§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish a table in theOfficial Report to show (a) the number of employees of the Fair Employment Commission, (b) the number in each grade, Department and category and their religious affiliation, (c) the catchment area of the employees, (d) the religious composition by percentage of (i) the total population and (ii) the population of working age in the catchment area, (e) the number of employees born outside the United Kingdom and (f) the number of employees born in Great Britain.
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§ Mr. Needham[holding answer 6 February 1990]At 2 February 1990, the Fair Employment Commission had 35 employees, including the chairman. Under the control of the chief executive, staff are distributed as follows:—
Fair Employment Commission (FEC) Departments NICS Grade Equivalents Administration Advice and Information Complaints General Operations Principal Solicitor and Secretary to FEC (1) Director (1) Director (1) Director (1) Deputy Principal — Manager (1) Press Officer (1) Senior Complaints Officer (2) Manager (2)Computer Systems Manager (1) Staff Officer Finance and Admin Officer (1) Advice and Information Officers(4) Complaints Officers(4) General Operations Officers (3) Executive Officer (Grade 1) Office Supervisor (1) Adertising Officer (1) — Assistant General Operations Officer (1) Executive Officer (Grade 2) — — — — Admin Officer Admin Officer (6) — Admin Officer (1) — Total 9 8 8 8 The commission is currently in the process of recruiting employees and will be submitting a monitoring return in accordance with section 27 of the Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act 1989. Once the final staffing complement has been reached the commission intends to publish detailed information on the religious composition of its staff and the progress of its affirmative action programme as a follow-up to the information published on 22 February 1989.