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House of Commons Commission

Departmental Manpower

Ben Chapman: To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission (1) how many staff were employed by the House at the most recent date for which figures are available; [223927]

(2) what the total salary costs of House staff were in each of the last five years; [223928]

(3) what the pay grades for all House staff were in each of the last five years. [223929]

Nick Harvey: The House employed 1,696 full-time equivalent permanent staff during 2007-08. Total salary costs incurred during the last five years were:

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	£000
	Salary cost
2003-04	39,174
2004-05	41,983
2005-06	44,302
2006-07	46,705
2007-08	50,450

The pay bands for all House staff during the last five years were:

(a) Senior Commons s taff

£
Pay band	Pay range	1 April 2003	1 April 2004	1 April 2005	1 April 2006	1 April 2007
SCS3	Maximum	126,816	129,352	133,233	137,763	137,763
	Minimum	89,085	90,867	93,139	98,000	99,960
SCS2	Maximum	116,964	119,303	122,882	123,000	123,000
	Minimum	72,316	73,762	75,606	80,000	81,600
SCS1A	Maximum	98,099	100,061	103,063	104,000	104,000
	Minimum	60,788	62,004	63,554	64,000	65,280
SCSI	Maximum	87,408	89,156	91,831	92,000	92,000
	Minimum	52,403	53,451	54,787	55,000	56,100

(b) Administration

£
Pay band	Pay range	1 April 2003	1 April 2004	1 April 2005	1 April 2006	1 April 2007
Al	Maximum	57,286	64,989	66,614	67,340	68,954
	Minimum	46,505	47,667	48,859	49,392	51,180
A2	Maximum	52,293	53,600	54,940	55,539	56,991
	Minimum	38,343	39,302	40,284	40,723	42,236
A3	Maximum	29,977	30,726	31,494	31,837	33,284
	Minimum	22,225	22,781	23,351	23,606	25,000
Bl	Maximum	36,198	37,103	38,030	38,445	39,394
	Minimum	28,548	29,261	29,993	30,320	31,350
B2	Maximum	30,497	31,259	32,041	32,390	33,183
	Minimum	23,466	24,053	24,654	24,923	25,756
C	Maximum	25,039	25,665	26,307	26,594	27,235
	Minimum	18,672	19,139	19,617	19,831	20,479
Dl	Maximum	21,205	21,736	22,279	22,522	23,057
	Minimum	16,185	16,590	17,005	17,190	17,745
D2	Maximum	18,842	19,313	19,795	20,011	20,479
	Minimum	15,218	15,599	15,989	16,163	16,681
El	Point	12,916	13,352	13,686	14,097	14,449
E2	Point	12,278	12,688	13,006	13,396	13,731

(c) Catering

£
Pay band	Pay range	1 April 2003	1 April 2004	1 April 2005	1 April 2006	1 April 2007
CGA1	Point	30,728	31,803	33,075	33,902	34,923
CGA2	Point	27,184	28,135	29,260	29,992	30,895
CGB	Point	23,047	23,854	24,808	25,428	26,194
CGC	Point	20,092	20,795	21,627	22,168	22,835
CGD1	Point	17,729	18,349	19,083	19,560	20,149
CGD2	Point	16,013	16,573	17,236	17,667	18,199
CGE	Point	14,342	14,844	15,438	15,824	16,301
Commis Chef	Maximum	14,075	14,568	15,151	15,530	15,998
	Minimum	13,215	13,678	14,225	14,581	15,020
Apprentice Chef	Maximum	11,052	11,439	11,897	12,194	12,562
	Minimum	8,348	8,640	8,986	9,211	9,488

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