asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list in the Official Report the principal grades of officers in the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate and the salary range applicable to each grade.
[pursuant to his reply, 25 February 1980]: The principal grades of officers in the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate and their national
| Grade | Complement | Shortfall | Percentage | ||
| Chief Inspector | … | … | 1 | — | — |
| Senior Deputy Chief Inspector | … | … | 1 | — | — |
| Deputy Chief Inspector | … | … | 3 | — | — |
| Superintending Inspector | … | … | 12 | 1 | 8 |
| Principal Inspector | … | … | 61 | 2 | 3 |
| Inspector | … | … | 26 | 14 | 53 |
asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list all the main sites, installations and laboratories which are subject to surveillance by the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate.
[pursuant to his reply, 25 February 1980]: The main sites are:
salary scales as at 1 January 1980 are as follows:
| £ | |
| Inspector | 7,313–8,601 |
| Principal Inspector | 9,528–11,021 |
| Superintending Inspector | 14,250–15,748 |
| Deputy Chief Inspector | 17,000 |
| Senior Deputy Chief Inspector | 17,000 |
| (increasing to 17,670 on 1.4.80) | |
| Chief Inspector | 16,714 |
| (increasing to 18,000 on 1.4.80) | |
asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the establishment in each of the main grades in the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate.
[pursuant to his replay, 25 February 1980]: The establishment (or complement) in each of the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate is as follows:
| Grades | No. of Posts |
| Chief Inspector | 1 |
| Senior Deputy Chief Inspector | 1 |
| Deputy Chief Inspector | 3 |
| Superintending Inspector | 12 |
| Principal Inspector | 61 |
| Inspector | 26 |
| TOTAL | 104 |
asked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the shortfall of staff, by number and by percentage, in each of the main grades of the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate at the end of January.
[pursuant to his reply, 25 February 1980]: The shortfall of staff in the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate as at 31.1.80 was as follows:
Major Sites Licensed Under the Nuclear Installations Act 1965
- Berkeley Nuclear Power Station and laboratories
- Bradwell Nuclear Power Station
- Dungeness A and B Nuclear Power Station
- Hartlepool Nuclear Power Station
- Heysham Nuclear Power Station
- Hinkley Point A and B Nuclear Power Station
- Hunterston A and B Nuclear Power Station
- Oldbury Nuclear Power Station
- Sizewell Nuclear Power Station
- Trawsfynydd Nuclear Power Station
- Wylfa Nuclear Power Station
- Capenhurst Works
- Chapelcross Works
- Drigg Works
- Springfields Works
- Windscale and Calder Works
- The Radiochemical Centre, Ltd., Amersham
- The Radiochemical Centre, Ltd., Harwell (two sites)
- The Radiochemical Centre, Ltd., Cardiff
- Rolls-Royce (1971) Ltd. Nuclear Fuel Element Plant
Other Major Sites
- UKAEA Windscale Nuclear Power Development Laboratory
- UKAEA Windscale Advanced Gas-Cooled Reactor
- UKAEA Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment
- UKAEA Springfields Nuclear Power Development Laboratory
- UKAEA Winfrith Atomic Energy Research Establishment
- UKAEA Harwell Atomic Energy Research Establishment
asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many full time qualified (a) physicists and (b) engineers are currently employed by the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate.
[pursuant to his reply, 25 February 1980]: There are currently 30 physicists and:57 engineers employed by the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the principal base locations of the staff of the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate and the numbers involved at each main location.
[pursuant to his reply, 25 February 1980]: Her Majesty's Nuclear Installations Inspectorate maintains offices in London and in Liverpool at which, on 31 January 1980, 64 and 23 nuclear inspectors were employed respectively.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the level of salary which a career officer in the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate might expect to attain by the age of 40 years.
[pursuant to his reply, 25 February 1980]: A career officer aged 40 with the rank of principal inspector would be paid on a salary scale of £9,528–£11,021.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the type of qualified staff, such as engineers, physicists, chemists or metallurgists most difficult to recruit into the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate.
[pursuant to his reply, 25 February 1980]: The qualified staff most difficult to recruit to the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate are structural engineers, electrical engineers, mechanical engineers and control and instrumentation engineers.