§ Mr. William Rossasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) engineers, (b) clerical staff and (c) other staff were employed by the drainage division, Department of Agriculture, as at 1 April 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982.
§ Mr. Adam ButlerThe numbers of staff employed in the drainage division on 1 April in each year was:
1979 1980 1981 1982 Engineers 69 71 73 68 Clerical 92 93 82 71 Other Staff: (a) drainage foremen 59 60 56 44* (b) industrials 1,353 1,205 769 570 (c) others 3 4 4 4 TOTAL 1,576 1,433 984 757 Note: * includes five who were under notice of redundancy at that time. In addition, some staff of the agriculture inspectorate are wholly engaged in the drainage works programme. The numbers are as follows:
Year Number 1979 27 1980 25 1981 24 1982 23