Revenue and Customs: Pay Mark Williams To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff were employed (a) in each salary grade and (b) in each region by HM Revenue and Customs (i) in 2005 and (ii) on the latest date for which figures are available. Angela Eagle [holding answer 4 December 2007]: The numbers of staff employed by HM Revenue and Customs in each Government Office Region at the relevant dates are shown in the following table. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |At 1 April 2005 |SCS|Grade 6|Grade 7|SEO |HEO |EO |AO |AA |Total | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East of England |14 |58 |133 |538 |1,186 |2,070 |2,231 |1,262 |7,492 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East Midlands |12 |73 |176 |332 |748 |1,377 |1,659 |974 |5,351 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |London |267|556 |786 |1,090|2,693 |3,742 |2,585 |1,112 |12,831 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North East |5 |37 |112 |313 |912 |2,537 |7,690 |2,854 |14,460 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Northern Ireland |2 |15 |37 |92 |300 |762 |1,082 |403 |2,693 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North West |39 |144 |294 |619 |1,774 |3,796 |6,814 |2,473 |15,953 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Scotland |17 |67 |153 |252 |908 |2,410 |5,204 |1,703 |10,714 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South East |6 |57 |179 |398 |1,597 |3,694 |3,632 |1,446 |11,009 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South West |5 |45 |127 |161 |665 |1,427 |1,749 |939 |5,118 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wales |2 |18 |56 |115 |490 |1,219 |2,191 |913 |5,004 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |West Midlands |17 |103 |217 |339 |939 |1,686 |2,053 |1,065 |6,419 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Yorkshire and The Humber|12 |49 |146 |274 |851 |1,848 |2,731 |1,381 |7,292 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Unreported and elsewhere|3 |3 |8 |10 |42 |146 |95 |27 |334 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total |40,|1,225 |2,424 |4,533|13,105|26,714|39,716|16,552|104,670| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |At 1 October 2007 | | | | | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East of England |8 |40 |116 |400 |1,048 |1,814 |1,857 |865 |6,148 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East Midlands |16 |67 |162 |281 |668 |1,162 |1,435 |733 |4,524 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |London |271|524 |757 |948 |2,152 |2,872 |2,114 |845 |10,483 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North East |7 |36 |114 |280 |772 |2,217 |7,152 |2,670 |13,248 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Northern Ireland |3 |11 |39 |87 |280 |677 |1,021 |275 |2,393 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North West |35 |135 |341 |582 |1,640 |3,302 |6,831 |2,103 |14,969 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Scotland |17 |55 |140 |230 |830 |2,310 |6,008 |1,271 |10,861 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South East |7 |43 |160 |339 |1,359 |3,052 |2,864 |995 |8,819 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South West |8 |42 |123 |133 |570 |1,166 |1,589 |678 |4,309 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wales |1 |15 |46 |106 |451 |1,082 |2,158 |773 |4,632 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |West Midlands |17 |99 |199 |282 |812 |1,412 |1,854 |779 |5,454 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Yorkshire and The Humber|12 |42 |141 |237 |733 |1,538 |2,449 |1,012 |6,164 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Unreported and elsewhere|1 |0 |1 |4 |19 |116 |78 |8 |227 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total |403|1,109 |2,339 |3,909|11,334|22,720|37,410|13,007|92,231 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------