§ Rev. Martin SmythTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish a statistical breakdown of employment in the various sectors of the Belfast education and library board in keeping with the 1991 census of the Belfast area as they reflect the percentages of Protestants and Roman Catholics employed.
§ Mr. Hanley[holding answer 19 February 1993]: The information is as follows:
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Belfast education and library board staff (January 1992) Section Total number of staff 1 Protestant Roman Catholic Non determined Number Per cent. of 1 Number Per cent. of 1 Number Per cent. of 1 Administration 45 26 57.78 16 35.56 3 6.66 Architects 40 19 47.50 18 45.00 3 7.50 Education 106 58 54.72 41 38.68 7 6.60 Finance 97 52 53.61 37 38.14 8 8.29 Library—HQ (includes Administration and Technical staff) 112 62 55.36 42 37.50 8 7.14 —Branches 88 41 46.59 39 44.32 8 9.09 School Based (Non Teaching) 2,552 1,224 47.96 1,130 44.28 198 7.76 FE (Non Teaching) 360 223 61.94 109 30.28 28 7.78 FE (Teaching—Permanent) 594 321 54.04 198 33.33 75 12.63 3,994 2,026 50.73 1,630 40.81 338 8.46 Source:—Belfast Education and Library Board's Fair Employment Review
The 1991 labour force survey revealed that in the Belfast education and library board area 53.2 per cent. of the economically active population was Protestant, and 46.8 per cent. was Roman Catholic.