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Mr. Robin Squire : The information for England is listed in the table. Staffing levels of local authorities in Wales and Scotland are a matter for my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Wales and for Scotland.
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Number of people employed by local authorities at
June of each year
Year |Full-Time|Part-Time|Total
|(000's) |(000's) |(000's)
--------------------------------------------------
1975 |1,608 |862 |2,470
1976 |1,625 |857 |2,482
1977 |1,606 |853 |2,459
1978 |1,600 |869 |2,469
1979 |1,626 |886 |2,512
1980 |1,609 |866 |2,475
1981 |1,578 |843 |2,421
1982 |1,552 |841 |2,393
1983 |1,554 |852 |2,406
1984 |1,551 |858 |2,409
1985 |1,545 |874 |2,419
1986 |1,545 |904 |2,449
1987 |1,550 |941 |2,491
1988 |1,548 |966 |2,514
1989 |1,506 |948 |2,454
1990 |1,512 |968 |2,480
1991 |1,493 |961 |2,454
1992 |1,460 |949 |2,409
Source: Joint Staffing Watch for England
Note: Three major events caused significant
losses from the local authority sector during the
period covered by this table. The numbers
involved are:
(1) Approximately 6,300 full-time equivalents (
ftes) due to the abolition of the GLC and the
Metropolitan County Councils in 1986.
(2) Around 14,500 ftes due to the change in
status of the local authority bus and municipal
airport staff in 1986 and 1987.
(3) Around 39,000 ftes when polytechnics and
higher education institutions transferred from
the public to the personal sector in 1989.
Sulphur Dioxide Emissions
Mr. Chris Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what assessment he has made of the reduction in the level of sulphur dioxide emissions in the United Kingdom which will be required in order to stabilise soil acidity levels.
Mr. Maclean : The sensitivity of soils to acid deposition varies greatly in different parts of the United Kingdom as a result of geological and other factors. Under current policies, annual United Kingdom emissions of sulphur dioxide are expected to fall by around 60 per cent. between 1980 and 2005. On present estimates, only about 8 per cent. of the surface area of Great Britain should then be subject to rates of acid deposition which will result in further soil acidification.
The Government are taking part in discussions in the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe which it is hoped will lead to a new international agreement on SO emissions by the end of 1993. However to eliminate soil acidification altogether would necessitate sulphur dioxide reductions of over 95 per cent and parallel action on other pollutants. This is not considered a realistic objective either for the United Kingdom or for the remainder of the UNECE region for the foreseeable future.
Local Government Boundaries
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list all the reports published by the Local Government Boundary Commission regarding the boundaries of local authorities within the area of the Wanstead and Woodford parliamentary constituency, including the date by which comments were to be received and the date of publication of final reports.
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Mr. Robin Squire : The Local Government Boundary Commission deals with local authority boundaries, not parliamentary boundaries. But the Parliamentary Boundary Commission for England takes account of county and London borough boundaries.
Reports of the Local Government Boundary Commission relating to county and London borough boundaries affecting Wanstead and Woodford are listed in the table.
Name of report |Closing date for
|comments
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Redbridge/
Epping Forest/ |26 July 1989 and
Waltham Forest |15 February 1991
Newham/Redbridge/ |26 March 1990 and
Waltham Forest25 June 1991 |29 June 1992
Orimulsion
Mr. Oakes : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will require Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution to make public its report into the incident at Ince B power station last autumn arising from the trial burning of orimulsion.
Mr. Maclean : Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution is not aware of any incident at Ince B power station last autumn arising from the trial burning of orimulsion.
Leicester
Mr. Vaz : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when he next intends to visit Leicester.
Mr. Howard : I have no current plans to do so.
Banham Commission
Mr. Vaz : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the budget of the Banham commission on local government.
Mr. Robin Squire : I will write to the hon. Member shortly.
Housing Corporation
Mr. Vaz : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been the amount of grant to the Housing Corporation in each year since its establishment ; and what plans he has to increase it.
Mr. Baldry : The main element of the Housing Corpora-tion's expenditure is its approved development programme--ADP--which is funded by grant and loans from the Government, as well as the corporation's receipts. Gross capital expenditure on the ADP in England since 1978-79 has been as follows :
|£ million
------------------------------
1978-79 |327
1979-80 |400
1980-81 |508
1981-82 |521
1982-83 |755
1983-84 |734
1984-85 |697
1985-86 |711
1986-87 |715
1987-88 |752
1988-89 |777
1989-90 |935
1990-91 |1,063
1991-92 |1,586
1992-93 |<1>1,770
<1>Estimated outturn
Information about earlier years and figures for the total of grants paid to the Corporation cannot be provided except at disproportionate cost.
The Government's future plans will be announced by the Chancellor in his autumn statement.
Departmental Relocation
Mr. Wilson : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he has yet reached a conclusion on the proposed move of his Department to docklands ; on what grounds he proposes to take the decision ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Howard : I will make an announcement shortly. As I told the House on 2 June, Official Report, column 707, the decision will be taken on the basis of giving value for money to the taxpayer.
Green House Programme
Mrs. Roe : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement about the future of the Green House programme.
Mr. Baldry : The two-year Green House programme was launched in 1990 by my hon. Friend the Minister for Housing and Planning as an important element of the Government's policies to combat global warming through increased energy efficiency. Its aim was to establish a national network of replicable energy efficiency demonstration projects in council housing. All the available resources have been allocated to or earmarked for 155 individual projects in 121 authorities, following a competitive bidding exercise to identify the most cost-effective schemes. The preliminary results are very encouraging. Overall, schemes are expected to deliver carbon dioxide savings of some 50 per cent. over current levels, with a 40 per cent. reduction in energy consumption. In addition to environmental benefits, these improvements are expected to reduce future management and maintenance costs of the houses concerned and bring major benefits to tenants from reduced fuel bills. My Department continues to monitor the performance of key projects and will publish further information in due course. At present about one quarter of authorities' annual expenditure on mainstream repair and improvement of their stock is devoted to energy- related measures.
The Green House programme suggests that, if best practice were followed, authorities could achieve higher output from this investment. The Government have therefore decided to follow up the programme by actively promoting the application of its positive lessons by all housing authorities. From next year, we will expect authorities to take fuller account in their housing
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investment decisions of the need to improve the energy efficiency of their stock and to reflect this in their annual housing investment programme submissions. To assist them, my Department will be issuing guidance on the lessons of the Programme, and on the steps authorities can take to ensure that energy efficiency is an integral part of their housing strategies.Local Government Reorganisation
Mr. Anthony Coombs : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will establish a staff commission to advise on the staffing issues arising from the reorganisation of local government in the shire counties in England.
Mr. Howard : I have decided to use my powers under section 23 of the Local Government Act 1991 to set up a small staff commission to advise me on the steps necessary to safeguard the interests of staff affected by local government reorganisation in England. I intend to ask the staff commission to advise me in particular on arrangements for staff transfers ; on any particular redundancy and compensation arrangements that may be necessary ; and on whether there should be arrangements to give staff whose posts are lost in reorganisation prior consideration for jobs in new authorities. I intend that the staff commission should be set up next year, in time to deal with questions relating to the outcome of the first tranche of the local government commission's reviews.
Compulsory Competitive Tendering
Mr. Anthony Coombs : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when the Government will announce their conclusion on the responses to proposals for a clearer framework for compulsory competitive tendering and to extend competition to local authorities' construction- rated and corporate services set out in the consultation paper, "Competing for Quality : Competition in the Provision of Local Services", published in November 1991.
Mr. Howard : The citizens charter sets out the Government's commitment to improving the quality and accountability of local authority services through the wider application of competition, to the benefit of the local taxpayer and consumer.
The Government received more than 650 responses to the consultation paper. Respondents made many helpful comments and offered constructive criticism. My hon. Friend the Minister of State for Local Government told the House on 20 May, Official Report, column 144 , of our intention to bring forward regulations to secure a clearer framework for compulsory competitive tendering. We have consulted local authorities on our detailed proposals and intend to bring forward regulations shortly.
I have considered responses to our proposals to extend competition with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland and my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales. We have come to the conclusion that, while some amendment to the original proposals is necessary, a rigorous requirement to seek greater competition is the best way of securing greater efficiency and cost savings in the provision of construction-related services, while guaranteeing a high standard of service to local taxpayers.
We therefore intend to require local authorities to subject to competitive tendering a specific percentage, by
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cash value, of each of these activities. For construction-related services, we intend that 90 per cent. of work be subject to a competitive requirement, for corporate services the requirement will be broadly in line with proposals made in the consultation paper. It will be for individual local authorities to decide which elements of each service should be market tested in order to achieve this requirement. They will also be free to organise the delivery of these services in the manner most suited to their own needs, and authorities will not be prevented from adopting innovative approaches to service delivery.We do not intend to introduce a procedure for the separate evaluation of quality for construction-related services, but will allow local authorities to make their own judgments about the trade-off between quality and cost. Nevertheless, we expect authorities to introduce their own procedures to ensure that the evaluation is fair and even-handed, and is seen to be so. We also intend to make regulations requiring all local authorities to establish an internal accounting framework to identify the true costs of both corporate and construction-related services. This will bring transparency to the cost structure of these services, facilitate the challenging of these costs by internal customers and encourage the development of an internal market, all of which will add to the pressures imposed by competitive tendering.
We intend to require these accounts to be kept from as early a date as possible, but no earlier than April 1994, and to prepare a programme for the early introduction of competitive tendering for construction-related and corporate services. Consideration of the timetable for these changes will take account of preparation time as well as the programme of the local government commission in England and the timetable of changes to local government structure proposed in Scotland and Wales.
The consultation paper also put forward proposals for extending CCT to a number of local authority manual and direct services. My right hon. Friends will be making separate announcements on how these are to be taken forward.
Department of the Environment, Scottish and Welsh Office officials will shortly begin discussions with the local authority associations and representatives of other interested parties on the practical details of the regime I have outlined. I hope that we will be able to work with local government to ensure that efficient, effective competition can lead to a high quality of services for local taxpayers.
Birmingham City Council
Dr. Lynne Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the difference between the spending of Birmingham city council on debt financing and his standard spending assessment for the same component of the council's spending for each of the past three years.
Mr. Robin Squire [holding answer 9 November 1992] : The table shows the spending of Birmingham City Council on debt financing, the standard spending assessment for the same component of the council's spending and the difference between them for 1990-91, 1991-92 and 1992-93.
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|1990-91 |1991-92 |1992-93
|£ million|£ million|£ million
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Estimated expenditure on
debt financing |92 |106 |108
Debt charges element of
Birmingham's SSA |51 |65 |59
Difference |41 |41 |49
SOCIAL SECURITY
Community Care Grants
Mrs. Helen Jackson : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what proportion of applications for community care grants in the Sheffield area are successful.
Mr. Scott : Such information as is available is in the Library.
Public Record Office
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many papers his Department has currently withdrawn from the Public Record Office ; if he will list their titles ; and when he estimates that they will be returned.
Miss Widdecombe : Government Departments have a statutory right under the Public Record Acts to retrieve material, temporarily, from the Public Record Office for their own administrative use. The number of items and frequency of such retrievals vary considerably. At 5 November 1992, the Department of Social Security had 17 files out on loan which are listed in the table.
Such material is returned to the Public Record Office as soon as departmental action has been completed.
DSS: Files on loan from Public Record Office, as at 5 November
1992
Pro piece ref no. |Piece/subject title
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PIN 7/514 |Duration of unemployment benefit (1955-67)
PIN 7/515 |Earnings related short term benefit: transitional
| arrangements for provisions of standard flat
| rate (1965-1966)
|Requisitioning Branch: SS(B)1A
PIN 15/3740 |Air raid victims of 1914-1918 War: payment of
| compensation by Ministry of Health (1946-
| 1968)
|Requisitioning Branch: SS(A)1
PIN 59/10 |War pensions policy: Third party compensation
| (1942-1970)
|Requisitioning Branch SS(A)1
PIN 15/2232 |Personal Injuries (Emergency Provisions) Act
| 1939: Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme
| Amendment Order 1940: revised instructions
| to Assistance Board Officers (1939-1941)
|Requisitioning Branch SS(A)1
PIN 15/3834 |Cadet Forces: award of pension: regulation
| amendment (1952-1980)
|Requisitioning Branch SS(A)1
PIN 15/2770 |Compensation for army cadets: Regulations for
| the Army Cadet Force 1945 (1942-1964)
|Requisitioning Branch SS(A)1
PIN 34/163 |New scheme pensions: persons residing or
| employed overseas (1968-1970)
|Requisitioning Branch SS/1R(D)AD1
PIN 15/2350 |War Pensions and detention allowances (Naval
| Auxiliary Personnel) Scheme 1940 (1939-1941)
|Requisitioning Branch: W4C2 NX
PIN 15/2351 |War Pensions and detention allowances (Naval
| Auxiliary Personnel) Scheme 1940 (1941-1944)
PIN 15/2822 |War Pensions and detention allowances (Naval
| Auxiliary Personnel) Scheme 1940 (1945-1961)
PIN 15/1433 |South African Contingent: pension charges etc.
| taken over by the Union Government of
| South Africa (1917-1918)
PIN 15/1434 |South African Contingent: pension charges etc.
| taken over by the Union Government of
| South Africa (1918-1920)
PIN 15/1435 |South African Contingent: pension charges etc.
| taken over by the Union Government of
| South Africa (1919-1920)
PIN 15/1436 |South African Contingent: pension chrges etc.
| taken over by the Union Government of
| South Africa (1919-1920)
PIN 15/1437 |South African Contingent: pension charges etc.
| taken over by the Union Government of
| South Africa (1920-1921)
PIN 15/1438 |South African Contingent: pension charges etc.
| taken over by the Union Government of
| South Africa (1921-1944)
|Requisitioning Branch W4C3 NX
Departmental Properties
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list, for each local authority area in South Yorkshire, how many residential properties are currently owned by his Department ; and if he will list, by location, those residential properties which are empty, giving the type of accommodation available, the length of time each property has been vacant, and its intended future use.
Miss Widdecombe : There is only one property on the Department's estate in the South Yorkshire area which could be described as residential property. This is the Woodhouse resettlement unit in Sheffield and it is fully occupied at the present time.
Disabled People
Mr. Gordon Prentice : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what plans he has to publish a citizens charter for people with disabilities ; and if he will specify the standards of service that recipients of disability living allowance should expect.
Mr. Scott : There are no such plans. The citizens charter is about setting standards and improving service for all customers taking account, where appropriate of those with special needs.
The standards of service that recipients of disability living allowance should expect are published in the Benefits Agency business plan and will be included in the disability allowance unit statement of service to be published by the end of January 1993.
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Lost Files
Miss Lestor : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many temporary staff are currently employed by the Benefits Agency to track down lost or missing files of applicants for benefit ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Burt : I understand from Mr. Michael Bichard, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency that the information is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Bronchitis and Emphysema
Dr. Wright : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what representations he has received on the report by the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council on the recognition of bronchitis and emphysema as an industrial injury ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Scott : We have had a number of enquires about publication of the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council's report on chronic bronchitis and emphysema. The report will be published in the normal way by the end of November.
DEFENCE
Ceremonial Uniforms
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what was the total cost of ceremonial uniforms in each of the past five years.
Mr. Archie Hamilton : The total cost of ceremonial uniforms, including swords and scabbards, in each of the past five years was :
|£
------------------------------
1987-88 |936,797
1988-89 |1,106,216
1989-90 |1,411,311
1990-91 |1,286,974
1991-92 |1,283,720
Police (Special Escort Group)
Mr. Cohen : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement about the role and function of the special escort group of the Ministry of Defence police ; how many personnel are assigned to it ; and what is its annual budget.
Mr. Archie Hamilton : The special escort group is an element within the MOD police responsible for those escort duties necessary to meet safety and security requirements when moves of sensitive material are made. Its costs are contained within the overall MDP budget. For security reasons it is not our policy to comment on numbers of personnel nor their methods of operation.
Lupina C
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what representations he has received concerning the incident which took place in September involving the fishing vessel Lupina C and the United States Navy submarine Sturgeon ; and if he will make a statement.
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Mr. Archie Hamilton : A number of letters from hon. Members, fishermen's representatives and interested individuals have been received. The United States navy is conducting a full investigation into this incident. When its findings are available, I will consider whether there is any need for further measures to improve the safety of submarine operations in waters that are used by fishing vessels, in addition to those already discussed with the fishing industry.
Nuclear Tests
Dr. Reid : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans his Department has to conduct further nuclear tests at Nevada ; and for what purposes those tests would be conducted.
Mr. Aitken : United States legislation provides for the United Kingdom to conduct three nuclear tests at the Nevada test site between 1 July 1993 and 30 September 1996. It is not our practice to comment in detail on the purpose of individual tests, but all United Kingdom nuclear tests are designed to ensure the safety and credibility of our nuclear deterrent.
Service Uniforms
Mr. Nicholas Winterton : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what was the total number of items and the value of the service uniforms for which contracts to purchase were placed in the last year for which figures are available ; if he will give a breakdown of those figures according to whether the product was (a) made and finished in the United Kingdom from fabric produced in the United Kingdom, (b) made and finished in the United Kingdom from imported fabric and (c) finished in the United Kingdom but made abroad ; and if he will make a statement of his purchasing policy in such matters.
Mr. Aitken : Contracts to the value of £89.9 million have been placed for service uniforms in the past year. These contracts covered some 700 individual items.
It is our policy to seek the best value for moneywhen purchasing uniforms. We therefore pursue open competition and no restrictions are imposed on grounds of nationality or origin of supplies. Because of the large number of contractors and sub-contractors involved, it would not be practicable to maintain records of the origin of the materials used in uniforms.
Amphibious Warfare Vessels
Mr. Brazier : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans his Department has for (a) development of auxiliary amphibious warfare vessels and (b) developing a tactical air-to-surface missile ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Aitken : We intend to refurbish the Navy's three older landing ships logistic to enable them to continue in service into the next century. On current plans we expect work on the programme to begin in the summer of 1993.
We are continuing to study a range of options for the eventual replacement of the WE177 free-fall nuclear bomb. No decision has yet been taken.
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DUCHY OF LANCASTER
Citizens Charter
Ms. Mowlam : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will provide a breakdown of the costs to date incurred in the promotion and publication of the citizens charter, all subsequent charters and the chartermark award scheme.
Mr. Robert Jackson : The promotion, publication and distribution of the citizens charter White Paper, popular version, ethnic minority versions and audio version for the partially sighted cost £930,000. The costs of the promotion, publication and distribution of subsequent charters is approximately :
|£
--------------------------------------------------
British Rail |250,000
HM Customs & Excise |12,000
Employment Department |630,000
Department For Education |2,000,000
Department of the Environment |300,000
Department of Health |2,000,000
Inland Revenue |12,000
London Underground |110,000
Northern Ireland |417,400
Scottish Office |342,000
Department of Social Security |43,500
Welsh Office |535,000
Ms. Mowlam : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many different languages the citizens charter White Paper CM 1599 is currently available in ; and if he will list them.
Mr. Robert Jackson : The citizens charter White Paper (Cm. 1599) was published in English.
The "Guide to the Citizen's Charter", which provides a summary of the policies and initiatives set out in the charter, is available in English, Welsh, Bengali, Gujariti, Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu, Chinese, Vietnamese, Greek and Turkish.
Science and Engineering Research Council
Mrs. Anne Campbell : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what plans the Government have to separate the funding of international projects from the rest of the Science and Engineering Research Council's budget.
Mr. Robert Jackson : The Government have no such plans at present. The question of the most appropriate way of funding international projects has however featured in a number of contributions to the consultation process on the forthcoming White Paper on Science and Technology which my right hon. Friend has initiated. We shall be considering carefully these and other proposals for change that have been made.
Mrs. Anne Campbell : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what effect the devaluation of sterling will have on the funding of projects other than CERN by the Science and Engineering Research Council.
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Mr. Robert Jackson : The fall in the value of sterling relative to the franc will affect the cost to the SERC of its fixed percentage contributions to the European synchrotron radiation facility (ESRF), and the Institut Laue Langevin (ILL). There will also be minor adjustments to the cost in sterling of SERC's contribution to the European incoherent scatter facility (EISCAT), paid in Swedish krona, and to the Anglo- Australian telescope facility (paid in Australian dollars). SERC's contribution to the European Space Agency's space science programme, which is paid in ecus, will also be affected, although the funding formula here also takes account of relative GDP of member states, adjusted retroactively.
Mrs. Anne Campbell : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what effect the devaluation of sterling will have on contributions made by the Science and Engineering Research Council to CERN.
Mr. Robert Jackson : Member states' contributions to CERN are based on a formula which takes account of relative GDP. The increased cost to SERC due to the devaluation of sterling relative to the Swiss franc will, over a period of time, be offset to a large degree by this self-correcting formula.
There will be no significant effect in financial year 1992-93 as the bulk of payments due to CERN for this period were made prior to the mid- September devaluation.
There will be an additional cost in financial year 1993-94 but, after that, this will reduce as the relative GDP formula takes effect.
Agencies
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 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 for which he is responsible.
Mr. Waldegrave : Responsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to the following agency chief executives : Mr. Mike Devereau, Central Office of Information ; Miss Marianne Neville-Rolfe, Civil Service College ; Mr. Paul Freeman, Her Majesty's Stationery Office ; Dr. George Sorrie, Occupational Health Service and Mr. Michael Geddes, Recruitment and Assessment Services Agency. I have asked them to write to the hon. Member. Copies of their replies will be placed in the Library.
Letter from Miss Marianne Neville-Rolfe to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 9 November 1992
You asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he would list by grade the numbers of staff and their cost for 1991-92 and the estimated figures for 1992-93 for each executive agency for which he is responsible.
I am replying to you in respect of the Civil Service College. The information you have asked for is set out in the attached table.
Civil service college sunningdale statement of
average numbers and staff costs
Grade |1991-92 average |1992-93 average
|numbers employed|numbers
|employed/planned
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3 |1 |1
5 |3 | 2.50
6 | 12.25 |15
7 | 60.75 |61
Senior Executive Officer |18 | 13.75
Senior Librarian |1 |1
Higher Executive Officer | 15.50 | 15.50
Executive Officer | 28.25 |29
Assistant Librarian | 1.50 | 1.50
Senior Personal Secretary |1 | 1.50
Professional and Technology Officer | 0.50 |1
Administrative Officer | 55.75 | 60.50
Administrative Assistant | 7.25 | 6.50
Personal Secretary | 5.25 | 6.50
Typing Manager |1 |-
Typist | 2.25 | 0.50
Support Grade Band 1 | 2.50 |3
Support Grade Band 2 | 7.25 | 8.25
| ------- | -------
Total |224 |228
| ------- | --------
Casuals employed in year | 4.50 | 5.50
| ------- | -------
Grand Total | 228.50 | 233.50
| ------- | -------
| ------- | -------
Total staff costs
(including ERNIC) | £4,952,000 | £5,382,000
Notes:
1. Staff Numbers include part-time employees who are counted as 0.50, hence the 0.25
on averaging.
2. Average is between 1st April and 31st March numbers.
3. Costs are total employee costs inclusive of Earnings Related National Insurance
Contributions.
Letters from Mr. Michael D. Geddes to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 2 November 1992.
The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster has asked me to reply for Recruitment and Assessment Services to your Question asking him to list by grade the numbers of staff and their cost for 1991-92 and the estimated figures for 1992-93 for each executive Agency for which he is responsible.
The information for RAS is set out in the table annexed to this letter.
RAS Staff 1991-92 and 1992-93
|Average for 1991-92|Current 1992-93
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Grade 3 |1 |1
Grade 5 |1.5 |1
Grade 6 |4.5 |4
Grade 7 |18.25 |16
Senior Executive Officer |8 |7
Senior Information Officer |0.5 |1
Senior Psychologist |2.5 |3
Higher Executive Officer |13 |10
Information Officer |0.75 |1
Higher Psychologist |1 |2
Executive Officer |36.25 |29
Psychologist |1.25 |0
Assistant Information Officer |1.25 |1
Administrative Officer |56.5 |51
Administrative Assistant |34 |25
Typing Manager |1 |1
Senior Personal Secretary |1 |2
Personal Secretary |5.5 |1.5
Typist |12.25 |9
Support Manager Grade 2 |1 |1
Support Manager Grade 3 |1 |1
Support Grade 1 |12.5 |10
Support Grade 2 |22 |15.5
|------- |-------
|236.5 |193
Cost: |£ |£
Salaries |3,613,282 |3,198,000
Superannuation |570,408 |498,000
Casuals |35,879 |37,000
Total |4,219,569 |3,733,000
Letter from Dr. George Sorrie to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 4 November 1992.
I have been asked by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to reply to your question about the numbers of staff and their costs in the Civil Service Occupational Health Service Executive Agency. I attach a table which shows the number of staff by grade as at 30 September 1991 and 1992. We also employ staff from time to time on a fee paid basis.
In 1991-92 staff costs for permanent staff were £2.671 million. A further £0.113 million was spent on staff loaned from other Government departments and on staff overtime and £0.249 million on fee paid sessional staff and agency staff. Business Plan forecasts for the current financial year are £2,990 million, £0.140 million and £0.240 million respectively.
Civil Service Occupational Health Service
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|Number of Staff<1>|Number of Staff<1>
[NL] |1991-92
Grade
3 |1 |1
4 |2 |2
5 |8 |8
6 |8 |8
7 |3 |4
Senior Executive Officer
(SEO) |2 |2
Senior Professional and
Technical Officer (SPTO) |2 |2
Higher Executive Officer
(HEO) |2 |2
Executive Officer (EO) |3 |4
Administrative Officer (AO) |15 |15
Personal Secretary (PS) |6 |6
Administrative Assistant (AO) |6 |5
Typist |6 |8
Senior Occupational Health
Adviser (SOHA) |6 |7
Occupational Health Adviser
(OHA) |13 |20
Occupational Health
Practitioner (OHP) |14 |13
Occupational Health Nurse
(OHN) |17 |21
|------- |-------
|114 |128
<1>Numbers of staff in post as at 30 September includes part-time staff and staff on
short-term contracts.
Letter from Mr. Paul Freeman to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 3 November 1992.
I am responding in respect of HMSO to your Question to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster about staff numbers and costs, which has been referred to Chief Executives.
I should explain first that HMSO does not follow the traditional financial year of April to March, but operates on a calendar year basis. Total staff costs in 1991 were £63.9 million and the 1992 outturn is expected to be around £67.7 million. Both figures cover permanent, casual and agency staff, and include basic pay, national insurance, superannuation, bonus and overtime, and some redundancy and early retirement costs.
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HMSO is also an exception to the standard Civil Service grading arrangements. Apart from my own, all posts were reclassified in 1991 under an analytical job evaluation system based on pay bands. The attached list shows the average numbers employed in each pay band in 1991 and 1992.
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