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Northern Ireland Office

Answer

Mr. William Ross: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many persons have been employed by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive at its basic level of secretarial/management employment in each of the last five years; and how many of the posts were (a) temporary and for what periods and (b) permanent; how many employees in each category were (i) male and (ii) female; and how many in each category and gender were (1) Roman Catholic, (2) Protestants and (3) others. [32247] Mr. Paul Murphy: This is a matter for the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, whose Chief Executive advises me that there is no basic level of secretarial/management grade; however, the breakdown of the broad categories of equivalent grades are: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Total in grade Temporary male Permanent male Temporary female Permanent female Clerical/Secretarial December 1997 649 80 55 161 353 December 1996 747 83 69 138 457 December 1995 787 95 71 155 466 December 1994 794 97 72 149 476 December 1993 790 84 75 175 486 Management December 1997 247 1 144 1 101 December 1996 254 -- 148 2 104 December 1995 256 -- 153 1 102 December 1994 262 -- 157 -- 105 December 1993 265 -- 161 -- 104 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. I refer the hon. Gentleman to my answer of 12 December 1997, Official Report, column 712. Details of religious affiliation for the whole organisation are reflected in the annual return for monitoring made to the Fair Employment Commission.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

32247; 307 c726W

Session

1997-98

Subjects

Management Staff Religion Northern Ireland Housing Executive Office workers

Contains statistics

Yes