HC Deb 28 January 1998 vol 305 cc257-8W
Mr. McNamara

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if she will estimate the annual incident of religious discrimination within the RUC for the period 1991 to 1996 in respect of officers of(a) Catholic and (b) Protestant origin. [22350]

Mr. Ingram

[holding answer 16 January 1998]: The estimated percentage, as taken from the recent Religious and Political Harassment and Discrimination Survey of

Mr. Field

Of the total number of staff in the Senior Civil Service currently employed in the Department19 per cent. have spent their entire Civil Service career within this Department. This includes people who joined the Department from the private sector; 28 per cent. have had a secondment or loan to an organisation outside UK central government; 27 per cent. have had a secondment or loan to another UK Government Department; 28 per cent. have transferred to this Department from another Government Department.

Notes:

1. Information as at 28 January 1998.

2. Percentages are subject to rounding.