Civil Servants

Mr. Vaz
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time civil servants, on each payband, his Department currently employs. [11068]

Mr. Dewar
Pay and grading reviews are currently under way in the Scottish Office and its executive agencies other than the Scottish Prison Service, but have not been completed. Staffing figures, expressed as headcounts, are therefore shown on the basis of standard civil service grades in the table. --------------------------
|Grade equivalent        |
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|Senior Civil Service    |
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|Grade 6                 |
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|Grade 7                 |
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|Senior Executive Officer|
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|Higher Executive Officer|
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|Executive Officer       |
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|Administrative Officer  |
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|Administrative Assistant|
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|Industrial              |
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|Total                   |
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As a pay and grading review has taken place in the Scottish Prison Service, it is possible to provide a breakdown by pay band. The headcount information is set out in the table.
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|Band                |
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|Senior Civil Service||
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|I                   |
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|H                   |
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|G                   |
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|F                   |
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|E                   |
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|D                   |
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|C                   |
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|B                   |
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|A                   |
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|Total               ||
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