§ Mr. IngramTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 11 March,Official Report, column 442, how many professional scientists and engineers of each category were employed at each grade in each of his Department's agencies in each year since 1991. [29837]
§ Mr. HowardNo professional scientists or engineers have been employed by the UK Passport Agency or the Fire Service College in the period in question. The numbers of staff in these categories in the Prison Service and the Forensic Science Service are set out in the following tables. Figures are not available in the form requested for 1991 and 1992, nor in the case of the Prison Service for 1993.
Forensic Science Service Grade Discipline 1993 1994 1995 1996 3 Forensic science 1 1 1 1 5 2 2 2 0 6 3 7 7 7 7 60 — — — Senior scientific officer 139 — — — Higher scientific officer 154 — — — Scientific officer 104 — — — Assistant scientific officier 85 — — — — Senior forensic scientist — 196 196 187 — Forensic scientist — 141 155 154 — Assistant forensic scientist — 206 177 269 Total — 548 553 538 618 22W
Prison service Grade 1994 1995 1996 Engineer Grade 7 1 1 1 Engineer senior professional and technology officer 5 5 5 Engineer higher professional and technology officer 4 6 7 Engineer professional and technology officer 10 11 10 Engineer chemical SPTO 1 1 1 Engineer civil Grade 7 1 1 1 Engineer civil SPTO 3 3 3
Prison service Grade 1994 1995 1996 Engineer civil HPTO 2 2 7 Engineer civil PTO 4 4 3 Engineer electrical PTO 0 0 1 Engineer electronic Grade 7 0 0 0 Engineer electronic SPTO 0 0 0 Engineer electronic HPTO 1 1 1 Engineer mechanical PTO 1 1 1 Engineer mechanical SPTO 2 2 2 Engineer mechanical HPTO 2 2 2 Engineer mechanical Grade 7 2 2 2 Engineer production Grade 7 1 1 1 Engineer production PTO 1 1 1 Telecommunications HPTO 1 1 1 Telecommunications PTO 0 0 0 Mechanical and electrical SPTO 1 1 1 Mechanical and electrical HPTO 0 1 1 Mechanical and electrical PTO 2 1 1 Pharmaceutical SPTO 25 26 32 Pharmaceutical PTO 1 1 1 Total 71 75 86