HC Deb 02 December 1997 vol 302 cc102-3W
Mr. Chidgey

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list, by regions defined by the boundaries of the regional government offices, the lowest hourly rate paid by his Department to(a) full-time employees, (b) part-time employees, (c) persons employed under personal contract and (d) persons employed by firms undertaking contracted-out services for central government offices, defining the job title in each case. [18113]

Mr. Straw

Information in respect of(a), (b) and (c) is given in the attached table and covers the Home Office and its agencies. Information in respect of (d) is not available; figures could be provided only if all our contractors were prepared to waive commercial confidentiality considerations so as to allow disclosure.

Region Category Job title Hourly rate
London (a) Administrative Assistant 4.61
(b) Administrative Assistant 4.61
(c) Administrative Assistant 4.61
East Midlands (a) Administrative Assistant 3.84
(b) Administrative Assistant 3.84
(c) Administrative Assistant 3.84

Region Category Job title Hourly rate
Eastern Region (a) Administrative Assistant 3.84
(b) Administrative Assistant 3.84
(c) Administrative Assistant 3.84
Merseyside (a) Administrative Assistant 3.84
(b) Administrative Assistant 3.84
(c) Administrative Assistant 3.84
North East (a) Administrative Assistant 3.84
(b) Administrative Assistant 3.84
(c) Administrative Assistant 3.84
North west (a) Administrative Assistant 3.84
(b) Administrative Assistant 3.84
(c) Administrative Assistant 3.84
South east (a) Administrative Assistant 3.84
(b) Administrative Assistant 3.84
(c) Administrative Assistant 3.84
South west (a) Administrative Assistant 3.82
(b) Administrative Assistant 3.84
(c) Administrative Assistant 3.84
West Midlands (a) Sandwich course Student 3.77
(b) Administrative Assistant 3.84
(c) Administrative Assistant 3.84

Gender White Black Asian Other Not provided Total male and female Total ethnic minority male and female
Industrial F 0 0 0 0 0
M 7 0 0 0 3 10 0
Support Grades F 62 8 3 0 5 0
M 68 6 5 0 14 171 22
Secretarial Grades F 90 7 12 0 5
M 114 19
Administrative Assistant F 277 57 91 10 67
M 126 22 43 3 30 726 226
Administrative Officer and Assistant immigration Officer F 387 57 164 6 43
M 163 27 50 4 29 930 308
Executive Officer and Immigration Officer F 922 36 77 13 161
M 1,168 21 44 24 282 2,748 215
Higher Executive Officer and Chief Immigration Officer F 227 2 5 2 29
M 369 4 6 5 69 718 24
Senior Executive Officer and Inspector F 30 0 0 0 0
M 107 1 0 0 8 146 1
Grade 7 and above F 11 0 1 0 0
M 45 0 0 0 1 58 1
Overall totals 5,621 816