Western Health and Social Services Board

HC Deb 07 March 1990 vol 168 cc656-7W

Mr. William Ross

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many employees the Western health and social services board has; and how many were educated at a primary school in(a) Northern Ireland, (b) the Irish Republic and (c) Great Britain.

Mr. Needham

[holding answer 27 February 1990]: On 3 January 1990, the Western health and social services board employed 6,809 staff (excluding homehelps), of whom 5,174 were educated at primary schools in Northern Ireland and 885 were educated at primary schools outside Northern Ireland. No record of primary school attended is held in respect of the remaining 750 staff.

The latest available figure for homehelps relates to 18 October 1989. Of the 1,866 employed on that date, 989 were educated at primary schools in Northern Ireland and 110 were educated at primary schools outside Northern Ireland. No record of primary school attended is held in respect of the remaining 767 homehelps.

Of those educated outside Northern Ireland it is not possible to disaggregate those who attended school in Great Britain and those who attended school in the Republic of Ireland.