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Labour Statistics

Volume 204: debated on Friday 21 February 1992

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To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how man Protestants are employed by the establishment in the (a) Newry and Mourne council area and (b) Strabane whose employees are over 90 per cent. Protestant.

Monitoring returns submitted to the Fair Employment Commission in 1991 show that there are 118 Protestants employed in such concerns in the Newry and Mourne council area. There are no concerns in the Strabane council area whose employees are over 90 per cent. Protestant.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many Roman Catholics are employed by the establishments in (a) the Newry and Mourne council area, (b) the Omagh council area and (c) Strabane, whose employees are over 90 per cent. Roman Catholic.

The information is:

Number
Newry and Mourne council area1,971
Omagh council area156
Strabane council area319
The information is derived from the monitoring returns submitted to the Fair Employment Commission in 1991.