HC Deb 22 June 1989 vol 155 cc230-3W
Mr. William Ross

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish a table in theOfficial Report showing the number of persons recruited and employed in the headquarters, and in each regional and district office of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive in each of the last two years, broken down as far as possible into the various departments of the organisation, or as much of such information as is available to him.

Mr. Needham

[holding answer 20 June 1989]: The information requested in so far as it can be readily provided is set out in the following tables. The figures shown for industrial and non-industrial staff represent permanent staff in post and do not take account of temporary staff as the numbers of such staff could not be disaggregated between various locations except at disproportionate cost. The figures for temporary non-industrial staff at 31 March 1988 and 31 March 1989 were 193 and 145 respectively. The figures for temporary industrial staff at 31 March 1988 and 31 March 1989 were 207 and 487 respectively.

Information on the composition by departments of non-industrial staff at district office level and figures for recruitment of industrial staff cannot be provided except at disproportionate cost.

At 31 March Housing and planning Technical services and direct labour organisation Finance Personnel and management services and information technology Information and Secretariat Total
1989 255 103 12 27 2 399
South East 1988 288 103 10 24 2 427
1989 296 103 13 22 1 435
West 1988 130 71 6 22 4 233
1989 149 63 7 19 2 240
Headquarters 1988 62 139 206 153 19 579
1989 53 118 205 165 19 560
Total staff in post 1988 1,787 842 279 331 33 3,272
1989 1,819 828 283 328 30 3,288

Table 2: Non Industrial Staff in Post at Regional and District Offices at 31 March 1988 and 31 March 1
Region and Regional Head quarters and District Office Staff in Post at
31 March 1988 31 March 1989
Belfast
Regional Head quarters 457 464
Belfast 1 45 47
Belfast 2 54 55
Belfast 3 56 59
Belfast 4 47 52
Belfast 5 52 52
Belfast 6 45 46
Belfast 7 73 78
Sub Total 829 853
North East
Regional Head quarters 164 165
Antrim 43 46
Ballycastle 15 15
Ballymena 41 41
Ballymoney 22 23
Carrickfergus 28 30
Larne 23 23
Newtownabbey 1 31 30
Newtownabbey 2 30 30
Sub Total 397 403
North West
Regional Head quarters 181 169
Coleraine 41 41
Limavady 27 27
Londonderry 1 38 40
Londonderry 2 33 33
Londonderry 3 29 29
Magherafelt 25 24
Strabane 35 35
Sub Total 409 398
South
Regional Head quarters 197 193
Armagh 29 32
Banbridge 27 27
Craigavon 25 24
Kilkeel 10 10
Lurgan 27 27
Newry 1 30 32
Newry 2 28 29
Portadown 25 25
Sub Total 398 399
South East
Regional Head quarters 192 188
Bangor 35 36
Castlereagh 1 27 27
Castlereagh 2 21 21
Lisburn 1 32 36
Lisburn 2 20 21

Region and Regional Head quarters and District Office Staff in Post at
31 March 1988 31 March 1989
Lisburn 3 20 21
Newtownards 1 27 30
Newtownards 2 19 18
Downpatrick 34 37
Sub Total 427 435
West
Regional Head quarters 131 133
Cookstown 20 20
Dungannon 26 29
Enniskillen 31 32
Omagh 25 26
Sub Total 233 240
Total 2,693 2,728

Table 3: Recruitment of non-industrial staff during years 1987–88 and 1988–89
1987–88 1988–89
Belfast Regional Office 34 38
District Offices 8 33
North East Regional Office 1 6
District Offices 2 12
North West Regional Office 3 9
District Offices 0 2
West Regional Office 1 4
District Offices 0 5
South Regional Office 3 12
District Offices 1 6
South East Regional Office 9 8
District Offices 0 16
Headquarters (including Linenhall Street and Carlton House) 20 30
Totals 81 184

Table 4
Industrial staff in post at Regions and depots at 31 March 1989
Depots 31 March 1988 31 March 1989
West Region
Cookstown 28 22
Dungannon 40 35
Eniskillen 37 33
Omagh 37 32
Total 142 122

Depots 31 March 1988 31 March 1989
South Region
Amargh 39 39
Banbridge 21 17
Carn 61 59
Kilkeel 13 13
Newry 56 54
Total 190 182
North West
Pennyburn 59 56
Drumahoe 47 41
Strabane 42 40
Coleraine 36 34
Limavady 19 14
Castledawson 28 28
Total 231 213
Belfast
Gardiner Street 114 105
Grosvenor Road 98 87
Paulette Avenue 85 85
Total 297 277
North East
Ballycastle 11 13
Ballyclare 31 44
Ballymena 37 52
Ballymoney 26 27
Total 105 136
Grounds Maintenance Staff
Belfast 33 27
South East 29 29
North East 32 28
South 28 28
West 29 29
North West 37 36
Total 188 177
Ancilliary Staff
Housing centre 51 42
Belfast 96 92
South East 28 30
North East 32 30
South 31 31
West 16 17
North West 34 30
Total 288 272
Total staff in post 1,441 1,379