HC Deb 25 November 1993 vol 233 cc173-4W
Mrs. Clwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list for each civil service grade in his Department(a) the total number of persons employed and (b) the total number of women employed.

asbestos-related diseases referred to special medical boards, and the numbers in which the diseases were diagnosed in each year since 1991 in the same format as tables given in reply to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Northfield (Mr. Burden) of 28 January 1992, Official Report, columns 514-16.

Mr. Scott

The information is in the table.

Mr. Scott

The number of permanent staff employed by the Department, including its agencies, on 31 October 1993 was as follows:

Grade (including equivalent professional and other grades) Total staff1 Number of women1
Grade 1 1 0
Grade 2 4 0
Grade 3 14 2
Grade 4 12 4
Grade 5 122 30
Grade 6 317 74
Grade 7 686 146
Senior Executive Officer 1,433 366
Higher Executive Officer 5,890 2,480
Executive Officer 25,071 15,370
Administrative Officer 45,716 34,367
Administrative Assistant 15,469 10,719
Others 160 114
TOTAL 94,895 63,672
1 Including part-time staff paid for more than 10 hours a week.
Notes:
  1. 1. Total of 94,895 equates to 88,435 full-time equivalent staff.
  2. 2. The table excludes:
  1. i) staff on loan or secondment and not being paid by the Department
  2. ii) staff on unpaid leave for more than three months or on unpaid maternity leave
  3. iii) casual staff.

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