§ Mr William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish a table in theOfficial Report to show for each grade in the Northern Ireland civil service the number and percentages of: (a) Roman Catholics, (b) Protestants and (c) others, showing the number and percentages of males and females in each category: and if he will indicate the percentage of each of those groupings of working age in Northern Ireland.
§ Mr CopeThe information requested by the hon. Gentleman is contained within the second report of the equal opportunities unit of the Northern Ireland Civil Service. The second report was published in December 1987 and shows the make-up of the Northern Ireland Civil Service by sex, religion and disability as at 1 January 1987.
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Expenditure on lawyer agents by the Crown Prosecution Service Region and area 21986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1 April to 30 June 1989 £ £ £ £ London and South East 12 Inner London1 871,409 2,042,664 2,076,722 582,052 14 North London 608,543 1,084,313 1,249,981 377,907 16 South London 332,188 753,574 1,001,331 174,136 22 Bedfordshire/Hertfordshire 191,973 531,293 510,139 102,068 42 Essex 62,950 290,970 291,529 89,815 52 Kent 92,363 320,268 323,332 83,470 Total 2,159,425 5,023,082 5,453,033 1,409,448 South and West 20 Avon/Somerset 99,406 343,084 381,728 84,291 34 Devon/Cornwall 74,821 182,834 160,449 44,937 36 Dorset/Hampshire 186,105 600,904 538,483 153,527 44 Gloucestershire/Wiltshire 67,516 218,738 196,144 33,147 48 South Wales 146,684 256,341 96,878 8,232 66 Sussex 123,943 298,478 346,318 93,595 68 Thames Valley 91,779 295,599 292,773 66,520 70 West Mercia 160,783 525,082 237,780 41,084 Total 951,037 2,721,360 2,250,551 525,333 Copies of the second report were placed in the Library on 17 December 1987.
The following table shows estimated aggregated figures (1985–87) of the religious affiliation of persons of working age in Northern Ireland, derived from the continuous household survey.
Males Females All per cent. per cent. per cent. Catholic 37.9 39.6 38.9 Protestant 57.8 57.8 57.8 Other or not stated 4.3 2.6 3.3