To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will provide in respect of her plan for pay delegation submitted to the Treasury (a) a description of the staff in each bargaining unit covered by the plan, distinguishing staff in Headquarters functions, agencies and agency candidates, and in other identifiable business units and (b) proposals for the trade union recognition in each bargaining unit and the negotiating machinery to be put in place in each bargaining unit. [38275]

The pay delegation plan for the Department for Education and Employment bargaining unit, excluding the Employment Service, includes the following staff, covered by the union agreement described:

Grade	Union agreement	Staff in posts
Administrative Officer	CPSA	1,348
Personal Secretary	CPSA	156
Support Grade Band 1	NUCPS	77
Support Manager 3	NUCPS	12
Economic Assistant	FDA	11
Senior Economic Assistant	FDA	9
Management Trainee	NUCPS	11
Senior Executive Officer (inc.)	NUCPS	422

Grade	Union agreement	Staff in post
Auditors and Accountants	FDA	8
Admin Trainee HEO (D)	FDA	26
Administrative Assistant	CPSA	410
Chief Typing Manager	CPSA	1
Typist	CPSA	98
Higher Executive Officer (inc.	NUCPS	1,098
Auditors and Accountants)	NUCPS	5
Senior Instructional Officer	NUCPS	205
Support Grade Band 2	NUCPS	1
Support Manager 1
Senior Personal Secretary	CPSA	43
Typing Manager	CPSA	6
Executive Officers (inc. Accountants)	NUCPS	1,203
Support Manager 2	NUCPS	4
Assistant Statistician	FDA	14
Senior Assistant Statistician	FDA	8
Higher Instructional Officer	NUCPS	12
Senior Information Officer	IPMS	23
Scientific Officer	IPMS	3
Higher Scientific Officer	IPMS	7
Senior Scientific Officer	IPMS	2
Senior Professional and Technology Officer (SPTO)	IPMS	18
Information Officer	IPMS	38
Graphics Officer	IPMS	1
Higher Graphics Officer	IPMS	1
Assistant Information Officer	IPMS	14
Research Officer	IPMS	2
Senior Psychologist	IPMS	7
Senior Research Officer	IPMS	27
Grade 6	IPMS,	66
Grade 7	NUCPS and	518
Super Spec Inspector Band C	FDA	1
Assistant Librarian	IPMS	16
Librarian	IPMS	5
Senior Librarian	IPMS	2
Senior Training Adviser	IPMS	24
Total		5,963

For collective bargaining purposes the DFEE intends to recognise four unions—the Civil and Public Services Association, the National Union of Civil and Public Servants, the Institution of Professionals, Managers and Specialists and the Association of First Division Civil Servants.The Department will pursue single table bargaining arrangements.