HC Deb 09 January 2002 vol 377 c881W
Mr. Andrew Turner

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many employees of(a) his Department and (b) agencies sponsored by his Department work in (i) London, (ii) areas benefiting from EU Objective 1 status, (iii) areas with objective 2 status and (iv) other areas. [16116]

Jane Kennedy

As at January 2001, based on full-time equivalents, there were 1,539 staff from the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS) employed by the Department and 195 staff from the Home Civil Service (HCS). These figures can be broken down as follows:

  1. (a)the Department
    1. (i) there were 8 NICS staff and 119 HCS staff in London;
    2. (ii) there were 727 NICS staff and 63 HCS staff in areas benefiting from EU Objective 1 status;
    3. (iii) there were no staff in areas benefiting from EU Objective 2 status;
    4. (iv) there were 2 NICS staff and 2 HCS staff in other areas
  2. (b) agencies sponsored by the Department
    1. (i) there were 0 staff in London;
    2. (ii) there were 622 NICS staff and 11 HCS staff in areas benefiting from EU Objective 1 status;
    3. (iii) there were no staff in areas benefiting from EU Objective 2 status;
    4. (iv) there were no staff in other areas.