§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish a table showing, for each of the last three years for which figures are available, how many applications were received and processed for posts in(a) the Civil Service in Northern Ireland, (b) the Housing Executive, (c) each health and social services board and (d) each education and library board; and how many employees each of these bodies had at the beginning of each such year and the end of the last year.
Staff in Posts Beginning 1988 Beginning 1989 Beginning 1990 Beginning 1991 End 1991 Civil Service — 29,222 29,751 29,469 28,864 Housing Executive 5,113 5,299 5,374 5,051 — Health and Social Services Boards: Eastern — — 32,342 31,706 — Northern — — 10,732 10,680 — Southern — — 10,523 10,214 — Western — — 8,750 8,839 — Education and Library Boards Belfast — — 4,276 4,195 4,063 North-Eastern — — 5,505 5,775 5,908 South-Eastern — — 4,463 4,328 4,073 Southern — — 5,392 5,469 5,462 Western — — 5,035 5,050 5,098