§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department 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 his Department for jobs located in (i) London and (i) the South East between 1 April 2001 and 31 March; and what is the total employment for each Civil Service grade. [76562]
§ Hilary Benn[holding answer 28 October 2002]The information requested is not available for all parts of the Department. The tables provide a snapshot of vacancies and staffing at 1 April 2001 and 1 April 2002 for the Home Office and the Prison Service.
Table A: Position as at 1 April 2001 for the Home Office1 London region South East region Responsibility level Vacancies2 Total staff3 Vacancies Total staff3 Grades 6 and above 23 273 — 9 Grade 7 25 442 — 19 Senior Executive Officer 30 621 — 41 Higher Executive Officer 74 1,509 — 158 Executive Officer 47 3,140 — 848 Administrative Officer 55 2,285 — 308 Administrative Assistant 32 1,318 — 73 Other (not included above) 6 — — — Total non-industrial staff 292 9,588 — 1,456 821W
Table B; Position as at 1 April 2002 for the Home Office1 London region South East region Responsibility level Vacancies2 Total staff3 Vacancies Total staff3 Grades 6 and above 18 261 — 4 Grade 7 22 439 — 19 Senior Executive Officer 26 648 — 44 Higher Executive Officer 27 1,562 — 172 Executive Officer 57 3,002 — 793 Administrative Officer 72 2,113 — 304 Administrative Assistant 17 1,321 — 89 Other (not included above) 2 — — — Total non-industrial staff 241 9,346 — 1,425 1 Includes IND and the Forensic Science Service unless otherwise indicated. 2 Vacancies shown are only for the central London-based staff, excluding the Immigration and Nationality Directorate and the Forensic Science Service. 3 Figures include administrative and equivalent grades. The Immigration and Nationality Directorate cannot provide information on vacancies at 1 April 2001 for 1 April 2002 without incurring disproportionate cost. The Forensic Science Service does not collect information on vacancies filled by internal candidates.
The 241 vacancies shown at 1 April 2002 have been filled through a variety of external recruitment, Job Specific Selection, managed postings, Selection Boards and trawls to other Government Departments.
Table C: Position as at 1 April 2001 for the Prison Service1 London region and HQ South East region Responsibility level2 Vacancies3 Total staff4 Vacancies Total staff Grades 6 and above 6 100 11 37 Grade 7 -1 209 -5 48 Senior Executive Officer 5 235 -7 113 Higher Executive Officer 30 463 10 171 Executive Officer 129 747 20 591 Administrative Officer 106 1,107 12 1,079 Administrative Assistant 433 3,589 36 4,041 Other (not included above) — — — — Total non-industrial staff 708 6,450 77 6,080
Table D: Position as at 1 April 2002 for the Prison Service1 London region and HQ South East region Responsibility level2 Vacancies3 Total staff4 Vacancies Total staff Grades 6 and above 6 105 18 38 Grade 7 16 203 39 53 Senior Executive Officer 42 471 -10 274 Higher Executive Officer -7 237 3 54 Executive Officer 98 768 59 617 Administrative Officer 73 1,040 60 1,185 Administrative Assistant 358 3,066 265 4,259 Other (not included above) — — — — Total non-industrial staff 575 5,890 433 6,480 1 Excludes staff in area offices and other split site staff. 2 Prison Officer and Governor grades are included in equivalent administrative grade at appropriate responsibility level; nurses allocated to Executive Officer level because the forecast planned post data do not distinguish their grade level. 3 Vacancies calculated as total of forecast planned posts minus full-time equivalent staff in post as at 31 March 2001. 4 Excludes those staff on reduced pay and maternity leave. Two national recruitment campaigns were run in April and September 2002 for the Prison Officer grade, specifically for the female estate and the emergency build programme. Due to their success, recruits have been provided and continue to be provided to London establishments, and all officer vacancies in the Kent, Surrey and Sussex area will be filled. In addition, a series of local adverts throughout the London and south-east area are planned, with HMYOI/Remand Centre Feltham currently recruiting.