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Mr. David Hunt : Rates for the valleys programme area and Wales are given in the table. Seasonally adjusted unemployment rates are only available for Wales.
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Male unemployment rates expressed as a percentage of the work force |June 1988 |June 1990 |September 1992 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------Valleys<1> |17.5 |12.8 |18.7 Wales<1> |12.3 |8.0 |13.3 Wales<2> |12.1 |8.3 |13.5 <1> Unadjusted. <2> Seasonally adjusted.
Ely Estate, Cardiff
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on a second tranche of financial assistance to Cardiff city council by way of supplementary credit approval for further housing improvements on the Ely council estate.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : Decisions on this matter will be taken in due course after discussion about progress with the local authority.
TRADE AND INDUSTRY
British Nuclear Fuels plc
Mr. Flynn : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what is his current estimate of the value of depleted uranium stockpiled at nuclear facilities operated by British Nuclear Fuels plc.
Mr. Eggar : This is a commercial matter for the owners of the material.
Ozone-depleting Substances
Mr. Chris Smith : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what assessment his Department has made of what precentage of companies in the (a) electronics, (b) precision cleaning, (c) metal cleaning and (d) dry cleaning sectors view hydrochlorofluorocarbons as the only alternative to the use of chlorofluorocarbons or methyl chloroform ; and what is the current level of emissions of ozone-depleting solvents from the (i) electronics, (ii) precision cleaning, (iii) metal cleaning and (iv) dry cleaning sectors.
Mr. Eggar : Latest information on the use of CFC113 and methyl chloroform in these sectors and on the proportion of companies which are considering the use of hydrochlorofluorocarbons as an alternative is contained in a report recently commissioned by my Department from Touche Ross management consultants. A copy of the report has been placed in the Library of the House. Information on emissions of ozone-depleting substances from the sectors concerned or on companies which view hydrochlorofluorocarbons to be the only alternative is not available.
Mr. Chris Smith : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what position his Department has taken with regard to proposals by CEN, the European Committee for Standardisation, for a regulation on hydrocarbon refrigeration.
Mr. Eggar : The European Committee for Standardisation brings together the national standards bodies of the European Community and the European
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Free Trade Association countries. The British Standards Institution is the United Kingdom national member of the European Committee for Standardisation. Through its technical committee structure, the British Standards Institution acts as the main channel for the United Kingdom's input into European standards-making. The determination of the United Kingdom's position on the European Committee for Standardisation proposals concerning hydrocarbon refrigeration is therefore the responsibility of the appropriate British Standards Institution technical committee.Mr. Chris Smith : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what steps his Department has taken to promote the use of hydrocarbon refrigerants ; and how much funding his Department has spent or committed to research and uptake of hydrocarbon refrigeration technology.
Mr. Eggar : Hydrocarbon refrigerants are among the alternatives to chlorofluorocarbons identified in a booklet on refrigeration and air conditioning published recently by my Department in a series entitled "Protecting the Ozone Layer and Safeguarding Your Business". No funds have been spent on or committed specifically to the research and uptake of hydrocarbon refrigeration within the past three years. However, my Department and the Department of the Environment operate schemes of financial support for the research, development and diffusion of sound environmental technologies in general and the replacement of ozone- depleting substances is a priority area within those schemes.
Mr. Chris Smith : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what steps his Department has taken to promote the use of alternatives to HCFCs in (a) refrigeration and air conditioning, (b) foams and (c) solvents.
Mr. Eggar : HCFCs cause less damage to the ozone layer than CFCs and their availability is enabling industry to move out of CFCs more quickly than would otherwise have been the case. However, booklets on refrigeration and air-conditioning, foam blowing and solvents published recently by my Department in the series "Protecting the Ozone Layer and Safeguarding Your Business" provide information and sources of advice on alternatives to the use of ozone-depleting chemicals in the sectors concerned.
Mr. Chris Smith : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what assessment his Department has made of the percentage of demand for HCFCs within the refrigeration and air conditioning industry which results from servicing, maintenance and leaks.
Mr. Eggar : None. However, the problem of loss of refrigerants resulting from servicing, maintenance and leakage is addressed in general terms in a report by March Consulting Group on "CFCs in the UK : Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Industries", commissioned recently by the Department of the Environment.
Mr. Chris Smith : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what essential uses of HCFCs his Department has defined in solvent cleaning ; and what is the current and projected demand during the next 10 years of ozone-depleting substanes in solvent cleaning.
Mr. Eggar : No uses of HCFCs in solvent cleaning have yet been defined as essential for the purposes of exemption from future controls currently under discussion in the context of a review of the Montreal protocol.
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The latest available forecasts of future demand forozone-depleting substances in solvent cleaning are contained in two recent reports commissioned by my Department : figures for HCFCs are contained in a "Study of Ozone Depleting Substances" by Coopers and Lybrand ; estimates for other ozone-depleting substances are contained in a report on "The Use of CFC 113 and 1,1,1
Tricholorethane as Solvents in UK Industry" by Touche Ross, management consultants. Copies of both reports have been placed in the Library of the House.
Mr. Chris Smith : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what discussions his Department has had with ICI and Rho ne Poulenc regarding their production and export of HCFC22.
Mr. Eggar : Officials in my Department hold regular meetings with both those companies on the question of phasing out ozone-depleting chemicals. Both ICI and Rho ne Poulenc are participating in international consortiums evaluating the toxicology and environmental impact of HFC32 as potential replacement for HCFC22. ICI announced KLEA32, a new ozone-benign refrigerant, on 1 July 1992.
Mr. Chris Smith : To ask the President of the Board of Trade (1) what discussions his Department has had with Sainsbury's regarding the use of HCFCs ;
(2) what discussions his Department's officials have had with United Kingdom domestic fridge manufacturers regarding the use of hydrocarbons ;
(3) what discussions his Department has had with supermarkets regarding ammonia and absorption refrigeration technology.
Mr. Eggar : Officials in my Department and the Department of the Environment have regular meetings with producers and users of ozone- depleting substances. Trade associations representing the interests of supermarkets, and United Kingdom manufacturers of domestic refrigerators and the refrigeration servicing sector are represented at these meetings. The meetings aim to ensure that manufacturers and users are aware of all current and potential options for accelerating the reduction of dependency on ozone-depleting substances.
Mr. Chris Smith : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what research his Department has undertaken or commissioned on refrigeration systems in Sweden ; and what discussions the Department has had with the Swedish authorities regarding legislation restricting the use of HCFCs in refrigeration systems.
Mr. Eggar : My Department has commissioned no research into refrigeration systems in Sweden though information on relevant technological developments in Sweden and other countries is made available to it from time to time in its regular meetings with United Kingdom producers and users of ozone-depleting substances. The United Kingdom and Sweden are both participating in discussions on future controls on the use of HCFCs in the context of the current review of the Montreal protocol.
Mr. Chris Smith : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what advice his Department has given industry with regard to hydrochlorofluorocarbon phase-out dates ; and what representations his Department has recieved from (a) industry, (b) trade associations and (c) HCFC producers regarding phase-out dates of HCFCs.
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Mr. Eggar : No dates have been agreed for the phasing-out of hydrochlorofluorocarbons, but my Department has given advice to industry that HCFCs are transitional substances which are likely to be subject to control and eventual phase-out. A range of views have been received from industry, trade associations and producers of HCFCs concerning the timetable for phasing out HCFCs and discussions are continuing.
Mr. Chris Smith : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what discussions his Department has had with German counterparts regarding hydrocarbon refrigeration technology ; and if he will instruct departmental officials to visit the German company DDK Scharfenstein to investigate their domestic hydrocarbon fridge.
Mr. Eggar : It is for industry to develop the technologies to replace ozone-depleting substances and my Department and the Department of the Environment operate schemes of financial support to assist industry to do this. I understand that organisations representing producers of refrigeration equipment are aware of recent publicity concerning a domestic hydrocarbon fridge under development in Germany.
Mr. Chris Smith : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what contacts his Department has made with the German company Aerotech regarding ammonia refrigeration systems.
Mr. Chris Smith : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what policy changes he will implement as a result of recent research on the use of solvents for the Department by Touche Ross.
Mr. Eggar : The report by Touche Ross was primarily intended to inform decisions on the timetable for phasing out of ozone-depleting substances which have yet to be taken. My Department will continue to advise and assist industry to switch to alternatives to ozone-depleting substances by the deadlines agreed within the European Communitty and earlier where this is practicable.
Mr. Chris Smith : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what advice his Department has issued to industry with regard to section 33 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and the use of ozone-depleting substances ; and what particular industrial processes involving the use of ozone-depleting substances are covered by section 33 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.
Mr. Eggar : My Department's advice to industry on section 33 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 is contained in a booklet on refrigeration and air conditioning published in the series "Protecting the Ozone Layer and Safeguarding Your Business". However, section 33 of the Act deals with the treatment, keeping or disposal of controlled waste. It is not specific to any particular process or processes.
Point of Ayr Colliery
Mr. Richards : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what were the details of the criteria on which British Coal originally decided to close Point of Ayr colliery in north Wales ; and in what respects the criteria on which its future will now be assessed differ from these.
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Mr. Eggar : My right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade and I accepted British Coal's advice that in order to meet its estimate of its potential market economically, it needed to reduce its present levels of production urgently and subsequently. We also accepted British Coal's advice as to the particular pits that should be closed. The detailed criteria used in making that decision are a matter for British Coal.
I refer my hon. Friend to the reply my right hon. Friend gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Broxtowe) (Mr. Lester) on 26 October, Official Report, columns 522-23 , announcing the terms of reference of the review of the prospects for the 21 pits, including Point of Ayr, proposed for closure by British Coal but not subject to the statutory consultation currently being undertaken by it.
Staffing Costs
Mr. Redmond : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list by grade and number employed the staffing costs for the year 1991-92 and the estimate for 1992-93 for the business task force.
Mr. Eggar : The information requested for 1991-92 is as follows. No figures for 1992-93 are available : the business task forces were abolished as part of the reorganisation of the Department of Trade and Industry this summer.
Business task forces Average cost of employing number of staff in grade ( including ERNIC) Grades |Manpower|(£000) -----------------------------------------------------Grade 3 |2.0 |118 Grade 5 |7.6 |367 Grade 6 |2.0 |86 Grade 7 |27.6 |911 Senior Executive Officer |5.4 |136 Senior Scientific Officer |2.8 |72 Senior Professional and Technical Officer |0.6 |16 Senior Examiner |0.4 |16 Higher Executive Officer |25.7 |528 Higher Scientific Officer |1.0 |21 Executive Officer |25.0 |410 Scientific Officer |2.0 |34 Administrative Officer |13.4 |185 Administrative Assistant |24.0 |264 Senior Personal Secretary |2.0 |36 Personal Secretary |8.0 |116 Typist |5.0 |61 |---- |---- Total |154.5 |3,377
Mr. Redmond : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list by grade and number employed, the staffing costs for the year 1991-92 and the estimate for 1992-93, for the manufacturing technology division.
Mr. Eggar : The information requested is as follows. The significant increase in size in 1992-93 follows the reorganisation of the Department of Trade and Industry in the summer, as a result of which the manufacturing technology division took on extra responsibilities in respect of information technology.
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Average cost of employing number of staff in grade (including ERNIC) Grade Manufacturing Information and technology divisiomanufacturing 1991-92 technologies division 1992-93 |Manpower|(£000) |Manpower|(£000) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Grade 3 |1.0 |59 |1.0 |62 Grade 5 |5.8 |280 |8.5 |428 Grade 6 |7.0 |300 |14.5 |648 Grade 7 |25.5 |842 |51.5 |1,773 Senior executive officer |5.6 |141 |11.5 |302 Senior scientific officer |9.4 |240 |14.0 |373 Senior professional and technical officer |12.3 |336 |18.5 |526 Higher executive officer |17.6 |362 |34.0 |727 Higher professional and technical officer |0.6 |14 |0 |0 Higher scientific officer |1.8 |37 |1.0 |21 Executive officer |27.8 |456 |42.0 |716 Professional and technical officer |1.0 |19 |1.0 |20 Information officer |0.4 |8 |0 |- Administrative officer |19.2 |265 |36.0 |516 Administrative assistant |17.7 |194 |35.0 |398 Senior personal secretary |1.0 |18 |1.0 |19 Personal secretary |10.0 |144 |18.0 |270 Typist |1.6 |19 |5.0 |63 |------- |------- |------- |------- Total |165.3 |3,734 |292.5 |6,862
Mr. Redmond : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list by grade and number employed, the staffing costs for the year 1991-92 and the estimate for 1992-93, for the telecommunications and posts division.
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Mr. Eggar : The information requested is as follows. Policy responsibility for the film industry was transferred from the telecommunications and posts division to the Department of National Heritage after the general election.
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Telecommunications and posts division Average cost of employing number of staff in grade (including ERNIC) Grade 1991-92 1992-93 |Manpower|£000 |Manpower|£000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Grade 3 |1.0 |59 |1.0 |62 Grade 4 |1.0 |54 |1.0 |56 Grade 5 |4.9 |237 |5.0 |252 Grade 6 |1.0 |43 |1.0 |45 Grade 7 |17.6 |581 |15.3 |527 Senior executive officer |1.0 |25 |2.0 |52 Senior scientific officer |1.0 |26 |1.0 |27 Higher executive officer |12.2 |251 |13.0 |278 Higher professional and technical officer |1.0 |23 |1.0 |24 Executive officer |14.4 |236 |13.5 |230 Administrative officer |4.6 |64 |3.0 |43 Administrative assistant |12.2 |134 |12.5 |142 Senior personal secretary |1.0 |18 |1.0 |19 Personal secretary |6.4 |92 |7.0 |105 Typist |1.0 |12 |1.0 |13 |------- |------- |------- |------- Total |80.3 |1,855 |78.3 |1,875
Mr. Redmond : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list by grade and number employed, the staffing costs for the year 1991-92 and the estimate for 1992-93, for the competition policy division.
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Mr. Eggar : The information requested is as follows :
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Average cost of employing number of staff in grade (including ERNIC) Grade Competition policy division 1991-92 |Manpower|(£000) |Manpower|(£000) -----------------------------------------------------------------------Grade 3 |1.0 |59 |1.0 |62 Grade 5 |3.0 |145 |3.3 |166 Grade 6 |0.6 |26 |1.0 |45 Grade 7 |10.3 |340 |10.5 |361 Senior executive officer |1.2 |30 |1.0 |26 Higher executive officer |6.4 |131 |7.0 |150 Executive officer |4.0 |66 |4.5 |77 Administrative officer |2.6 |36 |2.0 |29 Administrative assistant |6.6 |73 |7.0 |80 Senior personal secretary |1.6 |29 |2.0 |37 Personal secretary |3.4 |49 |2.0 |30 Typist |1.0 |12 |2.0 |25 |------- |------- |------- |------- Total |41.7 |996 |43.3 |1,088
Mr. Redmond : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list by grade and number employed the staffing costs for the year 1991-92 and the estimate for 1992-93 for the companies investigation branch.
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Mr. Eggar : The information requested is as follows :
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Companies investigation branch Average cost of employing number of staff in grade (including ERNIC) 1991-92 1992-93 Grade |Manpower|(£000) |Manpower|(£000) ----------------------------------------------------------------------Grade 4 |1.0 |55 |1.0 |56 Grade 5 |2.0 |97 |2.0 |101 Grade 6 |3.0 |129 |3.0 |134 Grade 7 |4.0 |132 |5.0 |172 Insolvency Grade A |3.0 |139 |3.0 |145 Insolvency Grade B |13.0 |471 |15.0 |567 Insolvency Grade C |25.0 |700 |24.5 |714 Insolvency Grade D |3.0 |70 |3.0 |73 Investigation Officer |2.0 |41 |1.0 |21 Senior Executive Officer |2.0 |50 |3.0 |79 Higher Executive Officer |1.5 |31 |1.5 |32 Executive Officer |5.0 |82 |5.0 |85 Administrative Officer |10.0 |143 |12.0 |172 Administrative Assistant |5.0 |55 |5.0 |57 Personal Secretary |6.0 |87 |6.0 |90 Typist |1.0 |12 |1.0 |13 |------- |------- |------- |------- Total |86.5 |2,342 |91.0 |2,511
Mr. Redmond : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list by grade and number employed, the staffing costs for the year 1991-92 and the estimate for 1992-93, for the insurance division.
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Mr. Eggar : The information requested is as follows.
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Insurance division Average cost of employing number of staff in grade (including ERNIC) 1991-92 1992-93 Grade |Manpower|(£000) |Manpower|(£000) -----------------------------------------------------------------------Grade 3 |1.0 |59 |1.0 |62 Grade 5 |4.1 |198 |3.5 |176 Grade 6 |1.0 |43 |1.0 |45 Grade 7 |13.3 |439 |13.5 |465 Senior executive officer |2.4 |60 |2.5 |65 Higher executive officer |19.1 |392 |26.5 |567 Executive officer |26.2 |430 |24.0 |409 Librarian |0.2 |4 |0 |0 Administrative officer |13.6 |188 |11.0 |158 Administrative assistant |10.2 |112 |10.5 |119 Senior personal secretary |0.2 |4 |1.0 |19 Personal secretary |4.2 |61 |3.0 |45 Typist |0.4 |5 |1.0 |13 |------- |------- |------- |------- Total |95.9 |1,995 |98.5 |2,143
Power Generation
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the President of the Board of Trade whether power is still being generated for supply to the national grid on the basis of merit order of power stations based on generating cost ; and whether he will publish the most recent list of power stations by that merit order, together with their generating capacity, power produced and fuel consumption.
Mr. Eggar : The National Grid Company is required by its transmission licence to schedule and dispatch plant in accordance with a bid price merit order system, under which generators submit price bids for their stations daily and the cheapest plant bid is used first, within the technical constraints of the transmission and distribution system. Price bids are a matter for the generators. Daily information on bid prices and capacity available is not published but may be obtained from National Grid Company Settlements Ltd. Figures for power produced and fuel consumption are commercially confidential.
Coal Industry
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list by date the meetings he, Ministers or officials of his Department, have had with external bodies or expert consultants on the coal industry since 15 April.
Mr. Eggar [holding answer 2 November 1992] : My right hon. Friend and I, and our officials, have had numerous meetings with external bodies and expert consultants on the coal industry since 15 April.
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Nuclear Materials Review Conference
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what submissions on physical protection, inventory control and enhanced security were put forward by Her Majesty's Government to the review conference on the physical protection on nuclear materials held between 29 September and 1 October ; and if he will make a statement on the outcome of the review conference.
Mr. Eggar [holding answer 2 November 1992] : The Government's aim at the review conference was to ensure that the high standards of physical protection required by the convention on the physical protection of nuclear material were maintained and to urge states which had not already done so to accede to the convention. The conference endorsed the important role of the convention in providing an international framework for the physical protection of nuclear material. I am placing a copy of the final statement of the conference in the Library of the House.
EC Coal Subsidy
Ms. Quin : To ask the President of the Board of Trade when he last had discussions with Commissioner Sir Leon Brittan about the differing levels of subsidy on coal production in the EC ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Eggar [holding answer 3 November 1992] : My right hon. Friend and I meet both Commissioner Sir Leon Brittan and Commissioner Cardoso from time to time to discuss matters of mutual interest.
Energy Select Committee
Mr. Spearing : To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his answer of 29 October, Official Report, cols. 784-85, to the hon. Member for Newham,
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South concerning availability of his reply to the Fourth Report of the Select Committee on Energy 1991-92 (HC 113), by what means his memorandum, and that of the Director General of Electricity Supply, were released to the press ; and if he will list the names of journals to which it was sent without a request.Mr. Eggar [holding answer 3 November 1992) : My Department's memorandum was circulated using our standard method of distribution for press notices, which covers around 450 newspapers, journals, media and other companies and individuals. The Office of Electricity Regulation circulated its press release to its standard distribution list of more than 500 newspapers and other contacts, and sent a copy of the director general's memorandum to the majority of press and media contacts.
Gas Reserves
Mr. Hardy : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what proportion of the reserves of gas which he has estimated will meet Britain's requirements have yet to be proved ; and what proportion he estimates will come from smaller fields than those which currently provide supplies to the home market.
Mr. Eggar [holding answer 4 November 1992] : My Department's latest estimates of United Kingdom gas reserves were published in the Brown Book--"Development of the Oil and Gas Resources of the United Kingdom"--in April 1992. About 37 per cent. of the total are reserves which have yet to be proved by drilling. Reserves in future fields will fall within a wide range, but it is not expected that any will compare in size with the largest fields currently supplying the United Kingdom market.
Pit Closures
Mr. Alex Carlile : To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many representations he has received in the last three months from businesses wishing (a) to reopen closed pits in Wales and (b) to maintain existing pits under new management ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Eggar [holding answer 4 November 1992] : My Department has not received any representations in the last three months from businesses wishing to reopen closed pits in Wales. It has received a number of representations in relation to taking over existing pits in Wales for operation under new management.
Expressions of interest in pits are a matter for British Coal, which has a duty to consider carefully applications from responsible organisations seeking licences to mine.
DEFENCE
Reserve Forces
Mr. Brazier : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to use members of the reserve forces in support of current operations.
Mr. Archie Hamilton : My right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Defence reported to the House by notice last month the call- out of a small number of willing officers of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve to support current operations.
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A further need for specialist support available only from the reserve forces has now become apparent, and a number of individuals from the Territorial Army's intelligence and security group (volunteers) have offered to serve on duties in the United Kingdom. My right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State has made the Queen's order required by section 12(1) of the Reserve Forces Act, 1980, and has formally called them out under section 11(1) of the Act.A number of officers of the Royal Naval Reserve have also volunteered to serve, and they are being called up under the provisions of an Order in Council made in May 1982.
Agencies
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list by grade the numbers of staff and their cost for 1991-92 and the estimated figures for 1992-93, for each executive agency and defence support agency for which he is responsible.
Mr. Aitken : This is a matter delegated to my Department's executive agencies under their framework documents. I have therefore asked each chief executive to reply direct to the hon. Member. Letter from J. C. R. Hunt to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 5 November 1992 :
I am responding to your written parliamentary question, "to ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list by grade the numbers of staff and their cost for 1991-92 and the estimated figures for 1992-93, for each executive agency and defence support agency for which he is responsible."
The answer is as follows :
The number of staff in each grade is given in the table attached. The staff cost (including superannuation) was £59.4 million in 1991-92 and is expected to be £62.9 million in 1992-93.
Meteorological office staff numbers Grade |Average 1991-92 |Estimated Average |1992-93 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 |1 |1 3 |1 |1 4 |2 |2 5 |9 |9 6 |28 |31 7 |137 |142 Senior Scientific Officer |338 |355 Higher Scientific Officer |449 |458 Scientific Officer |475 |486 Assistant Scientific Officer |542 |506 Senior Telecommunications Technical Officer |7 |8 Higher Telecommunications Technical Officer |35 |36 Telecommunications Technical Officer |47 |47 Assistant Telecommunications Technical Officer |33 |36 Senior Professional and Technology Officer |5 |6 Higher Professional and Technology Officer |20 |21 Professional and Technology Officer |6 |7 Senior Executive Officer |5 |5 Higher Executive Officer |11 |12 Executive Officer |26 |30 Adminstrative Officer |81 |90 Administrative Assistant |45 |50 Clerical/Support |122 |114 Industrial |32 |28 Locally Entered Overseas |42 |39 |------- |------- |2,499 |2,520
Letter from J. A. R. Chisholm to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 5 November 1992 :
In today's written answer the Under Secretary of State for Defence informed you that, as Chief Executive of the Defence Research Agency, I would be replying directly to your question concerning numbers and costs of staff in Executive Agencies.
The number of personnel employed by DRA on 1 April 1991 was 12,027 and the total staff costs for 1991-92 were £206 million. On 1 April 1992 total personnel numbered 11,187 for whom the costs in 1992-93 will be £211 million. Staff numbers as at 1 October 1992 are 11,267. This number will reduce slightly by the end of the year as a result of my recently announced voluntary redundancy scheme.
My colleague Roger Warren wrote to you on my behalf in July listing the DRA staffing levels by grade as at 1 April 1992. I have repeated that information below for your convenience. I am afraid a breakdown by grade is not available for 1 April 1991.
|Numbers -------------------------------------Non industrial staff Grade 2 |1 Grade 3 |8 Grade 4 |6 Grade 5 |40 Grade 6 |197 Grade 7 |857 SSO/SPTO/SEO |1,285 HSO/HPTO/HEO |1,558 SO/PTO/EO |1,501 ASO/AO/AA/Sec |1,160 Others |894 |--- Sub Total |7,507 Industrial staff Craft |2,047 Non-craft |1,443 |--- Sub Total |3,490 Military staff All ranks |190 |--- Total |11,187
I hope you find this information helpful.
Letter from Colonel G. H. Wilson to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 3 November 1992 :
I refer to your parliamentary question, received on 29 October, which asked the Secretary of State for Defence to list by grade the numbers of staff and their cost for each Executive Agency for 1991-92 and the estimated figures for 1992-93.
The Duke of York's Royal Military School was established as an Executive Agency of the MOD on 1st April 1992. Attached are staff numbers and costs for 1991-92 and the estimated figures for 1992-93.
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