South Eastern Education and Library Board

Mrs. Iris Robinson

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will break down by declared religious affiliation and area of responsibility the number of staff employed at the Headquarters of the South Eastern Education and Library Board. (131633)

The following table shows the composition of the South Eastern Education and Library Board’s workforce by community background as at 23 March 2007. The information has been provided by the Chief Executive of the South Eastern Education and Library Board.

Community background
	Protestant	Roman Catholic	Non Determined	Total
HQ total	253	131	72	456
	¹55.5%	¹28.7%	¹15.8%
	²65.9%	²34.1%

Finance	63	30	21	114
	¹55.3%	¹26.3%	¹18.4%
	²67.7%	²32.3%

Administration	43	31	9	83
	¹51.8%	¹37.4%	¹10.8%
	²58.1%	²41.9%

Education	120	57	32	209
	¹57.4%	¹27.3%	¹15.3%
	²67.8%	²32.2%

Other	27	13	10	50
	¹54.0%	¹26.0%	¹20.0%
	²67.5%	²32.5%
¹Represents the percentage of Protestant, Roman Catholic and Non Determined persons within a group. ²Represents the percentage of those persons within a group for whom a community background i.e. Protestant and Roman Catholic was determined.

This method has been agreed by the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much has been spent on sending commissioners at the South Eastern education and library board on training courses since they were appointed. (131634)

I have been advised by the Chief Executive of the South Eastern Education and Library Board that since their appointment, the Board has incurred no costs through training courses for the commissioners.

Volume 459: debated on Tuesday 17 April 2007