§ Mr. Kilfedderasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether he will set out in the Official
Staff in post (at 31 March) 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 Agriculture 5180 5412 5232 5174 5034 +4.5% -3.3% -1.1% -2.7% Civil Service 744 750 817 789 833 +0.8% +8.9% -3.4% +5.6% Commerce 843 715 765 761 738 -15.2% +7.0% -0.5% -3.0% Education 630 620 672 654 626 -1.6% +8.4% -2.7% -4.3% Environment 9561 9204 9751 9412 9297 -3.7% +5.9% -3.5% -1.2% Finance 3104 3024 3133 3058 2920 -2.6% +3.6% -2.4% -4.5% Health and Social Services 5430 5427 5725 5641 5798 -0.1% +5.5% -1.5% +2.8% Manpower 2202 2202 2288 2229 2171 — +3.9% -2.6% -2.6% PCC-PCA 22 22 25 23 25 — +13.6% -8.0% +8.7% E and AD 59 56 64 67 69 -5.1% +14.3% +4.7% +3.0% Northern Ireland Office (inc UKCS) 1695 1869 1804 1575 1541 +10.3% -3.5% -12.7% -2.16% Total 29,470 29,301 30,276 29,383 29,052 -0.6% +3.3% -2.9% -1.1%
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Salaries, Wages and National Insurance (£m) 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 Agriculture 22.8 24.1 25.8 29.1 33.7 +6% +7% +13% +16% Civil Service 2.1 3.0 3.6 4.2 5.6 +43% +20% +17% +33% Commerce 3.7 3.2 3.7 4.4 5.6 -14% +16% +19% +27% Education 3.8 4.2 5.0 6.0 7.3 +10% +19% +20% +22% Environment 31.0 34.1 38.8 46.6 58.9 +10% +14% +20% +26% Finance 11.8 11.9 13.5 15.9 20.0 — +13% +18% +26% Health and Social Services 17.8 19.5 22.2 26.0 33.4 +10% +14% +17% +28% Manpower Services 7.7 8.5 9.7 11.2 14.0 +10% +14% +16% +25% PCC-PCA .12 .12 .15 .18 .23 — +25% +20% +28% E and AD .29 .31 .36 .47 .66 +7% +16% +31% +40% Northern Ireland Office 8.3 9.5 10.0 10.4 13.2 +14.5% +5.3% +45% +26.9% Total 109.4 118.4 132.8 154.4 192.6 +8.2% +12.2% +12.2% +16.3% +24.7% Report the number of civil servants in post at the various Departments for the last five years including the annual expenditure on salaries and associated costs, showing the percentage annual change, plus or minus in both numbers and costs detailing manual, professional, clerical and administrative grades separately.
§ Mr. John PattenThe numbers of staff in post in each of the Northern Ireland Departments and the Northern Ireland Office at 31 March of each year since 1977 and the salaries and wages costs, inclusive of national insurance for each financial year over the period are shown in the following tables. Percentage changes from the preceding year appear underneath each figure.
253WDetails of the separate categories requested are not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.