HC Deb 19 October 2001 vol 372 cc1360-1W
Angus Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many and what proportion of each civil service grade in his Department is located in each region and nation of the UK; what the average salary is for each grade; and if he will make a statement. [6790]

Jane Kennedy

The numbers and grades of staff and their average salary in the Northern Ireland Office as at January 2001, based on full-time equivalents, can be split as follows:

Grade Northern Ireland London Secondment Total Average salary (£)
NICS
SCS 23 1 0 24 57,741
A 121 0 3 124 39,277
B1 125 1 1 127 29,197
B2 161 1 1 163 23,144
C 373 4 2 379 17,497
D1 318 0 2 320 13,038
D2 213 1 1 215 9,937
Industrials 7 0 0 7 10,104
Total 1,359
HCS
SCS 13 5 5 23 66,435
A 8 13 1 22 36,126
B1 3 7 2 12 26,816
B2 0 25 0 25 21,422
C 22 22 1 45 17,680
D1 9 22 5 36 13,284
D2 19 13 0 32 10,760
Total 195