§ Mr. BrakeTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how staff numbers in her Department have varied between 1 May 1997 and 31 March 1998. [48885]
§ Mr. Paul MurphyThe number of industrial and non-industrial Northern Ireland Civil Servants and Home Civil Servants in the Northern Ireland Office and Northern Ireland Departments, including those seconded to the Police Authority for Northern Ireland, at 1 May 1997 and 1 April 1998 was as follows:
Permanent Casual Total 1 May 1997 25,672 1,889 27,561 1 April 1998 25,270 1,861 27,131 Note:
Staff numbers are quoted as full-time equivalents where part-time staff are counted as a proportion of full-time hours worked