§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table in theOfficial Report to show the number of United Kingdom civil servants employed at present and in 1985 in each council area in Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. Ryder[holding answer 20 March 1990]: At I April 1989 there were 5,185 civil servants in Northern Ireland. This compares with 5,168 at 1 April 1985. These numbers exclude staff in the Northern Ireland civil service. The table shows the distribution of non-industrial civil servants in the following areas. No information is available about the location of industrial civil servants.
Non-industrial civil servants staff numbers1 Council Area 1985 1989 County Antrim 703 778 County Armagh 175 182 City of Belfast 1,265 1,216 City of Londonderry 66 74 County Down 376 386 County Fermanagh 122 115 County of Londonderry 275 294 County Tyrone 65 78 Total 3,047 3,123 1 Full-time equivalents—part-timers working for more than 10 hours count as half units.