HC Deb 21 July 1997 vol 298 cc434-5W
Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many civil servants there are on each pay band in his Department. [8960]

Angela Eagle

The following information covers non-industrial staff in my Department and its agencies at 1 April 1997. The Health and Safety Executive has a pay band structure, but still with some non-banded grades. The senior civil service has nine pay bands, which are

Summary of DETR staff numbers at 1 April 1997
Grade equivalent DETR central DETR staff in Government offices Agencies Total Pay band HSE
Senior civil service 186 25 48 259 Senior CS including Band 0 47
Grade 6 79 11 256 346 Band 1 96
Grade 7 524 100 342 966 Band 2 481
SEO 327 108 570 1,005 Band 3 1,026
HEO 706 157 1,134 1,997 Band 4 462
EO 796 223 2,758 3,777 Band 5 409
AO 1,053 229 3,179 4,461 Band 6 higher 809
AA 331 132 2,976 3,439 Band 6 lower 671
Non-banded grades 217
Total 4,002 985 11,263 16,250 4,218