§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many new staff have been employed by his Department in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Butler[pursuant to his reply, 12 July 1984]: In respect of the Northern Ireland Civil Service, central recruitment records are confined to staff recruited by the Northern Ireland Civil Service Commission and therefore exclude appointments to the industrial grade and to part-time non-pensionable posts. The numbers so recruited to the Northern Ireland Civil Service during the last five years were as follows:
Number 1979 2,436 1980 1,985 1981 1,025 1982 1,388 1983 1,496 The numbers of Home Civil Servants recruited to the Northern Ireland Office during the last five years were as follows:
Number 1979 31 1980 34 1981 16 1982 12 1983 16