HC Deb 28 October 2002 vol 391 cc645-6W
Mr. McNamara

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 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 (ii) the South East between l April 2001 and 31 March; and what is the total employment for each civil service grade. [76559]

Malcolm Wicks

The information on job vacancies is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The information on the total numbers of people employed for each Civil Service grade is in the table.

Total number of people employed for each Civil Service grade
London South East
Grade SIP WTE SIP WTE
SCS 103 101
Grade 6 89 84 8 8
Grade 7 287 279 22 22
SEO 375 370 52 51
HEO 1,035 1,007 357 335
EO 5,215 4,942 2,868 2,609
AO 6,616 6,150 5,348 4,789
AA 1,214 1,127 831 729
Total 14,934 14,060 9,486 8,543

Notes:

1. Figures are point in time as at 31 March 2002.

2. Figures are shown as headcount totals (Staff In Post) and whole-time equivalent totals (WTE).