§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish a table showing for the Western health and social services board the number of employees defined as(a) Roman Catholic, (b) Protestant and (c) others, who were educated in (i) Northern Ireland, (ii) the Irish Republic, (iii) Great Britain (iv) elsewhere.
§ Mr. HanleyInformation on the total number of employees of the Western health and social services board, including home helps, defined as(a) Roman Catholic, (b) Protestant and (c) others, together with available information as to whether they were educated within or outside Northern Ireland is as follows:
Protestant Roman Catholic Not known Outside NI Total Admin and clerical 395 541 6 87 1,029 Maintenance 93 55 3 7 158 Ancillary and General 448 609 9 103 1,169 Nursing 776 1,747 19 457 2,999 Social Services 137 292 2 73 504 Professional and Technical 189 208 1 50 448 Medical and Dental 79 82 10 125 296 Ambulance 53 43 1 8 105 Home Helps 647 938 47 127 1,759
§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his answer of 4 March,Official Report, column 247, when the health and social services boards in Northern Ireland began the practice of defining their employees as EC or non-EC nationals; which other quangos in Northern Ireland follow the same definitions; from what date each began the practice; how the employees of each such organisation were defined before the present practice began; and why the system was changed.
§ Mr. MatesThe health and social services boards in Northern Ireland began the practice of defining their employees as EC or non-EC in 1989 in response to fair employment legislation. The process of determining the nationality of employees prior to this was by a process of self-definition. The system was changed to prevent assumptions being made on the community background of employees on the basis of their nationality.
No other quangos in Northern Ireland follow the same definitions.