Details of the staff serving a particular Select Committee are set out in the entry relating to that Committee. One member of staff may fill more than one Committee post.

Furthermore, in many cases, Committee staff carry out duties connected with the service of the House unrelated to their work for a particular Committee. For some staff, especially those working in offices other than the Committee Office, those duties comprise the greater part of their work. The following analysis of the staff who served Select Committees during Session 1997-98 is therefore presented office by office.

NUMBERS AND GRADES OF STAFF SERVING SELECT COMMITTEES

Committee Office

Principal Clerks*  5

Deputy Principal/Senior Clerks  24

Assistant Clerks  6

Committee Assistants:-

Senior Executive Officers  3

Higher Executive Officers  15

Chief Office Clerks  3

Senior Office Clerks   2

NAO Audit Officer seconded to the Defence Committee  1

Specialist Assistants  14

Secretaries**  30

* The Committee Office has five Principal Clerks who have supervisory and management responsibilities. Three of these have performed additional functions as Clerks of Select Committees. The Clerk of Committees was Clerk of the Liaison Committee and of the Modernisation Committee; the Clerk of Domestic Committees was Clerk of the Finance and Services Committee and one Principal Clerk, Select Committees acted for a time as Clerk of the Welsh Affairs Committee..

** Includes personal secretaries to Principal Clerks, and some secretaries providing support for certain Committees supported by Clerks in the Journal and Legislation Service.

Journal Office

The Clerk of the Journals (a Principal Clerk) was also Clerk of the Joint Committee on Parliamentary Privilege.

A Deputy Principal Clerk in the Journal Office was also Clerk of the Procedure Committee.

A Chief Office Clerk assisted the Clerk to the Modernisation Committee.

A Senior Clerk assisted the Clerk of the Committee of Standards and Privileges; and an Assistant Clerk in the Office also assisted the Clerk of the Procedure Committee.

Legislation Service

The Clerk of Delegated Legislation (a Principal Clerk) has supervisory responsibility for staff of the select committees on Deregulation and European Legislation, and for the Joint and Select Committees on Statutory Instruments. He is supported by a Personal Secretary.

The following staff of the Legislation Service served the Select Committee on European Legislation:- 1 Deputy Principal Clerk [and 1 Senior Clerk from 1.11.98], 3 Senior Clerks (Clerk/Advisers with specialist experience) [4 from 21.9.98], 1 Higher Executive Officer, 1 Senior Office Clerk, 3 Secretaries [4 from 5.10.98] and 1 Office Support Assistant.

The following staff of the Office served the Deregulation Committee:- 1 Assistant Clerk [Senior Clerk from 3.10.98], 1 Legal Assistant, 1 Chief Office Clerk, 1 Secretary and 1 Office Support Assistant.

The Office Support Assistant was shared between the Select Committee on European Legislation and the Deregulation Committee. The two Committees were also assisted by one of the Counsel to the Speaker (European Legislation &c.).

A Senior Clerk in the Public Bill Office was also Commons Clerk of the Joint Committee on Consolidation, &c., Bills.

A Senior Clerk in the Private Bill Office was also Clerk of the Committee of Selection. He was assisted by a Chief Office Clerk who otherwise provides general support for the Committee and Private Bill Offices.

The Secretary to the Chairman of Ways and Means, who is a Senior Clerk, was also Clerk of the Committee on Statutory Instruments and Commons Clerk of the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments. The Committees were also assisted by one of the Counsel to the Speaker and by 2 Assistant Counsel and by 1 Secretary.

General

The following other staff in the Committee Office provided general support for the work of Select Committees, while not being assigned to a particular Committee:

1 Office Manager

1 Deputy Office Manager

2 Chief Office Clerks

1 Senior Office Clerk

6 Office Support Assistants

 Note: two of these staff also provided support to the Private Bill Office (part of the Legislation Service). The Office Manager and Deputy Office Manager also provide other services to the Clerk's Department as a whole.

The following staff of the Clerk's Department Information Technology Unit also provided technical support for the work of Select Committees. They also provide services for other Offices in the Clerk's Department.

1 IT Manager

1 Computer Support Officer

2 Assistant Computer Support Officers