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financial years; and what plans there are to reduce the number.

Mr. Ancram: The number of staff directly employed by the Industrial Development Board for Northern Ireland for the last three full financial years is as follows:

At 31 March 1992: 376

At 31 March 1993: 421

At 31 March 1994: 412

IDB will continue to make a contribution to improved efficiency within the Northern Ireland civil service as a whole and staffing levels will be kept under review in that context.

Non-departmental Public Bodies (Pay)

Mr. McAllion: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department which will (a) follow the pay arrangements of the sponsoring Department and (b) pursue an independent and separate route under the delegated pay option (i) from April 1995 and (ii) from April 1996.

Sir John Wheeler: Annexe A lists those NDPBs which currently follow the pay arrangements of the sponsoring Department and will continue to do so on 1 April 1995--these are, in fact, the pay arrangements for the Northern Ireland civil service.

Annexe B lists those NDPBs which currently have pay arrangements which are different from the sponsor Department.

Departments-NDPBs will shortly be required to determine whether the existing pay arrangements are the most appropriate for NDPBs post-1995.

Annexe A

Northern Ireland NDPBs which follow the pay arrangements of their sponsoring Department

Northern Ireland Office

The Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland

The Standing Advisory Commission for Human Rights

The Police Authority for Northern Ireland

The Independent Commission for Police Complaints

Department of Agriculture

Fishery Harbour Authority

Fisheries Conservancy Board

Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland

Foyle Fisheries Commission

Livestock and Meat Commission (Grade 7 and above only)

Department of Economic Development

Equal Opportunities Commission

Fair Employment Commission

Northern Ireland Tourist Board

Local Enterprise Development Unit

General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland

Enterprise Ulster

Labour Relations Agency

Construction Industry Training Board

Northern Ireland Commissioner for Rights of Trade Union Members Northern Ireland Industrial Court

Industrial Tribunals

Fair Employment Tribunal

Scheme for Compensation for Loss of Employment through Civil Unrest (Civil Unrest Tribunal)

NB Tribunals, with the exception of the Civil Unrest Tribunal, contain judicial appointees whose salary is determined by HM Treasury.

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Department of Education

Arts Council for Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Museums Council

Northern Ireland Higher Education Council

Sports Council for Northern Ireland

Youth Council for Northern Ireland

Ulster Museum

Ulster Folk and Transport Museum

Some grades only

Department of Environment

Laganside

Planning Appeals Commission

Water Appeals Commission

Department of Finance and Personnel

Northern Ireland Economic Council

Annexe B

NDPBs which do not follow the pay arrangements of the sponsoring department

Northern Ireland Office

Probation Board for Northern Ireland

Rathgael and Whiteabby Training Schools Management Board Department of Agriculture

Livestock and Meat Commission (staff other than Grade 7 and above)

Department of Economic Development

Ulster Sheltered Employment Ltd.

Department of Education

Belfast Education and Library Board

South Eastern Education and Library Board

North Eastern Education and Library Board

Southern Education and Library Board

Western Education and Library Board

Staff Commission for Education and Library Boards

Council for Catholic Maintained Schools

NI Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment Sports Council for Northern Ireland

Youth Council for Northern Ireland

Ulster Museum

Ulster Folk and Transport Museum

Some grades only

Department of Environment

Northern Ireland Local Government Officers Superannuation Committee

Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company

Local Government Staff Commission

Fire Authority for Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Housing Executive

Department of Health and Social Services

Health and Social Services Boards

- Eastern

- Northern

- Southern

- Western

Northern Ireland Central Services Agency for Health and Social Services

National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting for Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Council for Post Graduate Medical Education Northern Ireland Health Promotion Agency

Northern Ireland Regional Medical Physics Agency

Health and Social Services Trusts (HSS Trusts are not directly funded by the Department of Health and Social Services)

Health and Social Services Councils

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Government Policy

Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list each policy change which he has announced since the cessation of murder by paramilitaries in the province.

Sir John Wheeler: There has been no change in Government policy towards Northern Ireland in this period. However, the reduced level of violence has led to a number of operational changes. These include the lifting of closure orders on border crossings, the cessation of daylight patrolling by the Army within the greater Belfast area and in other towns during daylight hours, from 15 January, and the lifting of all outstanding exclusion orders from Northern Ireland. The broadcasting restrictions were lifted on 16 September, and since December the Government have announced that Ministers will be prepared to meet council delegations including delegates from Sinn Fein, the Ulster Democratic party and the Progressive Unionist party.

DUCHY OF LANCASTER

Non-departmental Public Bodies (Pay)

Mr. McAllion: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list the non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department which will (a) follow the pay arrangements of the sponsoring Department and (b) pursue an independent and separate route under the delegated pay option (i) from April 1995 and (ii) from April 1996.

Mr. Robert G. Hughes: All the research councils sponsored by the Office of Public Service and Science expect to introduce independent pay arrangements:

1995

The Natural Environment Research Council

1996

The Economic and Social Research Council

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

The Medical Research Council

The Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council

The Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils

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