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Drinks Licences
Mr. Robert McCartney: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the numbers of drinks licences in Northern Ireland presently in existence, by type, and specify the annual income received from issue of these licences and the costs of their administration in the last year for which figures are available. [14841]
Sir John Wheeler: For the period ended 31 December 1995, the last complete year for which figures are available, the number of drink licences in force in Northern Ireland, by type, was as follows:
| Category of licence | Number of licences |
|---|---|
| Public houses | 1,642 |
| Off licences | 322 |
| Hotels | 150 |
| Restaurants | 294 |
| Place of public entertainment | 10 |
| Refreshment room in public transport premises | 13 |
| Seamen's canteen | 3 |
| Non-seagoing vessel | 1 |
Figures supplied by the Northern Ireland Court Service indicate that a total of £742,559 in fees income was derived from the issue of licences and their associated applications during the financial year April 1995 to March 1996. This total is made up as follows:
I am advised that the cost of administering the grant and renewal of liquor licences is part of the overall cost of civil business in the county and magistrates courts. Costs as between the different types of civil business are not maintained.
Mr. John D. Taylor:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many persons are employed by (a) the Irish Permanent building society, (b) the National bank, (c) the First National building society, and (d) the ICS building society; and how many employees in each of these companies are perceived to be (i) Roman Catholic and (ii) Protestant. [15320]
Mr. Ancram:
Since none of these companies is currently registered with the Fair Employment Commission, the commission has no figure available to show the number of persons employed by the companies or their perceived religion.
Mr. John D. Taylor:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) how many persons in each parliamentary constituency area in receipt of disability living allowance; [15322]
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(3) how many persons in each (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) district council area are in receipt of incapacity benefit; [15330]
(4) how many persons in each (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) district council area are in receipt of industrial injuries disablement benefit; [15328]
(5) how many persons in each district council area are in receipt of disability living allowance; [15323]
(6) how many persons in each (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) district council area have received social fund maternity payments in each of the last three years; [15327]
(7) how many persons in each (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) district council area are in receipt of one-parent benefit. [15329]
Mr. Moss:
Responsibility for the subject has been delegated to the Social Security Agency under its chief executive, Mr. Alec Wylie. I have asked him to arrange for a response to be given.
Magistrates court: £692,109
County court: £50,450.
(2) how many persons in each (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) district council area are in receipt of severe disablement allowance; [15326]
| Constituency | Severe Disablement Allowance (August 1996) | Incapacity Benefit(23) (August 1996) | Disability Living Allowance (August 1996) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strangford | 652 | 4,508 | 4,080 |
| Belfast East | 547 | 3,703 | 4,213 |
| North Down | 646 | 3,778 | 3,721 |
| South Down | 1,061 | 6,228 | 5,980 |
| Lagan Valley | 702 | 4,841 | 6,063 |
| South Antrim | 1,054 | 4,630 | 5,025 |
| North Antrim | 795 | 4,731 | 4,002 |
| East Antrim | 677 | 4,756 | 4,670 |
| East Londonderry | 979 | 5,399 | 4,992 |
| Mid-Ulster | 1,091 | 6,910 | 7,195 |
| Newry and Armagh | 1,130 | 6,352 | 6,596 |
| Upper Bann | 821 | 6,760 | 7,256 |
| Fermanagh and South Tyrone | 936 | 4,676 | 5,327 |
| Foyle | 1,243 | 8,179 | 10,157 |
| Belfast South | 482 | 3,412 | 3,822 |
| Belfast West | 860 | 6,350 | 10,397 |
| Belfast North | 745 | 5,893 | 7,436 |
| Unknown(24) | 624 | 3,070 | 3,515 |
(23) Includes customers in receipt of credits only.
(24) Benefit recipients which cannot be assigned to a particular constituency.
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| District council | Severe disablement allowance (August 1996) | Incapacity Benefit(25) (August 1996) | Disability living allowance (August 1996) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ards | 438 | 3,256 | 2,907 |
| Belfast | 2,568 | 18,911 | 25,363 |
| Castlereagh | 439 | 2,982 | 3,042 |
| Down | 543 | 3,059 | 3,293 |
| Lisburn | 685 | 4,634 | 5,901 |
| North Down | 504 | 2,702 | 2,598 |
| Antrim | 719 | 2,232 | 2,732 |
| Ballymena | 412 | 2,710 | 2,174 |
| Ballymoney | 227 | 1,274 | 1,136 |
| Carrickfergus | 261 | 1,700 | 1,657 |
| Coleraine | 403 | 2,166 | 1,963 |
| Cookstown | 286 | 2,341 | 2,248 |
| Larne | 231 | 1,514 | 1,321 |
| Magherafelt | 365 | 2,223 | 1,811 |
| Moyle | 156 | 747 | 703 |
| Newtownabbey | 520 | 3,940 | 4,037 |
| Armagh | 593 | 3,010 | 3,028 |
| Banbridge | 264 | 2,083 | 1,806 |
| Craigavon | 673 | 5,467 | 6,088 |
| Dungannon | 446 | 2,754 | 3,353 |
| Newry and Mourne | 939 | 5,721 | 5,703 |
| Derry | 1,045 | 6,779 | 8,438 |
| Fermanagh | 490 | 1,922 | 1,985 |
| Limavady | 269 | 1,459 | 1,564 |
| Omagh | 501 | 2,810 | 3,049 |
| Strabane | 444 | 2,710 | 3,313 |
| Unknown(26) | 624 | 3,070 | 3,547 |
(25) Includes customers in receipt of credits only.
(26) Benefit recipients which cannot be assigned to a particular district council area.
Handguns
Mr. John D. Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland which type or make of centre-fired pistols or revolvers cannot be readily dismantled; and how many of these are licensed in Northern Ireland. [15247]
Sir John Wheeler: The Government accept that handguns in general can be disassembled with varying degrees of practicability. This will depend not only on the design of the gun but also on the skill and dexterity of the owner. At the end of November 1996, there were 12,808 licensed centre-fire handguns in Northern Ireland.
Department of the Environment (Compensation)
Mr. John D. Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) how many persons in each parliamentary constituency have successfully claimed for compensation against the Department of Environment in the last three years; [15324]
- (2) how many persons in each district council area have successfully claimed for compensation against the Department of Environment in each of the last three years. [15325]
Sir John Wheeler:
It is not feasible to identify claims against the Department of the Environment (Northern Ireland) by parliamentary or district council area. However, throughout Northern Ireland, the following numbers of claimants against the Department of the Environment were successful.
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| Settlements (prior to court hearing) | Court awards | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993-94 | 936 | 174 | 1,110 |
| 1994-95 | 1,256 | 141 | 1,397 |
| 1995-96 | 1,029 | 113 | 1,142 |
Mrs. Wise: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list for each year since 1979 the numbers of (a) registered beds and (b) occupied beds in (i) registered private hospitals/clinics, (ii) registered private nursing homes and (iii) all registered establishments in Northern Ireland, showing separately those which were for (1) acute specialties, (2) mental illness, (3) people with learning difficulties, (4) people with physical disabilities, (5) maternity and (6) other purposes. [15457]
Sir John Wheeler:
Details of occupied beds in nursing homes, private hospitals and clinics are not available centrally. The first table shows the number of available beds in private hospitals and clinics from 1991. These are the earliest dates for which the information is available centrally. These figures do not include bed availability for
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acute specialties and maternity services provided by private hospitals and clinics, which are not collected centrally.
| Nursing Homes | Private Hospitals/Clinics | |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 751 | -- |
| 1986 | 1,072 | -- |
| 1987 | 1,564 | -- |
| 1988 | 2,450 | -- |
| 1989 | 3,751 | -- |
| 1990 | 5,269 | -- |
| 1991 | 6,770 | 78 |
| 1992 | 7,103 | 78 |
| 1993 | 8,829 | 78 |
| 1994 | 8,837 | 78 |
| 1995 | 9,339 | 78 |
-- not available centrally. Available beds are at 31 December each year up to and including 1991. Thereafter figures refer to the number of available beds at 31 March each year.
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Note:
(27) From 1988-89 occupancy figures are only available centrally for children's homes.
Information for 1995-96 is provisional.
The "Other" category comprises voluntary and private residential accommodation for the elderly, and voluntary children's homes. Figures are at 31 December each year up to and including 1987. Thereafter figures refer to the average available beds during the year except for children's homes which reflect the position at 31 March each year.
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