§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list for his Department(a) how many people in total are employed, (b) how many of the total number of staff are (i) male and (ii) female and (c) how many (I) men and (II) women are employed on a (1) full-time and (2) part-time basis. [9510]
§ Sir John WheelerThe information requested is as follows:
Number (a) Total number of staff 27,264 (b)(i) Total number of male staff 14,816 (b)(ii) Total number of female staff 12,448 (c)(I)(1) Full-time male staff 14,744 (c)(I)(2) Part-time male staff 72 (c)(II)(1) Full-time female staff 10,414 (c)(I1)(2) Part-time female staff 2,034 Notes
1. These figures show the position as at 29 October 1996.
2. Part-time and job-sharing staff count as full units.
3. Figures include information on the Northern Ireland Office, the six Departments of the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS) and staff in the Police Authority for Northern Ireland (PANI) who are civil servants on secondment from the NICS.
4. Casual staff are not included.
5. Except for NICS staff seconded to PANI, staff currently on secondment outside the NICS are not included. The numbers involved, however, are small.
§ Mr. HainTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many(a) permanent and (b) non-permanent staff there have been in (i) his Department and (ii) executive agencies of his Department in each year since 1992. [9622]
§ Sir John WheelerThe information requested is to be found in the following table:
NI Departments and NIO Non-permanent Executive agencies Non-permanent Permanent (casuals) Permanent (casuals) 1996 26,084 2,068 15,656 1,513 1995 26,504 1,531 8,646 890 1994 27,605 1,056 8,437 1,089 1993 28,926 968 8,785 461 1992 28,802 1,144 7,736 1. The figures show the position at I October in each year.
2. The figures in (i) include the figures in (ii).
3. In (i), part-timers and job sharers count as half units. In (ii), part-timers and job sharers are counted as either half units or whole units, depending upon the source. Figures will differ depending upon the method of calculation.
4. Disaggregated figures for staff in executive agencies in 1992 are not available.
5. The figures include staff in the Northern Ireland Office and the six departments of the Northern Ireland civil service. Also included are staff on secondment from NICS to the Police Authority for Northern Ireland.
6. Except for NICS staff seconded to PANI, staff on secondment outside the NICS are not included. The numbers, however, are small.