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Departmental Staff

Volume 28: debated on Monday 26 July 1982

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asked the Secretary of State for Industry how many civil servants are employed by his Department in each functional job category; in each such category, how many are of each rank; and for each such rank, what are the maximum and minimum pay scales.

[pursuant to his reply, 21 July 1982, c.193]: The numbers of civil servants employed in the Northern Ireland Office, which include members of the Home and Northern Ireland Civil Services, are given in the following table. Pay scales for the Home Civil Service are given in the annexes to paragraph 1050 of the Civil Service pay and conditions of service code, a copy of which is in the main Library. Lists of the numbers of civil servants employed in the Northern Ireland Departments, by grade and Department, have also been placed in the main Library, together with pay scales.

PersonnelNumbers
Senior Staff
Permanent secretary1
Deputy-secretary2
Under-secretary7
Administration Group
Assistant-secretary15
Principal41½
Deputy-principal30
Senior executive officer7
Higher executive officer22
Staff officer40
Administration trainee3
Executive officer24
Executive officer I49
Executive officer II71
Clerical officer147½
Clerical assistant143½
Information Officer Group
Director1
Chief information officer1
Senior information officer2
Assistant information officer1
Scientific Group
Deputy chief scientific officer1
Senior principal scientific officer1
Principal scientific officer6
Senior scientific officer18
Higher scientific officer16
Scientific officer9
Assistant scientific officer21
Laboratory assistant4
Other Groups
Solicitors56
Law clerks53
Prison education and training officers45
Prison industries officers38
Director of prison operations1
Secretarial and Typing Staff
Chief superintendent of typists1
Senior superintendent of typists5
Senior personal secretary10
Superintendent of typists5
Personal secretary29
Specialist typist60
Typist60
Security Staff
Security guard30
Search officer279

Personnel

Numbers

Others49

Messengerial Staff

31

Cleaning Staff

11

Other Miscellaneous Grades

34½

Industrial Grades

58
Total1,540

Note: Numbers are for April 1982.