HC Deb 20 June 1996 vol 279 cc600-1W
Ms Jowell

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security 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. [32739]

Mr. Burt

The information is in the table.

Benefits Agency Contributions Agency Child Support Agency Information Technology Services Agency War Pensions Agency Total
Grade M F M F M F M F M F M F
1–4 7 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 8 5
5 28 5 3 0 3 0 6 0 5 0 45 5
6 222 92 11 0 6 1 16 3 23 10 278 106
7 227 62 28 5 18 9 81 10 4 1 358 87
SEO 484 168 111 49 46 42 199 56 10 4 850 319
HEO 1,696 1,436 338 251 186 200 330 188 24 33 2,574 2,108
EO 7,429 12,865 989 1,406 623 1,414 422 249 104 245 9,567 16,179
AO 10,151 30,311 927 2,473 1,022 2,716 129 165 127 359 12,356 36,024
AA 2,836 5,974 297 1,026 246 535 16 21 64 152 3,459 770
Spec/Pes 0 77 0 0 0 13 0 26 0 3 0 119
Typist 3 683 0 1 0 13 0 4 0 70 3 771
SM1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
SM2 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 6
SM3 1 18 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 19
SGB1 163 143 16 18 4 0 7 1 0 0 190 162
SGB2 814 394 0 0 22 1 17 41 0 4 853 440
PROF 3 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 129
OTHERS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 32 6 32
IND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 21 7 21
Total 24,067 52,364 2,721 5,230 2,176 4,946 1,226 765 374 936 30,564 64,241
76,431 7,951 7,122 1,991 1,310 94,805
1 Staff numbers quotes refer to staff in post figures based on a quarterly head count on 1 April 1996.
2 The figures include temporarily promoted staff in the higher grade and fixed-term appointments.