asked the Minister for Justice the total authorised establishment and total actual numbers of civil servants serving in his Department in each of the general Civil Service grades from clerical assistant to secretary on 1 September for each of the years 1985 to 1988 inclusive or on the latest date for which such information is available; and the total number taking all categories together of civil servants authorised and serving in his Department on those dates.
Written Answers. - Civil Service Numbers.
51.
The information sought by the Deputy is set out in the following statements.
Table 1 General Service Grades
|
1-9-1985 |
1-9-1986 |
1-9-1987 |
1-9-1988 |
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|
General Service Grades |
No. Authorised |
No. Serving |
No. Authorised |
No. Serving |
No. Authorised |
No. Serving |
No. Authorised |
No. Serving |
|
Secretary |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Assistant Secretary |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
6 |
5 |
|
Principal |
25 |
25 |
25 |
25 |
25 |
25 |
25 |
18 |
|
Assistant Principal |
68 |
66 |
68 |
65 |
75 |
75 |
75 |
71 |
|
Administrative Officer |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Higher Executive Officer |
148 |
146 |
148 |
143 |
149 |
144 |
149 |
132 |
|
Executive Officer |
268 |
264 |
268 |
264 |
272 |
257 |
272 |
242 |
|
Staff Officer |
54 |
53 |
54 |
52 |
54 |
51 |
54 |
50 |
|
Clerical Officer |
285 |
273 |
283 |
258 |
289 |
255 |
289 |
243 |
|
Clerical Assistant |
914 |
812 |
917 |
804 |
943 |
800 |
943 |
780 |
Table 2 All Grades
|
1-9-1985 |
1-9-1986 |
1-9-1987 |
1-9-1988 |
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|
No. Authorised |
No. Serving |
No. Authorised |
No. Serving |
No. Authorised |
No. Serving |
No. Authorised |
No. Serving |
|
|
4,303 |
4,132 |
4,396 |
4,150 |
4,548 |
4,295 |
4,748 |
4,341 |
52.
asked the Minister for Tourism and Transport the total authorised establishment and total actual numbers of civil servants serving in his Department in each of the general Civil Service grades from clerical assistant to secretary on 1 September for each of the years 1985 to 1988 inclusive or on the latest date for which such information is available; and the total number taking all categories together of civil servants authorised and serving in his Department on those dates.
The Department of Tourism and Transport was established in March 1987 as a result of a reallocation of ministerial functions which involved a combination of the tourism function (previously the responsibility of the Department of Tourism, Fisheries and Forestry) and the transport function (Previously the responsibility of the Department of Communications).
The following statement sets out the information requested by the Deputy in respect of 1987 and 1988.
|
General Service Staff |
1-9-1987 |
1-9-1988 |
||
|
Authorised |
Serving |
Authorised |
Serving |
|
|
Secretary |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Assistant Secretary |
4 |
3 |
4 |
2* |
|
Principal |
12 |
12 |
11 |
11 |
|
Assistant Principal |
19 |
18 |
18 |
16 |
|
Administrative Officer |
4 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
Higher Executive Officer |
29 |
29 |
29 |
28 |
|
Executive Officer |
42 |
40 |
41 |
36 |
|
Staff Officer |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
|
Clerical Officer |
38 |
35 |
37 |
32.5† |
|
Clerical Assistant |
70 |
68.5 |
73 |
64 |
|
Total General Service |
227 |
215.5 |
226 |
199.5 |
|
Overall Total(inclusive of General and Departmental grades) |
1,145 |
1,081.5 |
1,130 |
1,016.5 |
*Does not include an Assistant Secretary who is Chief Executive Officer of the Air Navigation Services Office. One of the Assistant Secretaries shown acts as Deputy to the Secretary.
†One of the CO posts is operated on a job-sharing basis — one of the job-shares has resigned and has not been replaced.