Staff Numbers

Mr. Bercow
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many staff are employed by his Department. [106283]

Mr. Paul Murphy
The following number of staff were employed within the Northern Ireland Office and its Agencies and NDPBs, as at 1 January 2003.

Full-time equivalent numbers 1,449 Northern Ireland Civil Servants174 Home Civil Servants1,764 Prison Grades1 special adviser

Actual staff numbers 1,525 Northern Ireland Civil Servants185 Home Civil Servants1,764 Prison Grades1 special adviser

Within the Northern Ireland Administration on 1 January 2003 there were 9,848 staff (full-time equivalents) employed. This figure excludes staff employed in Agencies.