Departmental Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many people work within the (a) aerospace and defence, (b) automotive, (c) biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and health care, (d) broadcasting, (e) chemicals, (f) computer games, (g) construction, (h) digital content, (i) electronics and IT services, (j) environmental industries, (k) information security, (l) international ICT policy, (m) manufacturing, (n) marine, (o) materials and engineering, (p) postal services, (q) publishing, (r) retail, (s) telecommunications and (t) climate change project office sectors of his Department, broken down by grade. (94578)

[holding answer 17 October 2006]: The requested figures are listed as follows as closely as is possible to the request. In certain cases, units are combined, as statistics are only available at this level.

*(a) (n) Aerospace, marine and defence*
	Number
Band A	3
Band B	3
Band C	19
SCS	1

*(b) Automotive*
	Number
Band A	2
Band B	4
Band C	10
SCS	1

*(c) Bioscience*
	Number
Band A	1
Band B	12
Band C	7
SCS	1

*(d) Communication Networks*
	Number
Band A	4
Band B	12
Band C	15
SCS	1

*(e) Chemicals*
	Number
Band A	0
Band B	1
Band C	9
SCS	1

*(f) (h) (k) (q) (s) Broadcasting and Content*
	Number
Band A	3
Band B	8
Band C	21
SCS	1

*(g) Construction*
	Number
Band A	3
Band B	11
Band C	11
SCS	1

*(i) Electronic and IT services*
	Number
Band A	3
Band B	5
Band C	18
SCS	1

*(j) Environmental industries*
	Number
Band A	1
Band B	2
Band C	5
SCS	0

*(l) Europe and International ICT policy*
	Number
Band A	3
Band B	8
Band C	7
SCS	1

*(m) (o) Materials, engineering and manufacturing*
	Number
Band A	1
Band B	7
Band C	15
SCS	1

*(p) Postal services*
	Number
Band A	2
Band B	5
Band C	8
SCS	1

*(r) Retail*
	Number
Band A	1
Band B	3
Band C	4
SCS	0

*(t) Climate change project office*
	Number
Band A	1
Band B	5
Band C	4
SCS	1

Volume 450: debated on Thursday 19 October 2006