Mr. Wm. Rossasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many persons are now directly employed by the Roads Executive, the Housing Executive, water and sewerage and by local authorities; and how many were employed by the former local authorities on these duties before reorganisation.
§ Mr. Concannon,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 12th July 1976; Vol. 915, c. 46], gave the following answer:
The information is as follows:
Roads … 4,946 Housing Executive … 3,800 Water and Sewerage … 3,248 Local Authorities … 8,300 Although information on the actual numbers employed by the former local authorities on each of these services is not available, the total is estimated to have been about 20,000.