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Civil Service

Volume 169: debated on Tuesday 13 March 1990

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To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) if he will publish a table in the Official Report showing the Government establishments in (a) the Coleraine council area, (b) the Magherafelt council area, (c) the Larne council area, (d) the Carrickfergus council area and (e) the Strabane council area, in which civil servants are employed at present, five years and 10 years ago, together with his projections for the next three years of the number of such employees in each establishment;(2) if he will publish a table in the

Official Report to show the Government establishments in the (a) Omagh council area, (b) Moyle council area, (c) Ballymoney council area, (d) Fermanagh council area and (e) Craigavon council area, in which civil servants are employed at present, five years and 10 years ago, together with his projections for the next three years of the number of such employees in each establishment;

(3) if he will publish a table in the Official Report to show the Government establishments in the (a) Dungannon council area, (b) Banbridge council area, (c) Armagh council area, (d) Ballymena council area and (e) Antrim council area, in which civil servants are employed at present, five years and 10 years ago, together with his projections for the next three years of the number of such employees in each establishment;

(4) if he will publish a table in the Official Report to show the Government establishments in the (a) Belfast council area, (b) Ards council area, (c) Castlereagh council area, (d) Down council area and (e) Lisburn council area, in which civil servants are employed at present, five years and 10 years ago, together with his projections for the next three years of the number of such employees in each establishment;

(5) if he will publish a table in the Official Report to show the Government establishments in (a) the Londonerry council area, (b) the Newtonabbey council area, (c) the Cookstown district council area, (d) the North Down district council area, (e) the Limavady council area and (f) the Newry and Mourne council area in which civil servants are employed at present, five years and 10 years ago, together with his projections for the next three years of the number of such employees in each establishment at each period.

[holding answer 27 February 1990]: Information in the form requested is not readily available and could be compiled only at disproportionate cost. However, the table lists the total number of Northern Ireland civil servants employed in each district council area in Northern Ireland at present and five years ago. Given the extent of change, firm projections of numbers in district council areas cannot be provided for the next three years.

Northern Ireland civil service
District council areaStaff in post
19851990
Coleraine892816
Magherafelt169209
Larne185189
Carrickfergus153245
Strabane194175
Omagh1,0611,080
Moyle6755
Ballymoney145164
Fermanagh845716
Craigavon9871,041
Dungannon271265
Banbridge207209
Armagh916832
Ballymena907914
Antrim471493
Belfast14,16714,763
Ards267239
Castlereagh357866
Down728815
Lisburn863805
Derry1,0651,117
Newtownabbey328279
Cookstown389375
North Down9691,018
Limavady220242
Newry and Mourne647520
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