HC Deb 06 February 1984 vol 53 cc480-1W
Mr. Peter Robinson

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time peripatetic remedial teachers are employed by each of the education and library boards in Northern Ireland; and how many such teachers have been employed in each of the last five years.

Mr. Scott

The information is as follows:

information in the form requested. However the table following sets out the average weekly overtime worked by Prison Officers during each month in the period requested.

Average weekly overtime (hours)
1982
January 15.37

Average weekly overtime (hours)
February 15.24
March 15.36
April 17.05
May 16.58
June 16.59
July 16.30
August 15.15
September 15.14
October 14.35
November 15.73
December 15.39
1983
January 15.42
February 16.16
March 15.65
April 15.49
May 15.17
June 15.66
July 15.19
August 14.71
September 12.67
October 16.08
November 16.51
December 16.84

Mr. Peter Robinson

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many prison officers have been employed in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years.

Mr. Scott

The number of prison officers (including specialist grades) employed as at 31 December each year is as follows:

Numbers
1974 1,263
1975 1,774
1976 1,874
1977 2,145
1978 2,293
1979 2,357
1980 2,562
1981 2,504
1982 2,735
1983 2,871