§ Angus RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will estimate the number of staff employed by her Department by region and nation of the UK; and if she will make a statement. [6822]
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§ Hilary BennThe Department for International Development currently employs 796 permanent staff in London and 483 in Scotland.
§ Angus RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will estimate total annual staff costs for her Department and its agencies by nation and region of the UK; and if she will make a statement. [6823]
§ Hilary BennWithin the UK, DFID staff are located in London and Scotland only. In 2001–02, we estimate we will spend approximately £28 million on the pay and related costs of staff based in London; and approximately £10 million on the equivalent costs of staff in Scotland.
§ Angus RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many and what proportion of each Civil Service grade in her Department is located in each region and nation of the UK; what the average salary is for each grade; and if she will make a statement. [6826]
§ Hilary BennThe Department for International Development currently employs 796 staff in London and 483 staff in Scotland. The table gives the detailed information requested.
Grade equivalent Number1 Proportion of those in grade Average salary2 (£) London SCS 54 91.5 64,187 G6 128 96.97 47,443 G7 188 90.38 37,617 SEO 60 60.6 28,492 HEO 143 70.1 24,238 HEO(D) 52 94.55 23,773 EO 144 51.99 18,747 AO 153 47.52 15,489 AA 54 52.43 12,763 Scotland SCS 5 8.5 62,589 G6 4 3.03 44,430 G7 20 9.62 33,952 SEO 39 39.4 25,985 HEO 61 29.9 21,577 HEO(D) 3 5.45 20,434 EO 133 48.01 16,893 AO 169 52.48 13,083 AA 49 47.57 9,986 1 The figures include 180 of our overseas staff who are normally UK-based and are paid London salaries which cannot be disaggregated in our calculations 2 These figures are for August 2000 salaries. The pay award for August 2001 has yet to be finalized