HC Deb 04 November 1988 vol 139 cc819-20W
Mr. Mallon

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the total number of people employed by the Northern Ireland Civil Service who work in the professional and technical sectors of the Department of the Environment; and how many of these are Catholics.

Mr. Needham

[holding answer 31 October 1988]: A total of 2,633. Disclosure of information on the religious affiliation of Northern Ireland Civil Service staff is governed by a code of practice which stipulates that no statistical summaries will be produced which fall outside the categories of analyses agreed with the equal opportunities Whitley committee. The most recent agreed analyses were published in December 1987 in the second report of the Northern Ireland Civil Service equal opportunities unit; a copy of that report was placed in the Library.

Mr. Mallon

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the total number of people employed by the Northern Ireland Civil Service who work in the general administrative sector of the Department of the Environment; and how many of these are Catholics.

Mr. Needham

[holding answer 31 October 1988]: A total of 2,535. Disclosure of information on the religious affiliation of Northern Ireland Civil Service staff is governed by a code of practice which stipulates that no statistical summaries will be produced which fall outside the categories of analyses agreed with the equal opportunities Whitley committee. The most recent agreed analyses were published in December 1987 in the second report of the Northern Ireland Civil Service Equal opportunities unit; a copy of that report was placed in the Library.

Mr. Mallon

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the total number of people who served on(a) the planning directorate, (b) the roads service directorate and (c) the water service directorate of the Department of the Environment; and how many are Catholics.

Year Persons proceeded against Pleaded guilty Pleaded not guilty Found guilty Found not guilty
1986 596 528 68 567 29
1987 713 634 79 680 33
1988 (to 30 June) 336 293 43 317 19

Mr. McNamara

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was the average number of days that prisoners spent on custodial remand for (i) scheduled offences, (ii) non-scheduled offences and (iii) both together, in the first half of the current year.

Mr. Ian Stewart

[holding answer 1 November 1988]: The average length of time spent on custodial remand for prisoners who were tried in the period January to June 1988 and who were in custody at the time of their trial was

Mr. Needham

[holding answer 31 October 1988]: The total number of staff who serve on:

  1. (a) the planning directorate is three.
  2. (b) the roads service directorate is four.
  3. (c) the water service directorate is four.
Disclosure of information on the religious affiliation of Northern Ireland Civil service staff is governed by a code of practice which stipulates that no statistical summaries will be produced which fall outside the categories of analyses agreed with the equal opportunities Whitley committee. The most recent agreed analyses were published in December 1987 in the second report of the Northern Ireland Civil Service equal opportunities unit; a copy of that report was placed in the Library.