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Road Deaths (Children)

Mr. Worthington: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many children died in road traffic accidents in Northern Ireland in each of the past five years. [2719]

Sir John Wheeler: The information requested is as follows:

Age	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994
Under 1	0	0	1	1	0
1	1	0	1	0	1
2	2	3	2	0	3
3	0	1	1	0	0
4	2	1	1	0	2
5	4	1	1	0	1
6	0	2	2	0	1
7	4	2	1	0	3
8	1	1	1	2	0
9	0	4	2	4	2
10	2	1	1	1	2
11	1	2	0	1	2
12	1	1	0	0	2
13	5	1	1	3	1
14	0	2	0	0	2
15	2	6	1	2	4
Total	25	28	16	14	26

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European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund

Rev. Ian Paisley: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much money Northern Ireland has received in each financial year to date from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund guidance section; how much of these receipts were paid to the private sector; how much of these receipts were paid to the public sector; how much of these receipts represented a cash addition to the Northern Ireland economy; and how much was used each year to offset Government expenditure on Northern Ireland. [2485]

Mr. Ancram: The information requested is as follows:

£ million

		Individual capital products			Other guidance schemes
Financial year	Private sector	Public sector	Private sector	Public sector	Total
1990-91	4.75	--	6.25	--	11.0
1991-92	4.31	--	21.78	2.86	28.95
1992-93	8.31	--	9.56	0.45	18.32
1993-94	2.32	--	23.08	2.7	28.10
1994-95	6.23	--	22.13	--	28.36

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All these receipts present cash additions to the recipients and are subject to normal European Community audit arrangements. The overall level of receipts is taken into account in the Government's decision on public expenditure allocations and their availability enables public expenditure to be maintained at a higher level than would otherwise be feasible.

Hotel and Catering College Lecturers

Rev. Ian Paisley: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many lecturers, who are citizens of the Republic of Ireland, were enrolled in hotel and catering colleges in Northern Ireland for each year since 1990-91. [2478]

Mr. Ancram: The information is not available.

General National Vocational Qualifications

Mr. Worthington: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what has been the expenditure on

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the introduction of GNVQs in schools and further education colleges in Northern Ireland in each year since 1992-93. [2493]

Mr. Ancram: It is not possible to identify separately the total expenditure on GNVQs in schools and further education colleges. Schools and colleges which provide GNVQs meet the costs from within the totality of the resources available to them.

However, additional resources have been made available to 16 schools and to all colleges to assist them to pilot GNVQs and to facilitate the introduction of new subject areas. To date, a total of £32,000 has been paid to schools and £264,000 to colleges.

Common Land

Mr. Robert McCartney: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will institute an

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interdepartmental policy group to address the problems of those who live adjacent to common land and thoroughfares where anti-social elements gather; and if he will make it his policy to enclose publicly owned common land where persistent offences occur. [2507]

Sir John Wheeler: At present there are no plans to institute an interdepartmental policy group on these issues.

The Northern Ireland Office and Northern Ireland Departments do not have a policy to enclose lands to which the public has access; rather, where offences occur, they take whatever steps are necessary to address the problem in consultation with the RUC.

Road Safety

Mr. Worthington: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what response he has made to the recommendations contained in the 13th report of the Committee of Public Accounts on the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland on road safety--HC 26th Session 1993-94--in respect of the adoption of the local authorities, road safety code of practice. [2716]

Mr. Moss: The Public Accounts Committee made no such recommendation. In 1989 the local authority associations in Great Britain produced a road safety code of good practice. The Department of the Environment has not formally adopted the code. However, it has given

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formal expression to the code principles, in so far as they are relevant to the Department's functional responsibilities, within the body of the road safety plan for Northern Ireland. The plan was formally launched on 5 July 1995.

Carers (Recognition and Services) Act 1995

Mr. Robert McCartney: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans he has to bring in legislation similar to the Carers (Recognition and Services) Act 1995. [2509]

Mr. Moss: None. The Department of Health and Social Services already has the legislative authority to direct health and social services boards and trusts to carry out assessments of carers' needs as provided by the Act and has done so.

European Regional Development Fund

Rev. Ian Paisley: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much money Northern Ireland has received in each year to date from the European regional development fund; how much has been earned by (a) infrastructure projects undertaken by non-central Government bodies, (b) infrastructure projects undertaken by central Government and (c) industrial projects. [2486]

Sir John Wheeler: The information is as follows:

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£ million

		Infrastructure Projects
Financial year	Non-central government	Central government	Industrial projects	Programmes(24)	Total
1975-76	0.6	--	2.3	--	2.9
1976-77	0.6	2.8	3.8	--	7.2
1977-78	3.2	0.7	2.5	--	6.4
1978-79	2.4	0.8	0.8	--	4.0
1979-80	9.7	3.3	3.0	--	16.0
1980-81	9.7	1.3	10.0	--	21.0
1981-82	4.7	4.0	7.6	0.1	16.4
1982-83	3.8	11.3	2.5	0.4	18.0
1983-84	3.9	7.5	1.3	0.8	13.5
1984-85	5.1	7.5	3.0	1.3	16.9
1985-86	7.0	9.0	1.0	1.4	18.4
1986-87	10.3	6.8	3.8	2.3	23.2
1987-88	22.9	6.4	11.1	5.5	45.9
1988-89	18.9	7.0	15.2	5.6	46.7
1989-90	8.4	4.9	16.9	10.2	40.4
1990-91	7.6	4.2	4.9	9.0	25.7
1991-92	2.4	1.0	3.2	29.3	35.9
1992-93	2.6	0.8	4.5	76.7	84.6
1993-94	2.6	0.7	10.5	88.3	102.1
1994-95	0.7	--	0.6	65.8	67.1
1995-96(25)	0.0	--	--	35.9	35.9
Totals	127.1	80.0	108.5	332.6	648.2

(24) These programmes combine elements of both industry and infrastructure.

(25) Includes estimated receipts to date for 1995-96 financial year.

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University Research Funding

Mr. Worthington: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what arrangements are in place to ensure the continuation of "DevR" research funding for the universities in Northern Ireland. [2532]

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Mr. Ancram: The developmental element of research funding for the Northern Ireland universities, NIDevR, is to extend until the end of the 1996-97 academic year. Following the outcome of the 1996 research assessment exercise, the Northern Ireland Higher Education Council,

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which advises Government on the planning and funding of higher education in Northern Ireland, will make recommendations on the totality of research funding for both universities beyond 1996-97.

Foyleside Centre

Mr. Nigel Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what public funds have been allocated for the Foyleside centre, Northern Ireland; how much the total budget for the centre is, and if he will make a statement. [2909]

Mr. Moss: The allocation of public funds for the Foyleside centre in Northern Ireland comprised a grant of £7.5 million from the Department of the Environment urban development grant budget. The total budget for this centre including fitting-out costs is estimated at some £65 million.

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