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Sinn Fein Candidates

Mr. William Ross: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) if he will list the Sinn Fein candidates for Upper Bann for the elections on 30 May and indicate any terrorist offences with which they have been (a) charged and (b) convicted and the sentences given and served, the date of the offences and the date of release or as much of such information as is readily available to him; [30514]

(2) if he will list the Sinn Fein candidates for North Down for the elections on 30 May and indicate any terrorist offences with which they have been (a) charged and (b) convicted and the sentences given and served, the date of the offences and the date of release or as much of such information as is readily available to him; [30515]

(3) if he will list the Sinn Fein candidates for South Down for the elections on 30 May and indicate any terrorist offences with which they have been (a) charged

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and (b) convicted and the sentences given and served, the date of the offences and the date of release or as much of such information as is readily available to him; [30516]

(4) if he will list the Sinn Fein candidates for Newry and Armagh for the elections on 30 May and indicate any terrorist offences with which they have been (a) charged and (b) convicted and the sentences given and served, the date of the offences and the date of release or as much of such information as is readily available to him; [30517]

(5) if he will list the Sinn Fein candidates for Strangford for the elections on 30 May and indicate any terrorist offences with which they have been (a) charged and (b) convicted and the sentences given and served, the date of the offences and the date of release or as much of such information as is readily available to him; [30518]

(6) if he will list the Sinn Fein candidates for Fermanagh and South Tyrone for the elections on 30 May and indicate any terrorist offence with which they have been (a) charged and (b) convicted and the sentences given and served, the date of the offences and the date of release or as much of such information as is readily available to him; [30519]

(7) if he will list the Sinn Fein candidates for West Tyrone for the elections on 30 May and indicate any terrorist offences with which they have been (a) charged and (b) convicted and the sentences given and served, the date of the offences and the date of release or as much of such information as is readily available to him; [30520]

(8) if he will list the Sinn Fein candidates for South Antrim for the elections on 30 May and indicate any terrorist offences with which they have been (a) charged and (b) convicted and the sentences given and served, the date of the offences and the date of release or as much of such information as is readily available to him; [30529]

(9) if he will list the Sinn Fein candidates for Foyle for the elections on 30 May and indicate any terrorist offences with which they have been (a) charged and (b) convicted and the sentences given and served, the date of the offences and the date of release or as much of such information as is readily available to him; [30531]

(10) if he will list the Sinn Fein candidates for Mid-Ulster for the elections on 30 May and indicate any terrorist offences with which they have been (a) charged and (b) convicted and the sentences given and served, the date of the offences and the date of release or as much of such information as is readily available to him; [30521]

(11) if he will list the Sinn Fein candidates for Belfast, North for the elections on 30 May and indicate any terrorist offences with which they have been (a) charged and (b) convicted and the sentences given and served, the date of the offences and the date of release or as much of such information as is readily available to him; [30522]

(12) if he will list the Sinn Fein candidates for Belfast, South for the elections on 30 May and indicate any terrorist offences with which they have been (a) charged and (b) convicted and sentences given and served, the date of the offences and the date of release or as much of such information as is readily available to him; [30523]

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(13) if he will list the Sinn Fein candidates for Belfast, East for the elections on 30 May and indicate any terrorist offences with which they have been (a) charged and (b) convicted and the sentences given and served, the date of the offences and the date of release or as much of such information as is readily available to him; [30524]

(14) if he will list the Sinn Fein candidates for Belfast, West for the elections on 30 May and indicate any terrorist offences with which they have been (a) charged and (b) convicted and the sentences given and served, the date of the offences and the date of release or as much of such information as is readily available to him; [30525]

(15) if he will list the Sinn Fein candidates for Lagan Valley for the elections on 30 May and indicate any terrorist offences with which they have been (a) charged and (b) convicted and the sentences given and served, the date of the offences and the date of release or as much of such information as is readily available to him; [30526]

(16) if he will list the Sinn Fein candidates for East Londonderry for the elections on 30 May and indicate any terrorist offences with which they have been (a) charged and (b) convicted and the sentences given and served, the date of the offences and the date of release or as much of such information as is readily available to him; [30527]

(17) if he will list the Sinn Fein candidates for the East Antrim for the elections on 30 May and indicate any terrorist offences with which they have been (a) charged and (b) convicted and the sentences given and served, the date of the offences and the date or release or as much of such information as is readily available to him; [30528]

(18) if he will list the Sinn Fein candidates for North Antrim for the elections on 30 May and indicate any terrorist offences with which they have been (a) charged and (b) convicted and the sentences given and served, the date of the offences and the date of release or as much of such information as is readily available to him; [30530]

(19) if he will publish the regional list of Sinn Fein candidates for the elections on 30 May and indicate any terrorist offences with which each candidate has been (a) charged and (b) convicted and the sentences given and served, the date of the offences and the date of release or as much of such information as is readily available to him. [30532]

Sir John Wheeler: It is not possible to indicate terrorist offences with which any of the candidates nominated by Sinn Fein to stand for election on 30 May, and listed in full in the Belfast Gazette, may have been charged or convicted, or details relating to sentences any may have served. To enable the Royal Ulster Constabulary's criminal records office to begin a search of its records it would be necessary to provide the office with the full name, date of birth and address of each person. As this, however, would not guarantee that the correct person had been identified, the RUC would further require a set of fingerprints to compare with those held on record.

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European Fund for Peace and Reconciliation

Mr. Beggs: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the maximum sum of money per head of population in each district council in Northern Ireland which can be obtained from the European fund for peace and reconciliation. [30322]

Mr. Moss: Under sub-programme 6 of the EU special support programme for peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland and the border counties of Ireland 1995 to 1999, a proposed sum of £35 million will be allocated among Northern Ireland's 26 district council areas to take account of both population and levels of relative deprivation. The maximum sum of money per head of population in each district council area in Northern Ireland under sub-programme 6 is as follows:

District council	Allocation per capita (£)
Antrim	12
Ards	13
Armagh	16
Ballymena	13
Ballymoney	14
Banbridge	13
Belfast	34
Carrickfergus	11
Castlereagh	11
Coleraine	13
Cookstown	28
Craigavon	14
Derry	36
Down	14
Dungannon	25
Fermanagh	20
Larne	15
Limavady	30
Lisburn	19
Magherafelt	20
Moyle	25
Newry and Mourne	24
Newtownabbey	13
North Down	11
Omagh	19
Strabane	43
Average	21

AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy

Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many staff were employed by his Department on BSE-related research during (a) 1991, (b) 1992, (c) 1993, (d) 1994 and (e) 1995; and if he will make a statement. [26004]

Mr. Boswell: The following numbers of MAFF staff have been employed on BSE-related research:

Year	Staff years
1991-92	n/a
1992-93	116.8
1993-94	104.1
1994-95	103.8
1995-96	102.8

n/a = not available.

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These figures do not reflect the totality of MAFF's BSE research programme as MAFF also funds BSE-related research at non-MAFF establishments. MAFF staff are also employed on work related to the diagnoses and monitoring of the disease.

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