§ Ms JowellTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister what is the total number of people employed by each of the next steps agencies under his Department's control; how many of those employees are women; and at what civil service or equivalent grades they are employed. [32727]
§ Mr. WillettsResponsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to the chief executives of the agencies. I have, therefore, asked the chief executives of the Property Advisers to the Civil Estate, Central Office of Information, Chessington Computer Centre, Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency, Civil Service College, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Occupational Health and Safety Agency, Recruitment and Assessment Services, the Security Facilities Executive and the Buying Agency to write to the hon. Member.
Letter from N. E. Borrett to Ms Tessa Jowell, dated 17 June 1996:
The Deputy Prime Minister has asked me to reply to your question relating to numbers of employees in Next Steps agencies under his control; how many of those employees are women; and at what Civil Service or equivalent grade are they employed.
The answer to each part in respect of PACE is shown on the attached table.
Staff in Post as at 1 April 1996 for PACE Number Number of Employees 329 Male 203 Female 126
Staff in Post as at 1 April 1996 for PACE Civil Service grade/equivalent Male Female Grades at which they are employed: Grade 3 1 0 Grade 5 3 0 Grade 6 14 0 Grade 7 37 2 SEO Level 43 5 HEO Level 22 10 EO Level 36 47 AO Level 45 49 AA Level 2 13 Total 203 126 Letter from Keith Williamson to Ms Tessa Jowell, dated 17 June 1996:
The Deputy Prime Minister has asked me to reply, on behalf of the Central Office of Information, to your Question on the employment of women in Next Steps agencies.The number of permanent staff in post at 1 April 1996 was 443, 184 of whom were women. A breakdown by grade is detailed below:515W
Full time staff Grade level Male Female Total Senior Civil Service 4 — 4 Grade 6 12 — 12 Grade 7 23 11 34 SEO and equivalent 76 42 118
Full time staff Grade level Male Female Total HEO and equivalent 62 44 106 EO and equivalent 33 22 55 AO and equivalent 36 49 85 AA and equivalent 13 16 29 Total 259 184 443 Letter from R. N. Edwards to Ms Tessa Jowell, dated 13 June 1996:
The Deputy Prime Minister has asked me to reply to your question on the employment of women in Next Step Agencies.The total number of staff employed at Chessington as at 1 April 1996, was 409, of which 216 were women. Women are employed at all grades from SGB2 to Grade 7, which is the highest grade below Chief Executive at Chessington.Letter from Robin Guenier to Ms Tessa Jowell, dated 13 June 1996:
The Deputy Prime Minister has asked me to reply to your question on the employment of women in each of the Next Steps agencies under his Departments' control.In CCTA the head count of staff as at 1 April 1996 was 270 of which 88 were women. The breakdown of women by grade is as follows:
Grade Number of women Total in grade 3–6 0 14 7 4 41 SEO 15 76 HEO 16 55 EO 14 35 AO 26 36 AA 3 3 Secretarial 10 10 Letter from S. H. F. Hickey to Ms Tessa Jowell, dated 18 June 1996:
The Deputy Prime Minister has asked me to reply to your question on employment of women in Next Steps Agencies.The position in the Civil Service College at 1 April 1996 was that we had a total head count of 274 permanent staff, of which 163 were women. The women were employed in all grades from Support Grade Band 2 up to and including Grade 5. The number at each grade is:516W
Grade Total Women SGB2 15 10 SGB1 3 1 Typist 1 1 AA 5 3 AO 72 60 PS 9 9 SPS 1 1 Assistant Librarian 2 2 EO 42 29 HEO 17 11 Senior Librarian 1 1 SEO 13 10 Grade 7 68 18 Grade 6 20 5 Grade 5 4 2 Grade 3 1 0 Total 274 163 Letter from Mike Lynn to Ms Tessa Jowell, dated 17 June 1996:
I have been asked to reply, in respect of HMSO, to your question to the Deputy Prime Minister about women employees.As at 1 April 1996, HMSO employed 2,745 permanent staff, of whom 928 were women.We no longer use the Civil Service grading system, but the numbers of women employed at different levels of responsibility were as follows:
Senior Management: 11 Junior/Middle Management: 174 Administrative Staff: 529 Support Staff: 97 Operational Staff: 117 Letter from Dr. E. C. McCloy to Ms Tessa Jowell, dated 14 June 1996:
The Deputy Prime Minister has asked me to reply to your question on the employment of women in Next Steps Agencies.For OHSA the information is:
Total staff at 31 March 1996: 118 Total number of women: 88 Of which:
Grade 3: 1 Grade 5: 3 Grade 6: 3 Grade 7: 2 SEO and equivalent: 9 HEO and equivalent: 27 EO and equivalent: 8 Clerical/Secretarial and equivalent: 35 Total: 88 Letter from Craig Muir to Ms Tessa Jowell, dated 17 June 1996:
The Deputy Prime Minister has asked me to reply to your question on the employment of women in Next Step Agencies. Recruitment and Assessment Services are happy to provide the enclosed information.517W
As from the 1 April 1996 Recruitment and Assessment Services employs 150 permanent/fixed term/loan staff, 106 of this number are women, they are in the following grades:- Grade Number 6 2 7 6 Senior Psychologist 2 Higher Psychologist 2 Psychologist 1 Senior Executive Officer 3 Higher Executive Officer 3 Executive Officer 18 Administrative Officer 40 Administrative Assistance 14 Senior Personal Secretary 1 Personal Secretary 4 Typist 7 Support Grade II 1 Support Grade I 2 Total 106 Letter from John King to Ms Tessa Jowell, dated 17 June 1996:
The Deputy Prime Minister has asked me to reply to your question on the employment of women in next steps agencies under his Department's control.As at 1 April 1996 SAFE had 1191 staff of whom 97 were women. These were employed in a range of Industrial and Non-Industrial Civil Service Grades up to and including Grade 6.Letter from S. P. Sage to Ms Tessa Jowell, dated 17 June 1996:
The Deputy Prime Minister has asked me to reply to your question on the employment of women in Next Step Agencies.On 1 April 1996 the head count (not full time equivalents) for TBA was as follows:
Male Female Total Grade 5 1 — 1 Grade 6 2 1 3 Grade 7 3 — 3 Senior Professional and Technology Officer 12 — 12 Senior Executive Officer 5 3 8 Higher Professional and Technology Officer 17 — 17 Higher Executive Officer 5 5 10 Professional and Technology Officer 3 — 3 Executive Officer 4 14 18 Senior Personal Secretary — 1 1 Typing Manager — 1 1 Senior Manager 3 — 1 1 Administrative Officer 15 23 38 Personal Secretary — 2 2 Typist — 5 5 Support Grade Band 1 — 2 2 Support Grade Band 2 2 — 2 Total 69 58 127