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Professional Statisticians
Mr. Menzies Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many staff who have worked as professional statisticians in his Department have left on early retirement in each of the past 10 years. [81180]
Mr. Menzies Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many staff by grade are employed as professional statisticians in his Department; how many of these staff have been accepted as fast stream by the Civil Service Selection Board; and how many have been granted chartered statistician status by the Royal Statistical Society. [81192]
Mr. Michael: Twenty-five Welsh Office staff are currently employed as professional statisticians. The numbers by grade are:
| Grade | Number |
|---|---|
| Senior Civil Service | 1 |
| Grade 6 | 2 |
| Grade 7 | 14 |
| Assistant Statistician | 8 |
All the Assistant Statisticians were appointed through the Civil Service Selection Board (CSSB) and are regarded as being in a fast stream training grade. More senior grades are not designated as fast stream, or otherwise, but most of the statisticians in these grades joined the Statistician Group through CSSB. Two are Royal Statistical Society chartered statisticians.
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National Assembly
Ms Lawrence: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish the directions setting the pay and allowances of members of the National Assembly for Wales. [82304]
Mr. Hain: I have today put copies of The National Assembly for Wales (Assembly Members) (Salaries) Direction 1999, The National Assembly for Wales (Assembly Members) (Allowances) Direction 1999 and The National Assembly for Wales (Assembly Members) (Resettlement Grants) Direction 1999 in the Libraries of the House.
Inward Investment
Mr. Wigley: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department have held with the DTI concerning the drawing up of a concordat governing arrangements for encouraging inward investment to different parts of the United Kingdom. [81894]
Mr. Michael: There are on-going discussions on this matter, involving both Ministers and officials. The concordat is one of a number of concordats which will be discussed and concluded between United Kingdom Government Departments and the devolved Administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland once they are established.
Following the transfer of functions, this issue will be a matter for the National Assembly.