To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish a table showing the number of (a) men and (b) women in his Department in each of grades (i) 1, (ii) 2, (iii) 3, (iv) 4, (v) 5, (vi) 6, (vii) 7, (viii) SEO, (ix) HEO, (x) administrative trainee, (xi) EO, (xii) CO and (xiii) CA.
The information requested is as follows:
| The Northern Ireland Civil Service1 | ||
| Grade | Men | Women |
| 1 | 1 | — |
| 2 | 9 | — |
| 3 | 36 | 1 |
| 4 | 19 | — |
| 5 | 171 | 14 |
| 6 | 275 | 51 |
| 7 | 748 | 73 |
| Deputy Principal | 1,485 | 278 |
| Administrative Trainee | 1 | 1 |
| Staff Officer | 1,781 | 538 |
| EOI | 2,746 | 1,082 |
| EOII | 1,466 | 2,041 |
| AO | 1,882 | 5,390 |
| AA | 1,067 | 2,706 |
| The Northern Ireland Office (Home Civil Service)2 | ||
| Grade | Men | Women |
| 1 | 1 | — |
| 2 | 2 | — |
| 3 | 6 | — |
| 4 | 1 | — |
| 5 | 8 | — |
| 6 | 4 | — |
| 7 | 16 | 3·5 |
| SEO | 2 | 4·0 |
| HEO (D) | 4 | 1·0 |
| HEO | 9 | 7·0 |
Grade
| Men
| Women
|
| AT | — | — |
| EO | 11 | 10.5 |
| AO | 10 | 14.5 |
| AA | 5 | 8.0 |
1 All non-industrial staff as at 1 January 1991. | ||
2 Non-industrial home civil servants in post as at 1 February 1992 (staff on loan/career breaks are not included). | ||
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list those parts of his Department, including executive agencies, carrying out reviews over the last 12 months into the pay and grading of staff and the firm of consultants engaged, where appropriate.
No pay and grading reviews have been undertaken in the Northern Ireland Office, Northern Ireland Departments or executive agencies over the last 12 months. Reviews have been carried out in two non-departmental public bodies, the Northern Ireland Housing Executive and the Staff Commission for Education and Library Boards, both by Hay Management Consultants.