HC Deb 23 January 2002 vol 378 cc890-1W
Mr. Wray

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) how many civil servants work for each Government Department; [28068]

(2) in each Government Department, what proportion of civil servants are (a) women and (b) from ethnic minorities. [28071]

Mr. Leslie

Figures for April 2001 were published on 8 November 2001 in a press notice, copies of which can be found in the Library of the House. This information can also be accessed on the world wide web at www.civil-service.gov.uk/statistics.

Mr. Wray

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the salary is for each of the civil service grades. [28069]

Mr. Leslie

The latest information, broken down by salary and grade level, is published in "Civil Service Statistics 2000" and is based on 1 April 2000 data. Copies of the publication can be found in the Library of the House. Table H of that publication shows numbers of civil servants by salary band and responsibility level. Departments and agencies are responsible for their own grading structures, but these have been allocated to broad responsibility levels to give a common basis for tabulation

For the senior civil service, new bands will be introduced from 1 April 2002. I refer my hon. Friend to the Prime Minister's reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Aberdeen, North (Mr. Savidge) on 10 January 2002, Official Report, column 993W, and to the documents placed in the Library of the House.