HC Deb 04 February 1993 vol 218 cc314-5W
Ms. Eagle

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of persons, full-time equivalent, in each grade for each section of the Health and Safety Executive in the north-west for each of the last 10 years.

Mr. McLoughlin

Available information about staffing in HSE's Field Operations Division, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, and North West areas is given in the table for 1 April 1991, 1 April 1992, and 1 January 1993. Figures for earlier years could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

Grade 1 April 1991 1 April 1992 1 January 1993
Principal specialist inspector 6 7 5
Specialist inspector 11 11 9
Senior scientific officer 1 1 1
Higher scientific officer 1 1 1
Scientific officer 1 2
Assistant scientific officer 2 1
Senior inspecting officer 1 1 1
Higher professional technological officer 2 1 1
Senior employment medical adviser 1 1 1
Employment medical adviser 1.5 1.5 2.5
Senior employment nursing adviser 1 1
Employment nursing adviser 1 2 2
Ward sister (SRN) 1
TOTAL 107 103.5 100

North West
Grade 1 April 1991 1 April 1992 1 January 1993
Higher executive officer 1 1 1
Executive officer 2 2 3
Administrative officer 9 9.5 10.5
Administrative assistant 8 6.5 7.5
Typing manager 1 1 1
Typist 6.5 6 5.5
Personal secretary 2 2 2
Support grade band 1 1 1 1
Support grade band 2 0.5 0.5 0.5
Superintending inspector factories 1
Deputy superintending inspector factories 1 1 1
Inspector class 1A 5 5 5
Inspector class 1B 7.5 8.5 11
Inspector class 2 9 12 10
Specialist inspector 2 1
Senior employment medical adviser 1 1
Employment medical adviser 1 1 1
Employment nursing adviser 1 1 2
Deputy chief inspector agriculture 1 1
Principal agricultural inspector 1 1 1
Agricultural inspector 5 7 7
Assistant agricultural inspector 2 2 3
Inspector of quarries 1 1
TOTAL 68.5 70 76

Merseyside
Grade 1 April 1991 1 April 1992 1 January 1993
Higher executive officer 1 1 1
Executive officer 3 2 4
Administrative officer 9 8 10
Administrative assistant 5 8.5 4.5
Typing manager 1 1 1
Typist 7 8 8
Personal secretary 2 2 2
Support grade band 2 1 1
Superintending inspector factories 1 1
Deputy superintending inspector factories 1 1 1
Inspector class 1A 6 6 6
Inspector class 1B 13 11.5 11.5
Inspector class 2 10 10 10
Specialist inspector 1 1
Senior employment medical adviser 1 1 1
Employment medical adviser 0.5 2 2
Employment nursing adviser 1 2 2
Ward sister (SRN) 1
Principal agricultural inspector 1 1 1
Agricultural inspector 3 2 2
Assistant agricultural inspector 2 3 1
TOTAL 69.5 71 71