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Northern Ireland Office;Water Service

Answer

Mr. McGrady: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people are employed in the Water Service, broken down by (a) professional engineer, (b) technical and (c) administrative grades; how many there were in (i) 1998 and (ii) 2000; and how many staff have been made redundant in the Water Service in the last year, broken down by position and grade in each category. [219428] Mr. Spellar: The Chief Executive of Water Service (Mrs. Katharine Bryan) has been asked to write to the hon. Gentleman in response to this question. Letter from Mrs. Katharine Bryan to Mr. Eddie McGrady, dated 4 March 2005: You recently asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland a Parliamentary Question about how many people are employed in the Water Service, broken down by (a) professional engineer, (b) technical and (c) administrative grades; what the figures were in (i) 1998 and (ii) 2000; and how many staff have been made redundant in the Water Service in the last year broken down by types of positions and grade in each category (219428). I have been asked to reply as the issue falls within my responsibility as Chief Executive of Water Service. The information is not readily available in the form requested but details of the staffing levels in the 4 main staff disciplines in Water Service are set out in the following table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Discipline Number of staff at Number of staff at Number of staff at 31 March 1998 31 March 2000 31 January 2005 Professional and technology 589 579 528 Scientific 62 66 64 Administrative 397 396 444 Industrial 1,157 1,072 930 Total 2,205 2,113 1,966 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. No Water Services staff were made redundant in the last year.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

219428; 431 c1458-9W;431 c1452-3W

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Administration Staff Redundancy Engineers Technicians Water Service

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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