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Dept of Transport

Answer

Mr. Ingram: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his answer of 11 March, Official Report, column 471, how many professional scientists and engineers of each category were employed at each grade in each of his Department's agencies in each year since 1991.[29836] Mr. Norris: The information requested, as recorded in the Department's central personnel computer records, is as set out in the following tables: Department of Transport central _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 April 1991 1 April 1992 1 April 1993 1 April 1994 1 April 1995 1 April 1996 Professionals Grade 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 Grade 4 8 8 8 2 2 2 Grade 5 24 23 22 5 3 4 Grade 6 85 80 83 27 14 13 Grade 7 319 311 318 128 65 57 Senior professional and 429 432 451 137 58 55 technology officer Higher professional and 133 122 141 31 22 19 technology officer Professional and 62 83 82 8 3 1 technology officer Total 1,060 1,060 1,106 338 167 151 Scientists Grade 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 Grade 4 0 1 1 1 1 1 Grade 5 1 3 2 1 0 0 Grade 6 2 2 3 2 4 3 Grade 7 12 11 11 9 6 6 Senior scientific 9 7 10 7 6 5 officer Higher scientific 1 5 7 6 7 5 officer Scientific officer 5 4 1 0 0 1 Assistant scientific 2 1 0 0 0 2 officer Total 33 35 36 27 24 23 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1. The figures get progressively smaller due to agencies coming into being. Highways _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 April 1991 1 April 1992 1 April 1993 1 April 1994 1 April 1995 1 April 1996 Professionals Grade 3 0 2 2 Grade 4 6 6 4 Grade 5 14 16 13 Grade 6 44 51 46 Grade 7 174 196 152 Senior professional and 326 349 278 technology officer Higher professional and 120 116 106 technology officer Professional and 58 66 38 technology officer Total 742 802 639 Scientists Grade 3 0 0 0 Grade 4 0 0 0 Grade 5 0 0 0 Grade 6 0 1 1 Grade 7 0 1 0 Senior scientific 0 4 2 officer Higher scientific 0 0 0 officer Scientific officer 0 0 0 Assistant scientific 0 0 0 officer Total 0 6 3 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1. Numbers for 1991, 1992 and 1993 will be include in DOT Central figures. Marine safety agency _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 April 1991 1 April 1992 1 April 1993 1 April 1994 1 April 1995 1 April 1996 Professionals Grade 3 0 0 Grade 4 0 0 Grade 5 3 3 Grade 6 11 9 Grade 7 50 48 Senior professional and 68 76 technology officer Higher professional and 9 15 technology officer Professional and 0 0 technology officer Total 141 151 Scientists Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Senior scientific officer Higher scientific officer Scientific officer Assistant scientific officer Total _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1. Numbers for 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1994 will be included in DOT Central figures. Transport research laboratory _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 April 1991 1 April 1992 1 April 1993 1 April 1994 1 April 1995 1 April 1996 Professionals Grade 3 0 0 0 0 Grade 4 0 0 0 0 Grade 5 0 0 1 0 Grade 6 1 1 0 0 Grade 7 5 4 2 0 Senior professional and 9 7 8 0 technology officer Higher professional and 9 8 6 0 technology officer Professional and 10 10 5 0 technology officer Total 34 30 22 0 Scientists Grade 3 0 0 0 0 Grade 4 1 1 1 0 Grade 5 5 5 4 0 Grade 6 19 16 16 0 Grade 7 73 69 63 0 Senior scientific 90 85 75 0 officer Higher scientific 70 79 82 0 officer Scientific officer 81 73 61 0 Assistant scientific 18 14 21 0 officer Total 357 342 323 0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1. Numbers for 1991 and 1992 will be included in DOT Central figures. 2. Numbers for 1996 are unavailable as the agency has now been privatised. Vehicle certification agency _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 April 1991 1 April 1992 1 April 1993 1 April 1994 1 April 1995 1 April 1996 Professionals Grade 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Grade 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Grade 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 Grade 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 Grade 7 3 3 3 4 4 4 Senior professional and 8 11 11 9 9 11 technology officer Higher professional and 23 19 19 24 27 27 technology officer Professional and 4 3 0 0 0 0 technology officer Total 40 38 35 39 42 44 Scientists Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Senior scientific officer Higher scientific officer Scientific officer Assistant scientific officer Total _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Vehicle Inspectorate _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 April 1991 1 April 1992 1 April 1993 1 April 1994 1 April 1995 1 April 1996 Professionals Grade 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Grade 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 Grade 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 Grade 6 5 3 2 2 1 1 Grade 7 16 14 13 11 8 7 Senior professional and 44 42 41 36 36 40 technology officer Higher professional and 104 103 101 91 81 63 technology officer Professional and 472 458 443 398 389 368 technology officer Total 643 622 602 540 517 481 Scientists Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Senior scientific officer Higher scientific officer Scientific officer Assistant scientific officer Total _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

29836; 278 c38-44W

Session

1995-96

Subjects

Executive agencies Civil service Government departments Highways Agency Staff Vehicle Inspectorate Department of Transport Marine Safety Agency Transport Research Laboratory Engineers Scientists Vehicle Certification Agency

Contains statistics

Yes