HC Deb 30 January 1990 vol 166 cc98-100W
Rev. Martin Smyth

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the posts advertised for the last three years by(a) health and social services boards, (b) the Department of Health and Social Services, (c) education and library boards and (d) the Department of Education for Northern Ireland showing which publications each post was advertised in and the number of applicants who replied to each.

Mr. Cope

Statistics relating to general service grades are not available by Department as all posts in this category are advertised by the Civil Service Commission to fill vacancies on a Northern Ireland Civil Service-wide basis.

The information requested at parts (a) and (c) is set out in the tables below:

Newspapers and number of applicants Grades Advertised
Inspector (SSI) Medical Officer Tracer Technical Grade 2 1988 Totals Chief Executive H & PSS Chief Insp.(SSI) Inspector (SSI) Medical Officer Medical Officer PTO—Electronic (Electro Medical Tech Engineers) 1989 Totals
Independent 0 0
Social Services Insight 1 1 0 0
Social Work Today 1 1 0 0 0
Health Ser Journal 3 3
Belfast Telegraph 10 28 0 38 1 3 7 7 12 74 104
Irish News 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
News Letter 1 4 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 4 5
Guardian 1 1
The Times Sunday Times 4 4
The Observer 0 —— 0
Nursing Times
Architects Journal
Building
Engineering News
British Med. Journal 1 1 3 10 13
Chartered Mech. Eng.
Hospital Engineering
The Lancet
Londonderry Journal
Londonderry Sentinel
Building Design
Community Care 1 1
Totals 13 33 0 46 8 5 7 11 22 81 134

Newspapers Overall total
Independent 0
Social Services Insight 1
Social Work Today 1
Health Ser Journal 3
Belfast Telegraph 218
Irish News 3
News Letter 17
Guardian 3
The Times Sunday Times 5
The Observer 0
Nursing Times 2
Architects Journal 4

Table II
Department of Education—Newspapers and number of applicants
Grades advertised Belfast Telegraph News Letter Irish News Times Educational Supplement Total
Inspector of Schools (Commerce and Business Education) 18 2 1 2 23
Inspector of Schools (Construction) 16 1 0 2 19
Inspector of Schools (Engineering) 14 2 0 1 17
1987 Totals 48 5 1 5 59
Inspector of Schools (Construction) 20 1 0 0 21
Inspector of Schools (Mathematics) 12 1 0 2 15
1988 Totals 32 2 0 2 36
Inspector of Schools (Commerce and Business Committee) 20 4 4 3 31
Inspector of Schools (Construction) 26 1 2 0 29
Inspector of Schools (11-16 Support Inspector) 15 0 2 4 21
Inspector of Schools (Biology) 23 2 1 7 33
Inspector of Schools (Catering/Home Economics) 10 2 0 3 15
Inspector of Schools (Electrical Engineering) 20 0 0 1 21
Inspector of Schools (Geography) 23 8 2 2 35
Inspector of Schools (Mathematics) 12 0 0 3 15
Inspector of Schools (Science) 22 0 2 7 31
1989 Totals 171 17 13 30 231
Overall Total 251 24 14 37 326

Newspapers Overall total
Building 2
Engineering News 0
British Med. Journal 2
Chartered Mech. Eng. 0
Hospital Engineering 0
The Lancet 0
Londonderry Journal 173
Londonderry Sentinel 193
Building Design 0
Community Care 1
Totals 649