Mr. Wm. Rossasked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will list in the Official Report the total number of United Kingdom civil servants now working in Northern Ireland, showing the total numbers of such civil servants in each Government Department in Northern Ireland and specifying the numbers in each grade in each Department.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisFourteen Departments employ an estimated total of some 7,047 United Kingdom civil servants in Northern Ireland. Very many different grades are involved. The table below therefore shows the large employing Departments together with the main groups and classes of staff employed. All numbers include part-time staff counted as half-units.
315W
Mr. Wm. Rossasked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will list in the Official Report the total numbers of (a) registered and (b) unregistered physically disabled persons employed by the United Kingdom Civil Service in Northern Ireland, stating the numbers in each category and in each Department and listing the grades held by the disabled in each Department.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisI regret that the information is not available in the form requested by the hon. Member. The numbers of registered disabled persons employed by the United Kingdom Civil Service are collected from Departments once a year and do not distinguish areas of employment. The latest available figures relating to the year ending 1st June 1977 were published in the Department of Employment Gazette in November 1977, and show that the Civil Service, with a total of 14,173½, employs more registered disabled persons than any other single employer. Records are not maintained of unregistered disabled persons.