Employment in the Northern Ireland Civil Service

This is the first occasion that a quarterly bulletin on the numbers of staff employed in the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS) has been published.
~ Wednesday, 14 December 2011

The bulletin provides details on NICS staff numbers at 1 July 2011 and comparisons with the previous quarter and the wider public sector. This bulletin is provided as a resource to users requiring data on NICS staff numbers and will be published on a quarterly basis going forward.

The key findings are as follows:

• The headcount number of staff in the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS) at 1 July 2011 was 26,534, of whom 26,288 were permanent staff and 246 were temporary/casual staff. The number of full-time equivalent staff in the NICS was 25,105.
• The headcount number of staff in the NICS represents a decrease of 59 (0.2%) from the position at 1 April 2011. Full-time equivalent numbers decreased by 82 (0.3%) over the same period.
• In the Home Civil Service in Great Britain there was a decrease in the headcount number of staff of 4.9% from the previous quarter.
• In the public sector in Northern Ireland there was a decrease in the headcount number of employee jobs of 0.8% from the previous quarter.
• Over the quarter, the headcount number of NICS staff remained relatively stable in each Department with the largest absolute reduction occurring in DSD (40 staff).

The report is available on the NISRA website.

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