HC Deb 07 February 1980 vol 978 c338W
Mr. Michael Brown

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many civil servants at the Northern Ireland office are on secondment from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office; how many are in each administrative and executive grade; and what percentage they represent of the total number of United Kingdom civil servants at the Northern Ireland Office.

Mr. Humphrey Atkins

On 1 January 1980, there were eight—one grade 3, two grade 4, two grade 5, two grade 9 and one grade S1—equal to 3.8 per cent. of the total number of United Kingdom civil servants in the Northern Ireland Office.