asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the total number of secretaries, assistant secretaries, second secretaries, deputy secretaries, principal officers, executive officers, clerical officers, scientific officers and veterinary officers employed in the bovine disease eradication scheme in his Department; and the cost of each of the above categories in a full year by way of salaries and travelling expenses.
Written Answers. - Bovine Disease Eradication Scheme Personnel.
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As the reply is in the form of a tabular statement I propose to circulate the information requested in the Official Report.
The statement is as follows:
|
Category/Grade |
Number |
Salary Cost (i) |
|
£ |
||
|
Administrative staff (ii): |
||
|
Principals, Assistant Principals |
3 |
59,000 |
|
Executive Staff |
44 |
534,000 |
|
Clerical Staff |
461 |
3,423,000 |
|
Veterinary Inspectorate |
115 |
2,376,000 |
|
Agricultural Officers |
244 |
2,389,000 |
|
Research and Laboratory Staff |
79 |
811,000 |
|
Total |
946 |
9,592,000 |
The cost of travel in the current year is estimated at £1.7 million. A breakdown of the cost among the different grades is not readily available.
(i) Salary cost is calculated at the mean of the scales in each case.
(ii) No officer above the level of Principal is involved full time in the operational aspects of the disease eradication schemes.