§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will list each category of employee within the Northern Ireland Court Service and the numbers employed in each category, broken down by(a) gender and (b) perceived community origin. [110655]
§ Mr. LockThere are 668 staff employed within the Northern Ireland Court Service. In terms of community background monitoring 445 (66.6 per cent.) are Protestant, 199 (29.8 per cent.) are Roman Catholic. The community background of the remaining 24 (3.6 per cent.) is non-determined. The table sets out the numbers of staff in each of the main categories showing the numbers of males and females in each as at 15 January.
Administrative staff Support staff and others Total 584 84 Male 181 65 Female 403 19