HC Deb 05 November 2002 vol 392 cc186-7W
Mr. McNamara

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many job vacancies there were at(a) administrative assistant or equivalent, (b) administrative officer or equivalent, (c) administrative executive officer, (d) higher executive officer, (e) senior executive officer, (f) grade 7 principal and (g) positions above grade 7 level in her Department for jobs located in (i) London and (ii) the south east between 1 April 2001 and 31 March; and what is the total employment for each Civil Service grade. [76565]

Mr. Stephen Twigg

[holding answer 28 October 2002]: Information on vacancies in London and the south east region between 9 June 2001 (when this Department was established) and 31 March 2002, and numbers of DfES staff in London and the south east region at 1 April 2002, is set out in the table:

Responsibility level London region vacancies1 London region total staff2 SE region vacancies1 SE region total staff2
Grade 6 and above 10 127 0 3
Grade 7 10 286 3 12
Senior Executive Officer 15 217 2 8
Higher Executive Officer 43 570 2 31
Executive Officer 147 500 2 19
Administrative Officer 64 322 0 4
Administrative Assistant 0 76 0 0
Total non industrial staff 289 2,098 9 77
1 9 June 2001 to 31 March 2002.
2 1 April 2002.