HC Deb 15 December 1993 vol 234 c634W
Mr. McGrady

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage how many redundancies have been effected in all grades in BBC Northern Ireland in each year from 1 April 1983 to 31 March 1993.

Mr. Brooke

I understand from the BBC that the information is not readily available before 1991. The total number of redundancies in BBC Northern Ireland in each of the last three years is as follows:

Number
1991 105
1992 4
1993 37

Mr. McGrady

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage how many people were employed in BBC Northern Ireland in all grades in each year from 1 April 1983 to 31 March 1993.

Mr. Brooke

I understand from the BBC that the information is not readily available before 1987. The total number of people employed in BBC Northern Ireland in each of the last seven years, in December, is as follows:

Numbers
1987 701
1988 675
1989 697
1990 671
1991 566
1992 570
1993 533