Departmental Staff (Working Hours)

HC Deb 25 March 1996 vol 274 c438W

Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many persons in his Department worked in excess of 48 hours per week in any of the last 52 weeks; and what percentage of the staff employed this represents. [21584]

Sir John Wheeler

Within the Northern Ireland Office and the Northern Ireland Departments, the information requested is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.