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Dept of Trade and Industry

Answer

Mr. Ingram: To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his answer of 12 March, Official Report, column 526-28; how many professional scientists and engineers of each category were employed at each grade, including unified grades, in each year in the regional offices from their inception.[29831] Mr. John M. Taylor: [holding answer 20 May 1996]: The data requested is not available from the inception of regional offices. Records are available for the period since 1985 and are shown in the table below, with the position as at 1 January in each year. Integrated Government offices were created out of regional offices on 1 April 1994. The figures for 1995 and 1996 reflect the number of relevant DTI officials in the integrated Government offices. Data on the specialisms held by staff in the unified grades is not maintained historically, but the current position is shown in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Current Science Group Higher 2 2 3 4 5 6 5 6 4 3 5 6 scientific officer Senior 8 7 8 8 8 6 6 5 4 4 5 4 scientific officer Professional and technology group Higher 2 4 4 3 3 3 5 6 7 6 9 7 professional and technology officer Senior 6 7 8 6 4 5 7 10 10 10 9 9 professional and technology officer Unified grades (with science or engineering discipline) Grade 6 2 Grade 7 7 Senior civil 2 service _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

29831; 278 c273-4W

Session

1995-96

Subjects

Civil service Department of Trade and Industry Government departments Staff Engineers Scientists

Contains statistics

Yes