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Written question asked by Lady Hermon (Ulster Unionist Party) on Wednesday, 6 July 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 11 July 2005. It was answered by Shaun Woodward (Labour) on Wednesday, 20 July 2005 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.


Police Service

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many typist posts there were within the Police Service Northern Ireland on 1 January; and how many are anticipated to be required at (a) 1 January 2006, (b) 1 January 2007 and (c) 1 January 2008, broken down by district command unit area.
Answer

The following table provides the number of typist posts within the PSNI as of the 1 January 2005 to 2008. Unfortunately, the individual area figures for 2007 and 2008 are not yet available and will be determined by workload and staff modelling in the preceding years.

Location 1 January 2005 1 January 2006 1 January 2007 1 January 2008
HQ Departments 96.25 103 — —
Antrim DCU 9 4.75 — —
Ards DCU 7.5 5.25 — —
Armagh DCU 4 4 — —
Banbridge DCU 5.25 3.5 — —
Belfast East DCU 11 7.25 — —
Belfast North DCU 14.25 11.25 — —
Belfast South DCU 17.5 13,25 — —
Belfast West DCU 11.75 8 — —
Ballymena DCU 7.25 4.75 — —
Ballymoney DCU 3.75 2.75 — —
Carrickfergus DCU 4.25 2.75 — —
Coleraine DCU 9 5.25 — —
Cookstown DCU 4 3.25 — —
Craigavon DCU 10.75 7.75 — —
Castlereagh DCU 6.25 4 — —
Dungannon DCU 6.5 4.5 — —
Down DCU 8 5.5 — —
Fermanagh DCU 5 5 — —
Foyle DCU 8.5 8.25 — —
Lame DCU 4 3 — —
Limavady DCU 3.75 3 — —
Lisburn DCU 8.75 8.25 — —
Maghaerafelt DCU 3.5 2.25 — —
Moyle DCU 1 1 — —
Newtownabbey DCU 6.25 5.25 — —
North Down DCU 7.75 5 — —
Newry and Mourne DCU 9 6.25 — —
Omagh DCU 6.25 4 — —
Strabane DCU 6 3.75 — —
Urgan Region 1.75 1.75 — —
Rural Region 4.5 3 — —
TOTAL 312.25 260.5 246.75 233
(75) To be modelled

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
11234; 436 c1880W;436 c1880W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Police Service of Northern Ireland Office workers