§ Mr. VazTo ask the President of the Board of Trade how many and what percentage of employees, in each pay band, in the quangos for which her Department is responsible, are of(a) Asian origin and (b) Afro-Caribbean origin. [9581]
§ Mr. Nigel GriffithsMy Department is responsible for 22 executive non-departmental public bodies, 25 advisory bodies and seven tribunals, considering the 28 industrial tribunals as one body. I regret that the information requested by my hon. Friend is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. VazTo ask the President of the Board of Trade how many civil servants there are in total on each pay band in her Department. [9582]
§ Mr. GriffithsThere are 3,950 civil servants in the DTI, excluding agency and Government office staff, with the following numbers by grade:
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Current serving grade Number of staff Assistant Librarian 18 Assistant Statistician 10 Administrative Assistant 216 Assistant Information Officer 2 Administrative Officer 676 Administration Trainee 12 Administration Trainee (Europe) 2 Chief Investigation Officer 1 Communications Officer IV 2 Deputy Chief Investigation Officer 7 Economic Assistant 13 Executive Officer 672 Grade 6 98 Grade 7 541 Higher Executive Officer 594 Higher Executive Officer D 33 Higher Executive Officer D (Europe) 3 Higher Mapping and Charting Officer 1 Higher Professional and Technology Officer 10 Higher Scientific Officer 12 Higher Scientific Officer (Development) 11 Insolvency Grade A 3 Insolvency Grade B 17 Insolvency Grade C 24 Investigation Officer 57 Information Officer 16 Legal Officer 5 Legal Trainee 2 Librarian 16 Mapping and Charting Officer 3 Petroleum Specialist 3 3 Petroleum Specialist 4 5
Current serving grade Number of staff Petroleum Specialist 5 2 Principal Research Officer 1 Personal Secretary 146 Professional and Technology Officer 1 Reservoir Evaluation Specialist 3 8 Reservoir Evaluation Specialist 4 13 Reservoir Evaluation Specialist 5 1 Research Officer 1 Senior Economic Assistant 5 Senior Examiner (Patents Office) 1 Senior Librarian 9 Senior Civil Service 175 Senior Engineering Inspector (Electricity) 4 Senior Executive Officer 189 Support Grade Band 1 25 Support Grade Band 2 59 Senior Information Officer 16 Science Management Trainee 2 Support Manager 3 7 Scientific Officer 3 Senior Personal Secretary 41 Senior Profession and Technology Officer 30 Senior Research Officer 4 Senior Scientific Officer 27 Sandwich Course Student 24 Translator Grade 1 2 Translator Grade II 5 Typing Manager 4 Typist 60 Total 3,950 Some grades have separate London and national pay scales.
A new staffing and pay system for staff below the senior civil service, replacing grades by ranges grouped into three bands, will be introduced on 1 August.