§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment 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. HowardResponsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to my executive agencies under their chief executives. I have asked Mr. Roger Courtney to arrange for a reply to be given for the Building Research Establishment; Professor David Rhind for the Ordnance Survey; Mr. Stephen Crow for the Planning Inspectorate; Mr. Marcus Buck for the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre; and Mr. Roger Powell for the Buying Agency.
Letter from R. G. Courtney to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 2 November 1992:
PQ: Executive Agency staff numbers and costs—BRE
The Secretary of State has asked me to respond to your question regarding BRE's staff numbers and costs for 1991–92 and 1992–93.
The average number of BRE staff in each grade during 1991–92 and the estimated equivalent for 1992–93 are given in the attached table. These figures include staff employed on a casual basis.
The "full economic cost" for the staff in post in 1991–92 was £16,734k and the present estimate for the equivalent cost in 1992–93 is £18, 330k.
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Average number of staff at BRE in 1991–92 and 1992–93 by grade Grade 1991–92 1992–93 Grade 3 1.0 1.0 Grade 4 1.0 1.0 Grade 5 5.0 5.0 Grade 6 24.0 25.0 Grade 7 90.0 96.5 Senior Scientific Officer 97.5 100.5 Higher Scientific Officer 95.5 102.5 Scientific Officer 62.5 60.0 Assistant Scientific Officer 17.5 13.5 Senior Professional and Technology Officer 16.0 18.0 Higher Professional and Technology Officer 11.0 12.0 Professional and Technology Officer 12.0 12.0 Technical Grade I (PTO) 1.0 1.0 Senior Information Officer 6.0 7.0 Information Officer 7.0 9.0 Assistant Information Officer 2.0 4.0 Senior Librarian 1.0 1.0 Librarian 1.0 1.0 Assistant Librarian 1.0 1.0 Senior Photographic Officer 2.0 2.0 Higher Photographic Officer 3.0 4.0 Photographic Officer 5.0 4.0 Senior Executive Officer 1.0 1.0 Higher Executive Officer 9.0 11.5 Executive Officer 23.0 24.5 Administrative Officer 74.5 76.5 Administrative Assistant 5.5 3.0 Senior Personal Secretary 1.0 1.0 Personal Secretary 21.5 21.5
Grade 1991–92 1992–93 Typing Manager 2.0 2.0 Typist 15.5 17.5 Graphics Officer 1.0 1.0 Technical Grade 1 (DOA) 1.5 1.5 Technical Grade 2 (Tracer) 2.0 2.0 Assistant Chief Reprographics Officer 10 10 Reprographics Officer 1 3.5 3.5 Senior Messenger 1.0 1.0 Messenger 2.0 2.0 Telephonist 3.0 3.0 College-based Sandwich Course Student — — Vacation Student — — Industrial 94.0 82.5
Ordnance survey staffing 1991–92 1992–93 (estimated) Grade No. of staff in 1991–92 Salary cost 1991–92 £ Forecast staff in 1992–93 Salary cost 1992–93 £ Unified grades Grade 3 1.0 68,198 1.0 71,477 Grade 5 3.0 162,486 3.0 170,313 Grade 6 8.0 373,496 8.0 393,880 Grade 7 39.0 1,419,132 40.0 1,530,960 Administrative grades SEO 27.0 727,110 28.0 790,920 HEO 73.0 1,563,039 82.0 1,851,321 EO 105.0 1,744,995 106.0 1,870,264 AO 168.0 2,127,216 175.0 2,347,450 AA 52.0 484,432 53.0 533,498 Senior personal secretary 1.0 17,049 1.0 17,849 Personal secretary 3.0 41,814 3.0 43,773 Typing manager 1.0 17,634 10 18,460 Typist 12.0 123,456 9.0 96,921 Graduate trainee 6.0 98,880 3.0 53,097 Librarian 1.0 22,638 1.0 23,735 Assistant librarian 1.0 18,618 1.0 19,520 Mapping and charting grades SMCO 61.0 1,777,784 67.0 2,057,101 HMCO 181.0 4,199,200 179.0 4,355,786 MCO 1,091.0 21,446,878 1,106.0 22,831,158 MCT1 362.0 6,101,510 274.0 4,875,830 MCT2 59.0 711,953 51.0 658,716 Carto assistant 1.0 14,125 0 0 Support grades Stores C 3.0 58,107 3.0 60,921 Stores D 4.0 63,240 5.0 85,640 Support manager 2 1.0 17,928 1.0 18,815 Support manager 3 3.0 43,143 3.0 46,539 Support grade band 1 35.0 419,580 37.0 472,490 Support grade band 2 74.0 736,966 74.0 784,548 P & T Group PTO 1.0 20,138 1.0 21,113 Technical grade 1 5.0 84,105 5.0 88,180 Industrial 32.0 291,340 14.0 134,211 Letter from Stephen Crow to Mr. Martin Redmond dated 3 November 1992:
1. The Secretary of State for the Environment has asked me to reply on behalf of the Planning Inspectorate to your recent Parliamentary Question in which you asked for a list by grade of the numbers of staff and their cost for 1991–92, and estimated figures for 1992–93.
2. The Planning Inspectorate was launched as a joint Agency in the Department of the Environment and the Welsh Office on 1 April 1992. The Agency's estimated staff cost for 1992–93 is £ 13.9 million. The breakdown of permanent staff by grades (as at 1 September 1992) is in the attached table.
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Grade 1991–92 1992–93 Total 724.0 738.0 Letter from David Rhind to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 2 November 1992:
The Secretary of State for the Environment has asked me to reply to your question about staff numbers and cost. I enclose a table which shows the Ordnance Survey staff numbers by grade and their associated costs for 1991–92 and the corresponding estimated figures for 1992–93.
The cost figures quoted comprise salaries, ERNIC, superannuation, overtime and specialist allowances.
3. Prior to 1 April 1992 the Welsh Office were directly responsible for the Inspectorate's functions in Wales. The average number of permanent staff undertaking the Inspectorate's functions in England during 1991–92 was 613 and the salary cost was £12.3 million.
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The Planning Inspectorate Staff in Post as at 1 September 1992 Grade Staff in Post 3 1.0 4 2.0 5 14.0 6 2.0
Grade Staff in Post 7 7.0 Principal Housing and Planning Inspector 39.0 Senior Housing and Planning Inspector 117.0 Housing and Planning Inspector 84.0 Senior Executive Officer 7.0 Higher Executive Officer 33.5 Executive Officer 78.0 Senior Personal Secretary 1.0 Personal Secretary 14.0 Administrative Officer 167.5 Administrative Assistant etc. 69.5 Typist 1.0 Total 637.5 Letter from Mr. Marcus Buck to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 30 October 1992:
I am responding to your question regarding the above subject. Figures for The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre are as follows:
1991–92 1992–93 AO 15 16 EO 11 10 HEO 4 4 SEO 1 1 SIO 2 1 Grade 7 5 4 Grade 6 0 1 Grade 5 1 1
December 1991 October 1992 October 19931 Staff Salaries Staff Salaries Staff Salaries Administration Officers 34 287,599 31 280,404 29 267,560 Support Grades 4 33,712 4 35,864 4 36,581 Typists 5 39,073 5 41,569 5 42,400 Executive Officers 22 268,745 20 259,134 20 264,317 Personal Secretaries 2 21,620 2 23,000 2 23,460 SM3/SPS/Typing Manager 3 36,987 3 39,348 3 40,135 Technical Officer — — — — — — HEO 7 114,735 7 122,059 7 124,500 HPTO 6 137,059 10 236,950 12 290,027 SEO 4 93,382 4 99,343 4 101,330 SPTO 7 151,340 9 212,069 11 264,379 Grade 7 7 184,980 6 170,759 6 174,174 Grade 6 2 75,000 2 78,500 2 82,500 Grade 5 l 47,000 l 49,000 1 50,750 104 1,496,232 104 1,653,499 107 1,779,523 1 Forecast.