HC Deb 19 July 1995 vol 263 cc1435-6W
Ms Armstrong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for each civil service grade in his Department the number of(a) male and (b) female (i) full-time and (ii) part-time employees. [35460]

Mr. Howard

The numbers of permanent industrial and non-industrial staff on 1 April 1995 on a head count basis for the main Home Office and its agencies were as follows. Figures for the Prison Service shown are as from 17 July 1995.

(a) Male (b) Female
(i) Full-time (ii) Part-time (i) Full-time (ii) Part-time
Home Office Main (includes IND) 4,605 34 3,739 705
UKPA 538 10 825 150
FSS 339 0 249 116
FSC 109 2 74 7
Prison Service 31,715 280 6477 1,014
Total 37,306 326 11,364 1,992

The breakdown by grade of non-industrial staff was as follows:

Prison service staff: Administrative and other staff shown by grade equivalent. Prison service grades shown separately
Grade level equivalents (a) Male (b) Female
(i) Full-time (ii) Part-time (i) Full-time (ii) Part-time
Administrative grades
Grade 1 0 0 0 0
Grade 21 0 0 0 0
Grade 31 0 0 0 0
Grade 4 9 0 2 0
Grade 5 53 0 9 8
Grade 6 98 5 14 0
Grade 7 132 86 17 4
Senior Executive Officer 332 97 71 25
Highest Executive Officer 373 1 244 15
Executive Officer 1,413 6 885 56
Administrative Officer 529 15 1,512 329
Administrative Assistant 1,672 38 853 457
Total 4,611 248 3,536 886
Prison service staff: Administrative and other staff shown by grade equivalent. Prison service grades shown separately
Grade level equivalents (a) Male (b) Female
(i) Full-time (ii) Part-time (i) Full-time (ii) Part-time
Prison service grades
Gov 1 45 0 2 0
Gov 2 72 0 5 0
Gov 3 111 0 16 0
Gov 4 282 0 41 0
Gov 5 395 0 23 0
Gov 5 (APS) 25 0 10 0
Principal Officer 1,265 0 46 0
Principal Officer (APS) 29 1 22 0
Senior Officer 3,369 0 169 1
Prison Officer 17,320 20 2,016 22
Prison Aux 1,499 3 354 12
Total 24,412 24 2,703 35
Grand total 29,023 272 6,241 921
1 Posts at these levels are centrally managed and the staff concerned are included within the figures for Home Office staff.
Home Office staff by grade equivalents (including agencies other than the prison service)
(a) Male (b) Female
Grade level equivalents (i) Full-time (ii) Part-time (i) Full-time (ii) Part-time
Grade 1 1 0 0 0
Grade 2 7 0 0 0
Grade 3 24 0 4 0
Grade 4 7 0 0 0
Grade 5 61 2 10 5
Grade 6 76 0 9 4
Grade 7 354 0 106 20
Senior Executive Officer 475 3 123 31
Higher Executive Officer 948 2 413 91
Executive Officer 2,081 13 1,487 227
Administrative Officer 786 14 1,565 302
Administrative Assistant 675 11 1,171 295
Total ,5,495 45 4,888 974