§ Mr. IngramTo ask the President of the Board of Trade how many professional scientists and engineers of each category were employed at each grade in the headquarters division of his Department in each year from 1991 to the current year. [19797]
Mr. John M. Taylor[holding answer 11 March 1996]: The information requested is shown in the table.
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1 January 1991 1 January 1992 1 January 1993 1 January 1994 1 January 1995 1 January 1996 Science group Assistant Scientific Officer 1 1 0 0 0 0 Scientific Officer 11 6 8 7 7 8 Higher Scientific Officer 16 14 22 23 23 22 Higher Scientific Officer (Development) 1 2 7 10 10 9 Senior Scientific Officer 38 28 34 33 33 33 Professional and technical group Professional and Technology Officer 1 3 3 3 3 1 Higher Professional and Technology Officer 13 12 13 18 13 13 Senior Professional and Technology Officer 30 32 35 38 37 32 Totals 111 98 122 132 126 118 The figures exclude executive agencies and regional offices, and those specialist grades which are unique to this Department.