§ Brian WhiteTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much time his Department spent dealing with honours in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by civil service grade. [173044]
§ Mr. McNultyThe majority of the work on honours is undertaken by the departmental honours team. Honours work in the Department for Transport is dealt with in a dedicated honours secretariat dealing with honours nominations for both the Department for Transport and the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. One EO deals with transport matters full time and a SEO and AO deal with matters arising for both Departments.
Time spent by senior civil servants is as follows:
Grade Total hours Grade 1 6 Grade 2 10 Grade 3 2 Information is not available on time spent on honours related work by departmental staff who are not members of the Department's honours teams or attendees of formal sift meetings.