The Department for International Development (DFID) has a senior civil service (SCS) structure consisting of four separate management grades. Below the SCS there are a further eight grades. The following table shows the total number of staff at each grade and their associated employment costs for the 2008-09 financial year.
DFID grade Traditional civil service grade Number of staff1 Employment cost2 (£000) SCS Permanent Secretary Permanent Secretary 1 3n/a Director General Director General 4 3n/a Director Director 15 1,955 Deputy Director Deputy Director 79 8,543 Below the SCS A1 G6 280 19,771 A2 G7 472 25,054 A2(L) G7 (Lower) 133 5,853 B1(D) HEO(D)—Fast Stream 51 1,773 B1 HEO 268 10,009 B2 EO 226 6,268 C14 AO 161 3,554 C24 AA 25 509 1 Staff numbers are on a headcount basis and include all DFID home civil service staff. 2 Employment cost consists of base salaries, overtime, performance related pay and includes the employer’s share of NI and pension contributions. 3 Cost withheld on confidentiality grounds as numbers in the grade are fewer than five. 4 Staff in these grades do not have line management responsibilities.