HC Deb 22 June 1995 vol 262 c362W
Mr. Battle

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many scientists there are in his Department, listed by grade. [30218]

Mr. Norris

According 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