HC Deb 08 March 1990 vol 168 cc735-6W
Mr. William Ross

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish a table to show the number of persons employed by his Department in systems, programming and computer operation, including the major operations carried out.

Mr. Cope

[holding answer 27 February 1990]: The number of computer staff employed on information technology in Northern Ireland Departments, the Northern Ireland Office and Police Authority for Northern Ireland is as follows:

Numbers
Senior systems analyst 71
Systems analysts 144
Programmer analysts 133
Programmers 129
Operations and data processing 116
Total 593