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Mr. Biggs-Davison
asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many Northern Ireland civil servants and how many transferred civil servants were employed on 1st July 1974 and 1st July 1975, respectively.
Mr. Merlyn Rees
There were 30,154 Northern Ireland civil servants, including industrials, at 1st July 1974. Precise figures are not yet available for 1st July 1975 but the present total is about 33,700, including industrials. The term "transferred
| Granted | Refused | ||||||
| Type of Application | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | |
| Initial Grant | … | 3,892 | 3,946 | 3,017 | 132 | 160 | 170 |
| Renewal | … | 7,723 | 4,309 | 13,396 | 129 | 315 | 157 |
| Variation of existing certificate | … | 4,472 | 5,452 | 5,795 | 414 | 39 | 190 |
| TOTAL | … | 16,087 | 13,707 | 22,208 | 675 | 514 | 517 |