§ Mr. MaginnisTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many personnel are retiring or being offered redundancy in the current phase of roads service staff reductions; what are the grades of those leaving the roads service; and how reductions are distributed within each division.
§ Mr. MossIn response to the 1994–95 early retirement programmes available to Northern Ireland civil service industrial and non-industrial staff, a total of 133 personnel in the Department of the Environment roads service have applied successfully for voluntary redundancy and will be leaving during the period 1 January to 20 March 1995.
Some of the vacancies created within the administrative and professional and technical grades will not necessarily be carried within the division in which the retiring officer served.
This overall figure is divided among the roads service's divisions as follows
Non-Industrial Division Administrative Professional and Technical Industrial Total HQ (Belfast) 1 6 3 10 Ballymena 1 3 14 18 Belfast — 2 11 13 Coleraine 1 3 14 18 Craigavon 1 11 15 27 Downpatrick 2 4 15 21 Omagh — 8 18 26 All the industrial staff leaving are non-craft road workers, with the grades and distribution of the non-industrial staff concerned being as follows:
Grades HQ 1 x Principal, 2 x SPTO, 2 x HPTO, 1 x PTO, 1 x TG I Ballymena 1 x Staff Officer, 1 x SPTO, 1 x HPTO, 1 x PTO Supervisor Belfast 1 x HPTO, 1 x TG I Coleraine 1 x Staff Officer, 1 x SPTO, 1 x HPTO, 1 x PTO Supervisor Craigavon 1 x EO I, 2 x PPTO, 2 x SPTO, 2 x HPTO, 1 x PTO, 2 x PTO Supervisor, 2xTGI Downpatrick 1 x Deputy Principal, 1 x Staff Officer, 1 x SPTO, 1 x PTO, 1 x PTO Supervisor, 1 x TG I Omagh 5 x SPTO, 1 x PTO Supervisor, 2xPTO Notes:
1. PPTO—Principal Professional and Technology Officer.
2. SPTO—Senior Professional and Technology Officer.
3. HPTO—Higher Professional and Technology Officer.
4. PTO—Professional and Technology Officer.
5. TG I—Technical Grade I.
6. EO I—Executive Officer Grade I.