§ Mr. SoleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what action he and the management executive have taken in Northern Ireland as a consequence of the findings of the EOC (Great Britain) report into the gender impact of CCT in local government. [26012]
§ Mr. MossThe health and personal social service management executive has examined the EOC (Great Britain) report and noted that the EOC policy recommendations arising from it are directed to local
Number of men and women in each board trust employed in support services whose earnings are below the national insurance lower earnings limit 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 Board trust Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women Eastern HSSB 2 33 3 44 4 26 1 31 0 0 Northern HSSB 0 30 3 33 1 13 1 25 0 15 Southern HSSB 4 19 0 15 0 15 1 18 0 1 Western HSSB 0 5 0 2 0 4 1 1 0 2 Belfast City Hospital n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 1 1 3 Royal Group of Hospitals n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 1 0 0 Greenpark n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0 0 0 Eastern Ambulance n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0 0 0 Ulster, North Down and Ards Hospitals n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 5 0 7 Craigavon Area Hospital n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0 0 0 South and East Belfast Community n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1 4 North and West Belfast Community n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1 2 North Down and Ards Community n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 7 Down and Lisburn n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 2 3 Mater Infirmorum Hospital n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0 Newry and Mourne n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 6 Craigavon and Banbridge Community n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0 Central Services Agency 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Total 6 87 6 94 5 58 4 82 5 51
§ Mr. SoleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what has been the change in the number of full-time and part-time jobs by gender immediately prior to and immediately after tendering of each support service contract tendered by the four health boards since 1990. [26000]
§ Mr. MossThe detailed information requested could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. However, it is known that there was not necessarily a loss of jobs within the health and personal social service as a result of tendering. A number of contracts were awarded in-house and other staff moved to different posts within their organisation.