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Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Answer

Mr. Charles Clarke: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many staff were employed by the Central Science Laboratory at (a) Slough, (b) Harpenden and (c) Worplesdon in January 1995; and how many were still employed by the CSL, at York, in January 1998, broken down (i) into (1) scientists and (2) non-scientists and (ii) into (A) mobile and (B) non-mobile grades. [37766] Mr. Rooker: [holding answer 6 April 1998]: The information requested is as follows; although I should alert my hon. Friend that the information for the two dates is not directly comparable. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. January 1998 Slough Harpenden Worplesdon York Total staff 235 168 50 181 of which: Scientists 147 102 38 148 Non scientists 88 66 12 33 Mobiles 128 87 26 169 Non mobiles 107 81 24 12 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. A number of factors have influenced the level of staffing within the Central Science Laboratory over the period January 1995 to January 1998. Amongst mobile grades there were 6 retirements at normal retirement age and one medical retirement during this period. In addition there were two voluntary early retirement exercises conducted to reduce staff levels as a result of declining funding and where it was clear that the posts would not be required for the future. 26 staff in mobile grades, based at Slough, Harpenden or Worplesdon, took early retirement between January 1995 and March 1996, prior to the relocation exercise which commenced in September 1996.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

311 c248W; 37766

Session

1997-98

Subjects

Civil servants Early retirement Location Staff York Government laboratories Slough Central Science Laboratory Scientists Harpenden Worplesdon

Contains statistics

Yes