§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development 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) all positions above grade 7 level in her Department for jobs located in London and (i) the south-east between 1 April 2001 and 31 March; and what is the total employment for each civil service grade. [76551]
§ Clare Short[holding answer 28 October 2002]: The total numbers of staff in each civil service grade employed in DFID's London headquarters is set out in the table. There are no DFID staff employed in the south-east region outside London. Details of vacancies are not collated centrally and are, therefore, unavailable. However, it is worth pointing out that, by and large, DFID does not have difficulty in recruiting staff in London and vacancies rarely remain unfilled for any length of time.
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Total staff. In Grade London—position as at 1 April 2001 Grade> 45 C2 (administrative assistant equivalent) 137 C1 (administrative officer equivalent) 130 B2 (executive officer equivalent) 184 B1 (higher executive officer equivalent) 39 A3 (senior executive officer equivalent) 140 A2 (grade 7 equivalent) 164 above A2 (grade 6 and above)