§ Ms ArmstrongTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list for each civil service grade in his Department the number of(a) male and (b) female staff (i) full-time and (ii) part-time employees. [35462]
§ Sir John WheelerThe numbers of permanent industrial and non-industrial staff on 1 April 1995 on a head-count basis were as follows:
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(a) Male (b) Female Department (i) Full-time (ii) Part-time (i)Full-time (ii) Part-time Health and Social Services 639 3 460 55 Social Security Agency 1,654 11 2,878 526 Child Support Agency 297 nil 506 41 Agriculture 1,789 3 957 127 Economic Development 1,255 2 999 135
(a) Male (b) Female Department (i) Full-time (ii) Part-time (i) Full-time (ii) Part-time Education 256 1 261 47 Environment 3,631 12 1,876 250 Finance and Personnel 671 2 572 118 Northern Ireland Office 677 nil 756 107 Police Authority 583 1 1,575 204 Others 24 1 22 nil Total 11,476 36 10,862 1,610 Notes:
The figures for the Northern Ireland Office include both Northern Ireland Civil Service and Home Civil Service staff.
The figures do not include casual staff, staff on career breaks and Prison personnel.
The figures for the Social Security Agency and the Child Support Agency include staff who are undertaking work on behalf of and who are financed by the Home Civil Service.
The breakdown by grade of non-industrial staff was as follows:
(a) Male (b) Female (i) Full-time (ii) Part-time (i) Full-time (ii) Part-time Grade 1 2 nil nil nil Grade 2 8 nil nil nil Grade 3 35 1 nil nil Grade 4 6 nil nil nil Grade 5 101 nil 11 nil Grade 6 23 nil nil nil Grade 7 331 nil 51 8 Deputy Principal 436 nil 143 10 Staff Officer 517 nil 336 36 Officer I 559 4 640 95 Executive Officer II 511 nil 861 105 Administrative Officer 1,016 3 2,248 364 Administrative Assistant 758 nil 2,110 219 Other General Service Grades 977 7 1,790 344 Total General Service Grades 5,280 15 8,190 1,181 Other Grades 6,196 21 2,672 429 Total non-industrials Industrials 11,476 36 10,862 1,610 Total Northern Ireland Civil Servants 14,898 77 10,913 1,636 Notes:
No breakdown of industrial staff is available. Figures are for the quarter April - June 1995.
§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what measures his Department has taken to encourage the promotion of women into senior positions within his Department and its executive agencies. [35670]
§ Sir John WheelerI shall write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list(a) the number of (i) male and (ii) female employees, (b) the number of officials employed at each of the principal grades and the number and percentages of women employed at these grades and (c) the numbers of staff employed at administrative grades and the number and percentages of these staff that are women, in his Department and for each of its executive agencies for each year since 1985. [356686]
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§ Sir John WheelerThe information is not readily available in the detail requested and could be produced only at disproportionate cost. The relevant figures for the Northern Ireland civil service for the years 1985, 1987, 1991 and 1993, inclusive of its executive agencies where appropriate, are contained in the regular series of biannual reports published by the central equal opportunities unit of the Northern Ireland civil service, the first of which was published in 1986 and the latest, containing the 1993 figures in June 1994. Copies of the reports are available in the Library.