§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what percentages of the Northern Ireland civil servants described in the third report of the equal opportunity unit for the Northern Ireland Civil Service as being educated outside Northern Ireland or whose religion was not known were(a) non-industrial civil servants, (b) in higher grades or (c) born in Great Britain.
§ Mr. Cope[holding answer 4 December 1989]: Of the 2,933 Northern Ireland civil servants educated outside Northern Ireland or whose religion was not known at 1 January 1989; 57.1 per cent.—1,675—were non-industrial civil servants; 12.1 per cent.—355—were in higher grades; deputy principal equivalent or above in the non-industrial Civil Service.
The Northern Ireland Civil Service does not monitor the number of staff born in Great Britain and the information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. MallonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many employees of the Northern Ireland Civil Service were educated in Great Britain.
§ Mr. Cope[holding answer 7 December 1989]: At 1 January 1989, the Northern Ireland Civil Service had 754 staff who, in its equal opportunities monitoring system, were classified as having been educated outside Northern Ireland. It is not known how many were educated in Great Britain and the information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.