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Northern Ireland Office

Answer

Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) Roman Catholics and (b) Protestants constituted the workforce of Down district council in each of the past 10 years; how many (i) jobs were advertised and (ii) vacancies were filled by Protestants in each year. [200500] Angela Smith: The information requested has been provided by Down district council but is available for the past seven years only. The detail is set out in the following table. A substantial number of the jobs advertised during 1997, 1998 and 1999 relate to temporary employment during the summer period (but are not included in the figures). From 2000 to date these temporary positions are filled through an agency arrangement and are not, therefore, advertised by the council. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Protestants Catholics Jobs advertised Vacancies filled by Protestants 1997 64 171 128 22 1998 73 174 128 27 1999 77 194 72 13 2000 74 189 20 3 2001 78 230 63 17 2002 76 219 36 11 2003 69 222 38 8 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

200500; 429 c971-3W;429 c975-7W

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Advertising Local government Staff Religion Vacancies Down District Council

Contains statistics

Yes

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