§ Mr. Carsonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what redundancies there were amongst civil servants from 1st January 1975 till 31st December 1975 and from 1st January 1976 till 31st March 1976; and which Departments were affected by the redundancies.
§ Mr. Merlyn ReesI can answer only for my own Department and for the Northern Ireland Civil Service. The numbers of civil servants who became redundant in the periods from 1st January 1975 to 31st December 1975 and 1st January 1976 to 31st March 1976 were 811 and 136 respectively. These redundancies were principally confined to the Departments of Environment and Agriculture.
Mr. Wm Rossasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what were the sums paid for overtime work in the Northern Ireland Department of Agriculture and the Northern Ireland Ministry of Agriculture in each financial year since 1968–69.
§ Mr. ConcannonI shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.