HC Deb 23 April 1999 vol 329 cc707-8W
Mr. Menzies Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many staff who have worked as professional statisticians in his Department and its predecessors have left on early retirement in each of the past 10 years. [81177]

Mr. Timms

One statistician from this Department has taken early retirement in the last nine years. Information is available only going back nine years.

Mr. Menzies Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many staff by grade are employed as professional statisticians in his Department; how many of these staff have been accepted as fast stream by the Civil Service Selection Board; and how many have been granted chartered statistician status by the Royal Statistical Society. [81199]

Mr. Timms

Statistical work is undertaken by a range of specialists such as Research Officers, Social Survey Officers and Economists. Within this Department, there are three Senior Civil Servants, one Grade 6, 16 Grade 7s, and 16 Assistant Statisticians employed as "professional" Statisticians, all of whom have been recruited via Civil Service Selection Board. In addition, our Department employs seven Statistical Officers.

Our records do not show which of the Departmental statisticians have been granted chartered statistician status by the Royal Statistical Society.

Note:

These figures do not include any staff who are not in post for example on career breaks or secondments.