§ Mr. Rhodri MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what proportion of Civil Service staff of grade 5 and above within her Department(a) have spent their entire civil service career within her Department, (b)have had secondments to (i) the private sector and (ii) other departments and (c)have come from other departments. [26037]
§ Mr. Paul Murphy[holding answer 28 January 1998]The information for the Northern Ireland Office and the Northern Ireland Departments is as follows:
percentage Northern Ireland civil service staff Home civil service staff (a) 98 6 (b)(i) 1 0 (b)(ii) 0.5 44 (c) 0.5 50 1 Figures for Northern Ireland civil service staff cover the last five years and could be provided for earlier years only at disproportionate cost.