Ms Chris Cully:

The description of what comes under the heading of "administrative" is misleading. When one considers the numbers, administrative is not strictly administrative and is just the way people's jobs are described in the statistics. For example, assessment officers assess children for disability, under the Disability Act, but the officers are categorised as administrative staff. One cannot say numbers have increased by 20% or whatever because there are people who do very serious and important jobs, such as assessment officers, but are paid on an administrative pay scale and, therefore, fit into the administrative scheme of things. There are other categories of staff just like that.