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Civil Servants

Volume 951: debated on Tuesday 13 June 1978

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asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what are now the total numbers of United Kingdom civil servants in Northern Ireland and Northern Ireland civil servants; what were the numbers at 31st March 1972; and what is the percentage rise since then in each Department, in each grade and in total.

pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 12th June 1978], gave the following information:Tables I and II show respectively the numbers of United Kingdom civil servants and Northern Ireland civil servants in Northern Ireland at the dates requested or the nearest convenient dates. I regret that it would not be possible to provide a breakdown by grade without incurring disproportionate time and cost.It is not possible to make valid comparisons in some cases because of changes in departmental organisation and, in respect of the NICS, the reorganisation of local government which transferred some 8,000 people to the Civil Service.

TABLE I—UNITED KINGDOM CIVIL SERVANTS EMPLOYED IN NORTHERN IRELAND

1972*

1978

Percentage change

Department

Non-Industrial

Non-Industrial

Industrial

(Non-Industrial)

Ministry of Defence1,5131,0362,783-31·5
Inland Revenue1,0471,466+40·0
Environment147202512+37·4
Trade and Industry18741-78·1
Customs and Excise501667-33·1
HMSO434126-4·7
DHSS3036-5·0
MAFF21191-9·5
NIO7012
Others17228+29·4
TOTALS3,5063,6003,342+2·7

* The 1972 figures for industrials are not available.

TABLE II—NORTHERN IRELAND CIVIL SERVANTS

Staff in post

Percentage

Department

1972

1978+or-
Agriculture6,3566,611+4·01
Cabinet Offices105
Central Secretariat62
Commerce596718+20·47
Commissioner for Complaints3218-43·75
Civil Service715
Development603
Education543627+15·47
Environment9,802
Exchequer and Audit3954+38·46
Finance3,4683,013-13·12
Health and Social Services5,0795,396+6·24
Manpower Services2,191
Northern Ireland Office6971,171+68·00
Office of the Northern Ireland Assembly5212+76·92
Parliamentary Commissioner's Office43-25·00
Police Authority7571,851+144·51
TOTAL18,33132,244+75·90

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list in the Official Report the number of civil servants in the Northern Ireland Civil Service, the total numbers of Northern Ireland civil servants in each Department and the numbers of each grade in each Department.

pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 12th June 1978], gave the following information:The total number of Northern Ireland civil servants and the total number in each Department is set out in table 1. The total number in each grade in each Department in the general service grades is set out in table 2. In addition to the general service grades, there are 9,802 industrial staff and 10,924 other staff—for example, professional, technical and scientific, etc. staff. I regret that in view of the multiplicity of disciplines involved—over 100—it would not be possible to provide a breakdown by grade for such staff without incurring disproportionate time and cost.

TABLE 1
DepartmentTotal number of staff by Department at April 1978
Agriculture6,611
Commerce718
Civil Service777
Education627
Environment9,802
Exchequer and Audit54
Finance3,013
Health and Social Services5,396
Manpower Services2,191
Northern Ireland Office1,171
Office of the Northern Ireland Assembly12
Parliamentary Commissioner and Commissioner for Complaints21
Police Authority1,851
Grand Totals32,244

TABLE 2
GENERAL SERVICE GRADE STAFF IN POST, APRIL 1978

Department

Perm. Sec.

Deputy Sec.

Senior Asst. Sec.

Asst. Sec.

Senior Prin.

Prin.

Deputy Prin.

Staff Officer

Admin. Trainee

EO I

EO II

Clerk

Clerical Asst.

Total

Agriculture11561937631951464734021,249
Commerce121113314447147478162378
Civil Service2*12819294831347345292
Education111812735501648114655471
Environment142104418812111311815283321,444
Exchequer and Audit*17210
Finance121621933562691534353021,081
Health and Social Services1131243310516322946152,1838804,296
Manpower Services111821844751232024251781,078
Northern Ireland Office1317321345162105139158585
Office of the Northern Ireland Assembly11114
Parliamentary Commissioner and Commissioner for Complaints1132612218
Police Authority12149172638158356612
Total101619792023546069789451,6054,6512,77311,518

*Includes the Head of the NICS

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list in the Official Report the total number of (a) registered and (b) unregistered physically disabled persons who are employed in the Northern Ireland Civil Service, stating the number of each category in each Department and listing the grades held by the disabled in each Department.

pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 12th June 1978], gave the following information:

DepartmentTotal number of registered disabledTotal number previously registeredTotal
Agriculture10135136
Commerce1313
Education7714
Environment17143214
Exchequer and Audit112
Finance731487
DOCS426
Health and Social Services10631137
Manpower Services5757
Northern Ireland Office18321
Police Authority14115
Northern Ireland Assembly11
TOTALS566137703