§ Mr. William Rossasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many of the persons who were interviewed for promotion at the last promotion hoard for the post of professional and technical officer grade I in the Department of the Environment, Northern Ireland water service were (a) university graduates, (b) chattered engineers, and (c) technicians, with lesser qualifications, broken down between each of the water service divisions and the central design unit; and how many were promoted in each category and each division.
§ Mr. Chris PattenThe information is as follows:
(a) Graduates (b) Chartered Engineers (c) Technicians Northern Division 3 1 5 Southern Division 1 1 8 Eastern Division 4 4 7 Western Division 2 2 6 Central Design Unit 23 19 1 Headquarters 1 — 1 Nine chartered engineers who are also graduates (seven from the central design unit and one each from northern and eastern division) and one technician from western division were listed as suitable for promotion.
§ Mr. William Rossasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what are the qualifications and experience normally required for promotion from professional and technical officer grade II to grade I in the Department of the Environment water service in Northern Ireland; how many of the persons who were interviewed at the last promotion board for such posts met those standards of qualification and experience in each division of the water service and the central design unit; and in each case how many of the persons so qualified were promoted and how many of those promoted did not have the qualifications and experience required.
§ Mr. Chris PattenCandidates are required to have two years' seniority in the professional and technology officer grade H and be unreservedly recommended for promotion. Candidates are normally expected to have experience either in operation and maintenance work or in design and construction. All candidates interviewed from the water service met these requirements, as did those selected as suitable for promotion.