To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many vacancies there are in his Department at (a) administrative officer, (b) executive officer I, (c) executive officer II and (d) staff officer grades, broken down by location. (244219)

Within the Northern Ireland Office, grade D1 is equivalent to administrative officer and grade B2 is equivalent to staff officer. Grade C is equivalent to executive officer I and executive officer II. The following table sets out the vacancies for these grades, as reported by business areas in November 2008, broken down by location.