AQW 14103/17-22 Written question to the Minister for Infrastructure
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the number of staff working in (i) major projects and procurement; and (ii) networking services, broken down by grade, in each of the last five years.
Asked by Andrew Muir MLA on 4 February 2021
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 4 February 2021
- Answer due by
- 19 February 2021
- Answered
- 18 February 202114 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Infrastructure
- Priority question
- No
Answer
I understand that the Member’s question relates to two directorates within my Department, our Major Projects Directorate and our Network Services Directorate.
The Major Projects Directorate was established on 1 August 2019 and information is not therefore available for the full five year period. For the Network Services Directorate, the information is available for the 5 year period requested. The information that is available is provided in the table below:
| Grade | Network Services | Major Projects & Procurement | |||
| 2016/17- 2019/20 Structure | 2021/22 Structure | Current Staff in Post | 2019/20- 2020/21 Structure | Current Staff in Post | |
| G5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| G6 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| PPTO | 18.0 | 18.0 | 13.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| SPTO/ DP | 60.0 | 62.0 | 51.0 | 11.0 | 9.0 |
| HPTO/ SO | 99.0 | 101.0 | 78.0 | 11.0 | 9.0 |
| PTO | 191.5 | 207.5 | 207.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| EOI, EOII PERS SEC | 37.0 | 38.0 | 37.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| AO/ AA/ TYPIST | 87.0 | 84.5 | 79.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| TG | 102.0 | 105.0 | 69.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Total | 599.5 | 621.0 | 539.5 | 32.0 | 28.0 |