§ Ms MowlamTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list(a) the number of women employed in each non-departmental public body in Northern Ireland and (b) the number of non-departmental public bodies in Northern Ireland which have a female chair. [30494]
§ Sir John WheelerThe information requested is as follows:
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(a) Name of body Number of women employed Agricultural Research Institute of NI 14 Fisheries Conservancy Board for NI 8 Foyle Fisheries Commission 4 Livestock and Meat Commission for NI 8 NI Fishery Harbour Authority 1.5 Construction Industry Training Board 49 Enterprise Ulster 23 Equal Opportunities Commission 28 Fair Employment Commission 57 General Consumer Council for NI 8 Labour Relations Agency 25 Local Enterprise Development Unit 138
(a) Name of body Number of women employed Northern Ireland Commissioner for the Rights of Trade Union Members1 1 Northern Ireland Commissioner for the Protection Against Unlawful Industrial Action1 1 Northern Ireland Tourist Board 104 Ulster Sheltered Employment Ltd. 158 Industrial Tribunals NI Industrial Tribunals2 7 NI Fair Employment Tribunal2 4 Arts Council of Northern Ireland 26 Council for Catholic Maintained Schools 26 Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment 97 Northern Ireland Higher Education Council3 n/a Sports Council for Northern Ireland 29 Ulster Folk and Transport Museum 47 Ulster Museum 82 Youth Council for Northern Ireland 11 Northern Ireland Museums Council 2 Staff Commission for Education and Library Boards 4
Education and library boards (Non-teaching staff) Number of women employed Belfast 3,357 North-Eastern 5,682 South-Eastern 3,964 Southern 5,164 Western 5,693 NI Economic Council 4 NI Local Government Officers' Superannuation Committee 20 Local Government Staff Commission 7 NI Housing Executive 1,396 Laganside Corporation 7 NI Transport Holding Company (including bus and rail companies) 330 Fire Authority NI 179 National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting 250 Council for Post-Graduate Medical Education1 22 Mental Health Commission1 5 Health and Social Services Boards 728 Health and Social Services Trusts1 25,114 Health and Social Services Directly Managed Units (DMUS)2 12,143 Health and Social Services Councils1 15 Central Services Agency 339 Health Promotion Agency1 17 Regional Medical Physics Agency 27 Blood Transfusion Services Agency 120 Police Authority for NI 2,317 Independent Commission for Police Complaints for NI 12 Probation Board for NI 213 Rathgael Training School 82 SACHR Secretariat 6 1 These are part-time posts filled by the same person. 2 Of the seven listed under the NI Industrial Tribunals, four are also involved in the Fair Employment Tribunal. 3 The Council's Secretariat is employed by the Department and not the Council itself. 1. Includes NI Ambulance Trust.
2. DMUS as at 31 December 1995.
369W(b) The NDPB's in NI which have a female chairman are as follows:
- HM Prison Magilligan
- HM Prison Maghaberry
- Agricultural Wages Board
- Equal Opportunities Commission
- General Consumer Council
- NI Commissioner for the Rights of Trade Union Members
- Health and Safety Agency
- Fair Employment Tribunal
- Industrial Tribunals—two full-time/five part-time
- Western Education and Library Board
- Historic Buildings Council
- Housing Benefit Review Board Panels
- National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting
- Advisory Committee of the Therapeutic Professions Allied to Medicine
- Central Nursing Advisory Committee
- Central Personal Social Services Advisory Committee
- Central Pharmaceutical Advisory Committee
- Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board
- Eastern Health and Social Services Council
- southern Health and Social Services Council
- Health and Social Services Trusts
- NI Blood Transfusion Service Agency
- Child Support Appeal Tribunal 12 part-time Chairmen
- Social Security Tribunal 14 part-time Chairmen
- Disability Tribunal eight part-time Chairmen
- Medical Tribunal four part-time Chairmen
- NI Consumer Committee for Electricity