§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many scientists there are in his Department, listed by grade. [30218]
§ Mr. NorrisAccording to the Department's personnel information system, my Department, including executive agencies, had 338 staff in either a science grade or science discipline. A breakdown by grade is shown in the following table:
Grade title Staff Grade 4 1 Grade 5 4 Grade 6 17 Grade 7 65 Senior Professional and Technical Officer (London) 1 Senior Professional and Technology Officer 1 Senior Scientific Officer 73 Higher Executive Officer 1 Higher Scientific Officer 80 Higher scientific Officer (Development) 1 Professional and Technology Officer 1 Scientific Officer 67 Scientific Officer (London) 1 Assistant Scientific Officer 22 Sandwich Course Student 1 Technical Grade 1 1 Technical Grade 2 1 Total 338