HC Deb 23 July 1997 vol 298 cc582-4W
Mr. Vaz

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many civil servants there are on each pay band in his Department. [8948]

Mr. Hoon

For the Lord Chancellor's Department, including the Court Service and the Public Trust Office, the information is set out in the table. A separate table provides information on the Northern Ireland Court Service. Below the senior civil service, staff are paid on the basis of grades, with a separate pay band or pay range for each grade. I have asked the chief executives of the Land Registry and of the Public Record Office to reply separately.

LCD Headquarters, Court Service and Public Trust Office
Number
Permanent Secretary 1
Senior Civil Service Pay Band 8 2
Senior Civil Service Pay Band 4 7
Senior Civil Service Pay Band 3 2
Senior Civil Service Pay Band 2 22
Senior Civil Service Pay Band 1 19
Senior Posts Not Allocated To A Pay Band 13
Grade 6 70
Grade 7 215
LCD Headquarters, Court Service and Public Trust Office
Number
Senior Executive Officer 285
Higher Executive Officer 987
Executive Officer 2,275
Administrative Officer 4,878
Administrative Assistant 376
Support Grades 1,928
Total 11,080
Northern Ireland Court Service Number
Senior Civil Service Pay Band 3 1
Senior Civil Service Pay Band 1 3
Grade 6 1
Grade 7 17
Senior Executive Officer 39
Higher Executive Officer 156
Executive Officer 177
Administrative Officer 201
Administrative Assistant 34
Support Grades 150
Total 679
1 Including 16 Enforcement Officers.

Letter from Stuart Hill to Mr. Keith Vaz, dated July 1997: I have been asked by the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, to reply to you recent question concerning the number of staff in each payband. Following a Grading and Pay Review the Land Registry has moved to a system of ten paybands. Staff with the Senior Civil Service are in paybands common to all departments. The numbers as at 15th July are as follows:

Payband Core Civil Service Number of staff
Equivalent Grade
Registration Assistant 2 Administration Assistant 865
Registration Assistant 1 Administration Assistant 995
Registration Officer 2 Administration Officer 2,936
Registration Officer 1 Administration Officer 518
Registration Executive 3 Executive Officer 2,412
Registration Executive 2 Higher Executive Officer 545
Registration Executive 1 Senior Executive Officer 288
Senior Registration Grade 7 40
Administrator 2
Senior Registration Grade 6 and Grade 7 128
Administrator Lawyer
Senior Registration Grade 6 26
Administrator 1
Senior Civil Service - 18
Band 1
Senior Civil Service - 4
Band 2
Senior Civil Service - 2
Band 4
Senior Civil Service - 1
Band 5

Letter from Duncan Simpson to Mr. Keith Vaz, dated 16 July 1997: The Lord Chancellor's Parliamentary Secretary has asked me, in the absence on leave of the Chief Executive, to reply for the Public Record Office to your question about paybands. The details are set out below. Most of our staff are covered by our own payband system and I have given the approximate civil service payband equivalents in the central column for guidance.

Payband Approximate civil service payband(s) equivalents Civil servants
Civil service 3 - 1
Civil service 5 - 3
Public Record Office 1 6–7 14
Public Record Office 2 8–9 and equivalents 50
Public Record Office 3 9–10 and equivalents 54
Public Record Office 4 10 and equivalents 137
Public Record Office 5 11 and equivalents 159
Public Record Office 6 12 and equivalents 95