HC Deb 20 June 1996 vol 279 cc523-4W
Ms Jowell

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department 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. [32736]

Mr. Streeter

The Lord Chancellor has responsibility for four agencies: the Court Service, the Public Trust Office, the Public Record Office and Her Majesty's Land Registry. As the question concerns a specific operational matter on which the respective chief executives are best placed to provide an answer, I have asked them to reply.

Letter from M. D. Huebner to Ms Tessa Jowell, dated 20 June 1996: The Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, has asked me to reply on behalf of the Court Service to your Question about the number of staff employed by Next Step Agencies. The number of staff employed by the Court Service is 10,390 and the number of women is 6,769. This is broken down by grade as follows:

Per cent.
Grade 5 2 18.18
Grade 6 10 23.26
Grade 7 37 31.09
Senior executive officer 91 37.92
Higher executive officer 425 54.84
Executive officer 1,199 61.93
Administrative officer 3,243 67.76
Administrative assistant 333 70.85
Support grades 1,429 71.31

Letter from Julia C. Lomas to Ms Tessa Jowell, dated 20 June 1996: The Parliamentary Secretary has asked me to reply to you as part of the Lord Chancellor's Department's response to your Parliamentary Question, listed on 11 June 1996 for answer on the 20 June 1996 regarding the total number of people employed by the Public Trust Office divided into male and female.

Grade Males total Females total
GRD4 0 1
GRD 5 SOL 0 1
GRD 6 SPRN 3 1
GRD 6 LGL 3 1
GRD 7 PRN 4 1
GRD 7 COP 0 1
GRD 7 PPTO 1 0
GRD 7 LGL 0 1
SEO 20 9
HEO 50 38
EO 77 75
SPS 0 1
TYP MNR 0 3
SM 3 0 1
AO 89 103
AA 3 2
SGB 1 4 2
SGB 2 16 6
TYP 0 32
Total 270 279

Letter from Stuart Hill to Ms Tessa Jowell, dated 20 June 1996: I have been asked by the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, to reply to your recent question concerning the total number of people employed in H M Land Registry and the number of women by grade. The information you require is as follows:

Grade Male Female
Senior Civil Service (Formerly Grades 2–5) 22 5
Senior Registration Administrator 1 (Grade 6) 24 0
Senior Land Registrar (Grade 6) 18 2
Senior Registration Administrator 2 (Grade 7) 43 2
Assistant Land Registrar (Grade 7) 54 40
Registration Executive 1 (SEO) 224 45
Registration Executive 2 (HEO) 409 183
Registration Executive 3 (EO) 980 1,388
Registration Officer 1 & 2 (AO) 970 2,372
Registration Assistant 1 & 2 (AA) 469 1,454
Totals 3,213 5,491
Overall Staff total (as at 12 June 1996) 8,704

HM Land Registry operates its own grade structure following the delegation of pay and grading for staff in Grades 6 and below in April 1994. The Civil Service equivalent grades are noted against the Land Registry grade title.

Letter from Sarah Tyacke to Ms Tessa Jowell, dated 20 June 1996: I have been asked by the Lord Chancellor's Parliamentary Secretary to reply for the Public Record Office to your question about employees in the agencies for which he is responsible. The total number of people employed by the Public Record Office is 454.7, of which 190.2 are women who are employed in grades ranging from Grade 12 to Grade 3 (and equivalent grades).

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