§ Mr. IngramTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many professional scientists and engineers of each category were employed at each grade in the headquarters 345W division of the Scottish Office in each year from 1991 to the current year. [19795]
§ Mr. Michael Forsyth[holding answer 11 March 1996]: The numbers of professional scientists and
Professional engineering staff in the Scottish Office and its Executive Agencies other than SPS Substantive grade 1–4–91 1–4–92 1–4–93 1–4–94 1–4–95 1–3–96 Chief engineer/deputy chief engineer 2 2 2 2 2 1 Chief road engineer/deputy chief road engineer 3 3 3 2 2 2 Assistant chief civil engineer 3 3 3 3 3 3 Assistant chief road engineer 3 3 4 4 4 5 Director of telecommunications 1 1 1 1 1 1 Mechanical and electrical engineer 4 4 3 3 3 3 Civil engineer 11 11 12 12 9 8 Road engineer 11 12 12 13 13 13 Principal engineer of telecommunications 1 1 1 2 2 2 Senior professional and technology officer 67 66 64 55 51 48 Higher professional and technology officer 22 22 22 18 18 18 Professional and technology officer 50 51 50 48 46 40 Telecommunications technical engineer 6 6 4 4 3 3 Telecommunications engineering technician 13 13 8 8 8 8 Engineering superintendent 1 1 1 1 1 1 Chief engineer (marine) 4 4 2 8 8 8 Second engineer (marine) 6 4 4 8 8 8 Third engineer (marine) 24 17 13 6 5 5 Total 232 224 209 198 187 177
Professional scientific staff in the Scottish Office and its Executive Agencies other than SPS Substantive grade 1 April 1991 1 April 1992 1 April 1993 1 April 1994 1 April 1995 1 March 1996 Chief scientist 1 Chief scientific officer B 1 1 1 1 1 1 Deputy chief scientific officer 3 3 3 3 2 2 Senior principal scientific officer 11 11 12 13 13 12 Principal scientific officer 42 42 42 44 39 41 Senior scientific officer 58 53 51 48 41 37 Higher Scientific officer 60 64 71 69 68 65 Scientific officer 58 53 57 55 57 57 Assistant scientific officer 41 51 59 58 53 52 Total 275 278 296 291 274 267