asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what are the numbers of British personnel and German personnel employed by the Property Services Agency in Germany; and what are the grades of pay and conditions of service.

At 1st October 1976 the numbers of personnel employed by the Property Services Agency in Germany were:

Non-industrial
United Kingdom civil servants	303
Locally engaged	860
Industrial
Local engaged	2,810

The civil servants are subject to the normal conditions of service and receive the pay and overseas allowances appropriate to United Kingdom civil servants employed in Germany and comprise:

Executive Director Lower Band	1
Director B	1
Senior Principal	1
Superintending Professionals	5
Principal Professional & Technology Officers	15
Profesional & Technology Officers I	75
Professional & Technology Officers II	126
Professional & Technology Officers III	26
Senior Executive Officers	5
High Executive Officers	15
Executive Officers	23
Clerical Officers	8
Others	2

The locally engaged staff range from tradesmen of all kinds to translators and executive staff. Their conditions of service and pay are laid down in the Collective Tariff Agreement, the parties to which are the German trade unions and the Federal Government.