Written question asked by Owen Paterson (Conservative) on Monday, 29 March 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 6 April 2010. It was answered by Paul Goggins (Labour) on Thursday, 8 April 2010 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.

Departmental Dismissal

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many members of staff in his Department were dismissed in each of the last five years; and how many were dismissed as a result of under-performance in each year.

Answer

The details requested are shown in the following table.

	Total dismissed	Dismissed as a result of under performance
2005	*1	0
2006	5 (*2)	0
2007	8	0
2008	4	0
2009	2	0
* Reason for dismissal not recorded.

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