HC Deb 23 April 2004 vol 420 cc709-11W
Bob Spink

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 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 in each case. [166389]

Mr. Mike O'Brien

As at 1 October 2003 Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) staff numbers were:

Grade Percentage female Percentage declared minority ethnic Percentage declared disabled Total
SMS 4 0.00 0.00 0.00 12
SMS 3 6.25 0.00 0.00 16
SMS 2 8.08 0.73 1.47 136
SMS 1 16.56 0.97 1.95 308
SMS total 13.35 0.85 1.69 472
D7 20.73 1.55 0.52 193
D6 27.05 1.29 0.72 695
C5 22.34 1.95 2.13 564
C4 35.98 2.88 1.68 1,248
B3 49.08 6.48 2.21 1,312
A2 61.51 12.24 2.91 1,169
Al 46.29 14.24 3.26 337
Total 39.82 5.66 2.02 5,990
Count of PFNO
Grade
Age group A1 A2 B3 C4 C5 D6 D7
16–20 43 43 3 — — — —
21–25 114 190 86 53 — — 1
26–30 42 180 187 152 16 65 4
31–35 23 185 404 279 44 124 17
36–40 19 180 226 280 102 145 32
41–45 19 132 142 156 102 96 40
46–50 21 86 87 108 109 96 29
51–55 26 87 87 105 113 91 29
56–60 21 66 74 100 76 73 40
61–65 9 20 16 15 2 5 1
Grand total 337 1,169 1,312 1,248 564 695 193
Grade
Age group SMSI SMS2 SMS3 SMS4 Grand total
16–20 — — — — 89
21–25 — — — — 444
26–30 — — — — 646
31–35 8 1 — — 1,085
36–40 50 2 — — 1,036
41–45 81 13 — — 780
46–50 76 30 3 1 646
51–55 53 43 7 7 648
56–60 40 45 6 4 545
61–65 — 2 — — 70
Grand total 308 136 16 12 5,990

The FCO's only agency. Wilton Park reported the following figures at 1 April, 2004.

Grade Number
A1 13
A2 23
B3 9
C4 14
C5 2
D6 7
D7 1
SMS 2
Total employed 71
Total male 23
Total female 48

Grade Number
Ethnic origin
White 68
Chinese 1
Anglo Indian 1
Anglo Caribbean 1
Disabled 0
Age by grade
Age A1 A2 B3 C4 C5 D6 D7 SMS Total
16–20 4 — — — — — — 4
21–25 2 4 — — — — — — 6
26–30 1 1 1 — — — — — 3
31–35 — 4 1 4 — — — — 9
36–40 — 1 — 5 — 2 — — 8
41–45 1 2 1 — — 1 — — 5
46–50 1 3 — 1 1 2 1 — 9
51–55 1 6 3 3 1 1 — 2 17
56–60 1 2 2 1 — 1 — — 7
61–65 2 — 1 — — — — — 3
Total 13 23 9 14 2 7 1 2 71

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