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Written question asked by Stewart Hosie (Scottish National Party) on Monday, 5 December 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 7 December 2005. It was answered by Jane Kennedy (Labour) on Thursday, 12 January 2006 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Civil Servants

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what proportion of each civil service grade in her Department is located in each region; what the average salary is for each grade; and if she will make a statement.
Answer

The information requested is shown in the tables.Department of Health staff are based in England only.

Table A: Number of Department of Health staff by region Full-time equivalent
Government office Administrative assistant Administrative officer Executiveofficer Higher executive officer Senior executive officer
East Midlands 3.7 7 6.15 3.86 1
Eastern GOR 0 3 1.53 2 1
London GOR 5 178.81 285.14 218.03 231.79
North East GOR 0 1 4 5.19 4
North West GOR 0.48 2 2.72 5 2
South East GOR 0 1 1 0 1
South West 0 0 3 0 3.61
West Midlands 1 0 7 2 4
Yorks and Humbs 5.4 59.41 134.24 123.37 112.28
Total 15.58 252.22 444.78 359.45 360.68
Government office Grade 7 Grade 6 Senior civilservant level Grand total
East Midlands 5 0.87 0.7 28.28
Eastern GOR 2 2 4 15.53
London GOR 239.89 113.95 194.22 1,466.83
North East GOR 4 0 3 21.19
North West GOR 4.63 1 3 20.83
South East GOR 1 0 1 5
South West 3.67 0 7.83 18.11
West Midlands 1 0 4 19
Yorks and Humbs 151.52 63.31 53.71 703.24
Total 412.71 181.13 271.46 2,298.01
Table B: Proportion of Department of Health staff by region (percentage) Full-time equivalent
Government office Administrative assistant Administrative officer Executiveofficer Higher executive officer Senior executive officer
East Midlands 0.16 0.30 0.27 0.17 0.04
Eastern GOR 0 0.13 0.07 0.09 0.04
London GOR 0.22 7.78 12.41 9.49 10.09
North East GOR 0 0.04 0.17 0.23 0.17
North West GOR 0.02 0.09 0.12 0.22 0.09
South East GOR 0 0.04 0.04 0 0.04
South West 0 0 0.13 0 0.16
West Midlands 0.04 0 0.30 0.09 0.17
Yorks and Humbs 0.23 2.59 5.84 5.37 4.89
Total 0.68 10.98 19.36 15.64 15.70
Government office Grade 7 Grade 6 Senior civil servant level Grand total
East Midlands 0.22 0.04 0.03 1.23
Eastern GOR 0.09 0.09 0.17 0.68
London GOR 10.40 4.96 8.45 63.83
North East GOR 0.17 0 0.13 0.92
North West GOR 0.20 0.04 0.13 0.91
South East GOR 0.04 0 0.04 0.22
South West 0.16 0 0.34 0.79
West Midlands 0.04 0 0.17 0.83
Yorks and Humbs 6.59 2.75 2.34 30.60
Total 17.96 7.88 11.81 100
Table C: Median salary for each grade
Grade Salary (£)
Administrative assistant 12,732
Administrative officer 16,559
Executive officer 22,344
Higher executive officer 27,410
Senior executive officer 33,906
Grade 7 44,854
Grade 6 56,333
Senior civil servant level 75,190
Note: The data shown in all tables are at 1 April 2005.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
35903; 441 c851-3W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Civil servants Career development Pay Location Department of Health
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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