Manager 3 4 4 Typist 23 16 Administration Officer 106 94 Support Grade Band 1 19 17 Studio Assistant 2 1
1991–92 actual 1992–93 estimated Carpenter 1 1 Support Grade Band 2 27 25 Administrative Assistant 23 20 Sub-total 685 625 Casual staff Information Officer 2 1 Assistant Information Officer 2 0 Administration Officer 13 12 Administration Assistant 4 4 Support Grade Band 2 2 2 Typist 1 0 Sub-Total 24 19 Total 709 644