HC Deb 12 December 1997 vol 302 c712W
Mr. William Ross

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many clerical officers and clerk/typists are employed in each of the offices of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive; and what is the breakdown by gender in each case and in total. [19574]

Mr. Paul Murphy

This is a matter for the Chief Executive of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, who has advised me that the information is not held in the form requested, and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Mr. William Ross

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many persons applied for posts of clerk/typist and clerical officer with the Northern Ireland Housing Executive in each of the last three years and the current year to the latest available date; and in each year how many(a) applicants and (b) appointees were (i) male, (ii) female, (iii) Protestant, (iv) Roman Catholic and (v) others. [19576]

Mr. Paul Murphy

This is a matter for the Chief Executive of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive who has advised me that the Housing Executive has not recruited staff to the Clerical officer or Clerk/typist posts over the past three years, other than through temporary contracts arranged through Job Centres. The Executive is currently in the process of recruiting staff to these posts and hopes to have completed the exercise by January 1998. The impact of the recruitment exercise on the composition of the Executive's work force as a whole, will be reflected in the annual monitoring return to the Fair Employment Commission (FEC).