HC Deb 25 July 1997 vol 298 c758W
Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many civil servants there are in total on each pay band in her Department. [9576]

Clare Short

The Department has yet to adopt a system of pay bands and, for the time being, designations applied hitherto remain in use. On this basis, the numbers are:

Number
Senior civil service posts 43.5
Grade 6 51.0
Grade 7 93.5
Senior executive officer and equivalents 49.5
Higher executive officer and equivalents 145.0
Administration trainee/HEO(D) 12.0
Assistant economist 10.0
Assistant statistician 3.0
Executive officer and equivalents 174.5
Administrative officer and equivalents 322.0
Administrative assistant and equivalents 124.0