§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many persons were employed by the Housing Executive(a) five and (b) 10 years ago; and what were the numbers at the latest available date. [32251]
§ Mr. Paul MurphyThis is a matter for the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, whose Chief Executive advises me that the information is as follows:
Year Number employed To 31 December 1997 2,903 1992–93 3,327 1987–88 3,531 The figures include permanent and temporary staff.
§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many persons have been recruited to permanent posts by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive in each of the last five years. [32249]
§ Mr. Paul MurphyThis is a matter for the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, whose Chief Executive advises me that the information is as follows:
725W
Year Number 1997 18 1996 17 1995 16 1994 33 1993 30 These were mostly for basic trainee, technical or specialist posts.
§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what have been the percentage pay increases for each level of management in the Housing Executive in each of the last five years. [32250]
§ Mr. Paul MurphyThis is a matter for the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, whose Chief Executive advises me that pay increases for all Housing Executive staff are governed by the National Joint Council Conditions of Service, applying to Local Government employees. Over the last 5 years, the annual salary increase has been 2.5 per cent. In addition, staff not on the maximum of their salary scale may be entitled to annual increments. Increases
Year Total in grade Temporary male Permanent male Temporary female Permanent female Clerical/Secretarial December 1997 649 80 55 161 353 December 1996 747 83 69 138 457 December 1995 787 95 71 155 466 December 1994 794 97 72 149 476 December 1993 790 84 75 175 486 Management December 1997 247 1 144 1 101 December 1996 254 — 148 2 104 December 1995 256 — 153 1 102 December 1994 262 — 157 — 105 December 1993 265 — 161 — 104 I refer the hon. Gentleman to my answer of 12 December 1997, Official Report, column 712. Details of religious affiliation for the whole organisation are reflected in the annual return for monitoring made to the Fair Employment Commission.
§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many posts at each level in the Housing Executive management structure have been filled by(a) external applicants and (b) persons already in the employment of the Executive in each of the last five years. [32248]
§ Mr. Paul MurphyThis is a matter for the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, whose Chief Executive advises me that, because of reducing running costs budgets and re-organisation, vacancies have been filled by redeployment and promotion of existing staff, with the exception of one third tier post, which was filled by an external candidate.
726W
External applicants Persons already in the employment of the Executive Management level 1997 1997 1998 First and second tier1 1 2 0 Third tier2 0 0 311 1 The first tier is the Chief Executive and the second tier comprises the Directors. 2 Assistant Directors and Area Managers. 3 Filled by re-deployment of staff at the existing grade and by internal promotion. for Directors are determined under a Performance Pay Scheme which is capped at 2.5 per cent. of the salary bill for that grade.
§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many persons have been employed by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive at its basic level of secretarial/management employment in each of the last five years; and how many of the posts were(a) temporary and for what periods and (b) permanent; how many employees in each category were (i) male and (ii) female; and how many in each category and gender were (1) Roman Catholic, (2) Protestants and (3) others. [32247]
§ Mr. Paul MurphyThis is a matter for the Northern Ireland HousingExecutive, whose Chief Executive advises me that there is no basic level of secretarial/management grade; however, the breakdown of the broad categories of equivalent grades are: