§ Mr. David ShawTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 26 April,Official Report, 292–94, if he will list the numbers and staff costs to the Exchequer of each central Government Department by civil service grade for 1979–80 and 1991–92; and what comparable information he has for local authorities.
§ Mr. PortilloInformation is not available centrally about the staff costs to the Exchequer of each central Government Department by civil service grade or about the staff grading or staff costs of local authorities.
Information on numbers of non-industrial staff in post in the major departments, broken down by selected occupational groups and grades, is given in the annual publication "Civil Service Statistics" which is available from the Library. The 1991 and 1992 editions provide staffing information for 1 April 1991 and 1 April 1992 respectively. A breakdown by grade only is published in the 1979 and 1980 editions.