§ Mr. JannerTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many and what percentage of officers in grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, respectively, and overall in his Department are(a) women and (b) members of ethnic minorities.
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§ Mr. Ian StewartIn the Northern Ireland Civil Service at 13 April 1989 the representation of females was as follows:
Numbers Percentage Grade 1 — — Grade 2 — — Grade 3 1 2.7 Grade 4 — — Grade 5 12 6.9 Grade 6 37 15.0 Grade 7 53 6.6 All grades 11,597 49.9 The Northern Ireland Civil Service does not monitor the ethnic origins of its staff.
Of the 176 Home civil servants serving in the Northern Ireland Office in London and Belfast, 88 (50 per cent.) are women and 16 (9 per cent.) from ethnic minority groups (of these there is only one officer at grade 7 level). In London 51 per cent. of the NIO's staff are women and 13 per cent. come from ethnic minority groups.