HC Deb 19 April 2004 vol 420 cc390-1W
Bob Spink

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will list for each civil service grade within his(a) Department and (b) Department's executive agencies, the total number of staff employed, broken down by (i) gender, (ii) ethnic group and (iii) age group; and how many are registered disabled. [166399]

Hilary Benn

Details of DFID Home Civil Service staff numbers (there are no executive agencies), by Civil Service grade, and broken down by (i) gender; (ii) ethnic group (iii) disability status and (iv) age group, are contained in the following tables:

Grade Male Female Total
Senior Civil Service 54 17 71
A1 (Level 6) 131 47 178
A2 (Level 7) 211 157 368
A3 (Senior Executive Officer) 67 72 139
B1 (Higher Executive Officer) 166 131 297
B2 (Executive Officer) 132 163 295
C1 (Administrative Officer) 99 207 306
C2 (Administrative Assistant) 39 51 90
Totals 899 845 1,744

DFID staff by disability status
Grade Disabled Non-Disabled Total
B2 (Executive Officer) 4 291 295
C1 (Administrative Officer) 13 293 306
C2 (Administrative Assistant) 3 87 90
Totals 29 1,715 1,744

DFID staff by age group
Grade Under 25 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 + Total
Senior Civil Service 0 0 19 37 15 0 71
A1 (Level 6) 0 7 56 81 34 0 178
A2 (Level 7) 0 107 163 74 24 0 368
A3 (Senior Executive Officer) 0 30 56 46 7 0 139
B1 (Higher Executive Officer) 10 107 92 74 14 0 297
B2 (Executive Officer) 6 92 114 67 15 1 295
C1 (Administrative Officer) 18 71 114 65 36 2 306
C2 (Administrative Assistant) 11 14 15 26 24 0 90
Totals 45 428 629 470 169 3 1,744

These details form part of our bi-annual staffing level returns to the Cabinet Office. Data on staffing levels in the Civil Service is collected by the Cabinet Office and published in "Civil Service Statistics". A copy of "Civil Service Statistics 2002" is available in the Library of the House, and at www.civil-service.gov.uk/statistics. The 2003 edition setting out these latest figures will be published in summer 2004.