§ Mr. BeggsTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many travel warrants were issued to civil servants employed by his Department for travel between Northern Ireland and Great Britain via(a) Belfast City Airport and (b) Belfast International Airport in each of the last three years. [165774]
§ Mr. PearsonThe number of travel warrants issued to civil servants employed by the 11 Departments of the Northern Ireland Civil Service and the Northern Ireland Office for travel between Northern Ireland and Great 277W Britain via (a) Belfast City Airport, and (b) Belfast International Airport, in each of the last three years is set out in the table.
Belfast City Belfast International 2001–02 11,947 4,568 2002–03 17,890 1,687 2003–04 16,981 2,507 These figures relate only to flight s booked through the NICS and NIO contracted travel agency services and do not include any journeys undertaken and which were booked through other channels, as to obtain this information would be at disproportionate cost to Departments.
§ Mr. BeggsTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the cost of air travel for civil servants employed by his Department travelling between Northern Ireland and each of Great Britain's airports via(a) Belfast City Airport and (b) Belfast International Airport was in each of the last three years. [165775]
§ Mr. PearsonThe cost of air travel for civil servants employed by the 11 Departments of the Northern Ireland Civil Service and the Northern Ireland Office travelling between Northern Ireland and each of Great Britain's airports for each of the List three years is set out in the table.
Belfast City Belfast International 2001–02 2,418,932 990,101 2002–03 3,983,798 239,348 2003–04 3,154,379 210,216 These figures relate only to flights booked through the NICS and NIO contracted travel agency services and do not include any journeys undertaken and which were hooked through other channels, as to obtain this information would be at disproportionate cost to Departments.
§ Mr. BeggsTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many civil servants flew from Belfast City Airport to(a) London Luton and (b) London Gatwick in each of the last three years; and what the average return fare was. [165777]
§ Mr. PearsonThe number of civil servants who flew from Belfast International Airport to(a) London Luton, (b) London Stansted and (c) London Gatwick in each of the last three years is set out below along with the average return fare in each case.
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2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 (a) London Luton 7 92 309 Air fair (return) £59.92 £77.94 £105.53 (b) London Stansted 23 19 359 Air fair (return) £66.78 £95.75 £104.23
2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 c London Gatwick 640 12 206 Air fair (return) £159.48 £88.27 £76.08 These figures relate only to flights booked through the NICS and NIO contracted travel agency services and do not include any journeys undertaken and which were booked through other channels, as to obtain this information would be at disproportionate cost to Departments.
§ Mr. BeggsTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many civil servants flew from Belfast International Airport to(a) London Luton, (b) London Stansted and (c) London Gatwick in each of the last three years; and what the average return fare was. [165776]
§ Mr. PearsonThe number of civil servants who flew from Belfast City Airport to(a) London Heathrow and (b) London Gatwick in each of the last three years is set out below along with the average return fare in each case.
Flights from Belfast City Airport 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 (a) London Heathrow 2,776 7,771 9,898 Air fare return £139.75 £183.03 £183.88 (b) London Gatwick 2,333 2,619 1,456 Air fare return £227.77 £160.90 £175.58 These figures relate only to flights booked through the NICS and NIO contracted travel agency services and do not include any journeys undertaken and which were booked through other channels as to obtain this information would be at disproportionate cost to Departments.
§ Bob SpinkTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list for each civil service grade within his Department, the total number of staff employed, broken down by(a) gender, (b) ethnic group, (c) registered disabled and (d)age group.[166402]
§ Mr. PearsonAt 1 January 2004 the total number of staff in the Northern Ireland Departments and the Northern Ireland Office was 31,439. The following tables show the breakdown, for each grade level, by(a) gender, (b) ethnic origin, (c) those who have declared a disability, and (d) age group:
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(a)Permanent staff by grade level and gender Gender Grade level Female Male Total Grade 5 and above 56 229 285 Grade 6/7 409 1,020 1,429 Deputy Principal 838 1,700 2,538 Staff Officer 1,099 1,887 2,986 Executive Officer 1/II 4,528 4,511 9,039 Administrative Officer 6,735 2,506 9,241 Administrative Assistant 1,968 1,214 3,182 Industrial 67 2,672 2,739 Total 15,700 15,739 31,439
(b) Permanent staff by grade level and ethnic origin Ethnic origin Grade level White Black African
Black Caribbean
Bangladeshi Chinese Indian Pakistani Other Total Grade 5 and above 263 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 266 Grade 6/7 1,295 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 1,301 Deputy Principal 2,309 1 0 0 2 1 1 3 2,317 Staff Officer 2.675 2 0 1 0 3 2 0 2,683 Executive Officer I/II 7,699 3 3 0 0 3 2 6 7,716 Administrative Officer 7,863 4 3 0 0 1 0 4 7,875 Administrative Assistant 2,855 6 0 0 1 2 0 2 2,866 Industrial 1,555 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,555 Total 26,514 17 7 1 5 13 5 17 26,579 Note: For 4,860 of the 31,439 staff (15.5 per cent.) no ethnic origin information has been provided.
(c) Permanent staff by grade level and declared disability Grade level Declared disabled Grade 5 and above 8 Grade 6/7 44 Deputy Principal 102 Staff Officer 107 Executive Officer I/II 385 Administrative Officer 362 Administrative Assistant 164 Industrial 106 Total 1,278 Note: For 4,540 of the 31,439 staff (14.4 per cent.) no disability information has been provided.
(d) Permanent staff by grade level and age group Age Grade level 16 to 19 years 20 to 29 years 30 to 39 years 40 to 49 years 50 to 59 years 60 plus years Total Grade 5 and above 0 0 17 93 167 8 285 Grade 6/7 0 11 195 589 607 27 1,429 Deputy Principal 0 107 654 978 768 31 2,538 Staff Officer 0 360 751 1,147 702 26 2,986 Executive Officer 1/11 1 1,053 3,374 3,306 1,237 68 9,039 Administrative Officer 86 2,951 2,806 2,406 856 136 9,241 Administrative Assistant 184 1,423 619 528 330 98 3,182 Industrial 7 183 643 941 745 220 2,739 Total 278 6,088 9,059 9,988 5,412 614 31,439