HC Deb 20 May 1996 vol 278 cc38-43W
Mr. Ingram

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his answer of 11 March,Official Report, column 471, 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. [29836]

Mr. Norris

The information requested, as recorded in the Department's central personnel computer records, is as set out in the following tables:

Department of Transport central
1 April 1991 1 April 1992 1 April 1993 1 April 1994 1 April 1995 1 April 1996
Scientists
Grade 3 1 1 1 1 0 0
Grade 4 0 1 1 1 1 1
Grade 5 1 3 2 1 0 0
Grade 6 2 2 3 2 4 3
Grade 7 12 11 11 9 6 6
Senior scientific officer 9 7 10 7 6 5
Higher scientific officer 1 5 7 6 7 5
Scientific officer 5 4 1 0 0 1
Assistant scientific officer 2 1 0 0 0 2
Total 33 35 36 27 24 23
1. The figures get progressively smaller due to agencies coming into being.

Highways
1 April 1991 1 April 1992 1 April 1993 1 April 1994 1 April 1995 1 April 1996
Professionals
Grade 3 0 2 2
Grade 4 6 6 4
Grade 5 14 16 13
Grade 6 44 51 46
Grade 7 174 196 152
Senior professional and technology officer 326 349 278
Higher professional and technology officer 120 116 106
Professional and technology officer 58 66 38
Total 742 802 639
Scientists
Grade 3 0 0 0
Grade 4 0 0 0
Grade 5 0 0 0
Grade 6 0 1 1
Grade 7 0 1 0
Senior scientific officer 0 4 2
Higher scientific officer 0 0 0
Scientific officer 0 0 0
Assistant scientific officer 0 0 0
Total 0 6 3
1. Numbers for 1991, 1992 and 1993 will be include in DOT Central figures.

Marine safety agency
1 April 1991 1 April 1992 1 April 1993 1 April 1994 1 April 1995 1 April 1996
Professionals
Grade 3 0 0
Grade 4 0 0
Grade 5 3 3
Grade 6 11 9
Grade 7 50 48
Senior professional and technology officer 68 76
Higher professional and technology officer 9 15
Professional and technology officer 0 0
Total 141 151
Scientists
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5

Marine safety agency
1 April 1991 1 April 1992 1 April 1993 1 April 1994 1 April 1995 1 April 1996
Grade 6
Grade 7
Senior scientific officer
Higher scientific officer
Scientific officer
Assistant scientific officer
Total
1. Numbers for 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1994 will be included in DOT Central figures.

Transport research laboratory
1 April 1991 1 April 1992 1 April 1993 1 April 1994 1 April 1995 1 April 1996
Professionals
Grade 3 0 0 0 0
Grade 4 0 0 0 0
Grade 5 0 0 1 0
Grade 6 1 1 0 0
Grade 7 5 4 2 0
Senior professional and technology officer 9 7 8 0
Higher professional and technology officer 9 8 6 0
Professional and technology officer 10 10 5 0
Total 34 30 22 0
Scientists
Grade 3 0 0 0 0
Grade 4 1 1 1 0
Grade 5 5 5 4 0
Grade 6 19 16 16 0
Grade 7 73 69 63 0
Senior scientific officer 90 85 75 0
Higher scientific officer 70 79 82 0
Scientific officer 81 73 61 0
Assistant scientific officer 18 14 21 0
Total 357 342 323 0
1. Numbers for 1991 and 1992 will be included in DOT Central figures.
2. Numbers for 1996 are unavailable as the agency has now been privatised.

Vehicle certification agency
1 April 1991 1 April 1992 1 April 1993 1 April 1994 1 April 1995 1 April 1996
Professionals
Grade 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Grade 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Grade 5 1 1 1 1 1 1
Grade 6 1 1 1 1 1 1
Grade 7 3 3 3 4 4 4
Senior professional and technology officer 8 11 11 9 9 11
Higher professional and technology officer 23 19 19 24 27 27
Professional and technology officer 4 3 0 0 0 0
Total 40 38 35 39 42 44
Scientists
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Senior scientific officer

Vehicle certification agency
1 April 1991 1 April 1992 1 April 1993 1 April 1994 1 April 1995 1 April 1996
Higher scientific officer
Scientific officer
Assistant scientific officer
Total

Vehicle Inspectorate
1 April 1991 1 April 1992 1 April 1993 1 April 1994 1 April 1995 1 April 1996
Professionals
Grade 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Grade 4 1 1 1 1 1 1
Grade 5 1 1 1 1 1 1
Grade 6 5 3 2 2 1 1
Grade 7 16 14 13 11 8 7
Senior professional and technology officer 44 42 41 36 36 40
Higher professional and technology officer 104 103 101 91 81 63
Professional and technology officer 472 458 443 398 389 368
Total 643 622 602 540 517 481
Scientists
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Senior scientific officer
Higher scientific officer
Scientific officer
Assistant scientific officer
Total

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