§ Mr. JannerTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many and what percentage of officers in each grade and overall in his Department are(a) women and (b) from ethnic minorities.
§ Mr. StanleyThe Northern Ireland Civil Service has some 11,500 female staff which represents 49.5 per cent. of its work force. Details of the grades held in January 1987 are set out on page 17 of the second report of the service's equal opportunities unit, a copy of which is in the Library. The service does not monitor the ethnic origins of its staff.
Of the 192 home Civil Service staff serving in the Northern Ireland Office in London and Belfast, 103 (54 per cent.) are women and 18 (9 per cent.) are from ethnic minority groups. In London, 56 per cent. of the NIO's staff are women and 13 per cent. come from ethnic minority groups.
All of our staff from ethnic minority groups are employed within the secretarial, junior administrative grades, or office support grades.
A breakdown of the 103 female staff by grade is as follows:
Number Grade 3 1 Grade 7 2 SEO 2 HEO 6 EO 10 AO 21 AA 10 SPS 9 PS 14 Typist 9 Typing manager 1 Support grade band 1 1 Support grade band 2 4 General household assistants 13 Another female grade 5 member of staff is currently on secondment to industry.