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Written question asked by Lady Hermon (Ulster Unionist Party) on Tuesday, 7 February 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 9 February 2006. It was answered by Baroness Smith of Basildon (Labour) on Monday, 13 February 2006 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.

Planning Service

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people have been employed by the Northern Ireland Planning Service in each year since 2000, broken down by grade; and if he will make a statement on the future staff recruitment needs of the Service.
Answer

Details of the staffing breakdown for the Planning Service in each year since 2000 are as follows.The Planning Service has just completed a major recruitment exercise and will keep the need for additional staff resources under continual review.

Planning Service staff in post
As at 1 April:
Date 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 at 1 February2006 (current )
Grade
Grade 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Grade 5 2 2 1 3 4 3 3
Grade 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 11
Principal Professional and Technology Officer 17 17 25 26 35 37 40
Senior Professional and Technology Officer 42 55 50 78 86 79 91
Higher Professional and Technology Officer 76 99 103 103 115 155 164
Professional and Technology Officer 84 97 111 123 148 140 161
Technical Grade 1 11 4 7 5 6 5 5
Technical Grade 2 1 5 2 1 1 — —
Trainee Planning Assistant 11 6 17 14 26 24 35
Principal 5 5 4 4 6 7 7
Deputy Principal 9 13 13 14 21 20 22
Senior Systems Analyst — — — — — — 1
Systems Analyst — — — — — — 2
Staff Officer 12 9 15 14 18 20 25
Executive Officer l 10 10 11 14 13 23 22
Executive Officer 2 13 16 18 26 29 37 39
Administrative Officer 64 76 76 79 87 106 117
Administrative Assistant 48 53 65 73 61 71 98
Typing Manager 2 2 1 1 — — —
Personal Secretary 9 8 9 10 9 10 10
Typist 9 8 7 7 6 7 6
Support Grade 5 5 4 5 5 4 4
Student 2 — 2 — — — —
Total 440 498 550 609 686 758 864

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
51069; 442 c1530-2W;442 c1530-2W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Employment Recruitment Staff Planning Service
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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