HC Deb 20 May 1996 vol 278 cc46-7W
Mr. Ingram

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to his answer of 11 March,Official Report, column 422, if the information he provided includes professional scientists and engineers working in Department of Environment agencies; and how many professional scientists and engineers of each category were employed in each grade in each of the agencies from 1991 to the current year. [29918]

Sir Paul Beresford

The previous question referred to staff in the headquarters division of the Department and therefore did not cover the agencies; this information is provided in the following tables:

The Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre
Grade 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Science Engineers Science Engineers Science Engineers Science Engineers Science Engineers
Grade 7 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
HEO and equivalent 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1

The buying agency
Grade 1992 1993 1994 1995
Scientists Engineers Scientists Engineers Scientists Engineers Scientists Engineers
Grade 7 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
HEO and equivalent 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 3

The security facilities executive
1994 1995
Grade Scientists Engineers Scientists Engineers
Grade 6 0 1 0 1
Grade 7 0 2 0 2
SEO and equivalent 1 7 1 8
HEO and equivalent 1 4 1 4
EO and equivalent 0 16 0 16
AO and equivalent 0 2 0 2
AA and equivalent 0 0 0 0