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Mr. McCusker
asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans he has to reduce the number of industrial workers employed by each Government Department in Northern Ireland.
Mr. Humphrey Atkins
I have at present no plans to reduce the number of industrial workers employed in the
| Department | No. of Industrial workers on 1 January, 1980 | No. covered by an incentive* bonus scheme | |||||
| Agriculture | … | … | … | … | 2,974 | 73 | |
| Commerce | … | … | … | … | 21 | Nil | |
| Education | … | … | … | … | 2 | Nil | |
| Environment | … | … | … | … | 5,784 | 2,282 | |
| Finance | … | … | … | … | … | 246 | 246 |
| Health and Social Services | … | … | 2 | Nil | |||
| Manpower Services | … | … | … | 225 | 225 | ||
| Northern Ireland Office | … | … | 34 | Nil | |||
| Department of the Civil Service | … | Nil | Nil | ||||
| Totals | 9,288 | 2,826 | |||||
| * Includes workers covered by both variable work measured incentive schemes and flat rate payment efficiency schemes but excluding lead-in payments. | |||||||