HC Deb 18 October 2001 vol 372 cc1351-3W
Mr. Weir

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will estimate total annual staff costs for his Department and its agencies by nation and region of the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement. [6865]

Ms Blears

The information requested is shown in the table.

£
Government office region (GORs)1 Total
London 103,913,670
South East 6,218,096
South West 8,879,731
West Midlands 5,839,820

Table 1. How many and what proportion of each civil service grade, located in each region and nation of the United Kingdom
Government office region (GORs)1 All grades SCS level Level 6/7 SEO/HEO level EO level AO/AA level
London 3,108 272 623 843 705 665
(Percentage) 100 8 17 24 24 26
South East 182 10 45 59 39 29
(Percentage) 100 5 22 30 20 23
South West 231 27 67 57 37 43
(Percentage) 100 11 30 24 15 21
West Midlands 160 22 40 24 34 40
(Percentage) 100 14 25 15 21 26
North West 810 23 88 140 132 427
(Percentage) 100 1 7 14 21 58
North East 158 20 35 43 22 38
(Percentage) 100 12 22 28 14 26
Merseyside 15 0 0 1 3 11
(Percentage) 100 0 0 3 10 87
Yorkshire and Humberside 1,301 75 316 374 283 253
(Percentage) 100 5 22 24 22 27
East Midlands 64 2 9 2 11 40
(Percentage) 100 2 12 2 11 72
Eastern 131 16 51 25 18 21
(Percentage) 100 11 37 19 14 18
Total 6,160 467 1,274 1,568 1,284 1,567
1Government office regions (GORs) as defined by Cabinet Office for official statistical returns. It excludes data where GOR information is not held

Note: Figures relate to England only. The Department has no staff in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland

Source:

Department of Health August 2001 payroll data

£
Government office region (GORs)1 Total
North West 19,827,095
North East 5,873,323
Merseyside 219,074
Yorkshire and Humberside 38,968,069
East Midlands 1,257,707
Eastern 5,560,394
Grand total 196,574,360
1Government office regions (GORs) as defined by Cabinet Office for official statistical returns. It excludes data where GOR information is not held

Note:

Figures relate to England only and include the Department's agencies. The Department has no staff in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland

Source:

Department of Health August 2001 payroll data

Mr. Weir

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what proportion of each civil service grade in his Department is located in each region and nation of the United Kingdom; what the average salary is for each grade; and if he will make a statement. [6868]

Ms Blears

The information requested is shown in the tables.

Table 2. The average salary for each grade
£
Grade Average1
SCS 67,725
Grade 6 49,651
Grade 7 39,983
SEO 28,833
HEO 22,818
EO 18,287
AO 14,218
AA 10,906
1The average of salaries for each grade across all Government office regions (GORs)

Note:

August 2001 payroll data