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Livestock (Notifiable Diseases)

Mr. John D. Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the number of cases of each notifiable disease in livestock reported in Northern Ireland in each of the past five years. [15493]

Mr. Ancram: The table lists the number of cases of each notifiable disease in livestock reported in Northern Ireland in each of the past five years:

Disease	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996
BSE	333	487	363	170	82
Sheep scab	59	48	71	57	45
Warble fly	--	4	--	--	--
Johnes disease	13	6	11	46	32
Scrapie	5	4	5	2	8
Aujesky's(16)	--	9	8	5	8
Transmissible gastro-enteritis/porcine respiratory corona virus	--	--	--	--	3
Porcine reproduction and respiratory syndrome	--	--	--	--	2
Newcastle disease	--	--	--	--	1
Salmonella (in breeding poultry)	6	1	2	6	5
Jaagiekte	1	--	1	4	2

(16) Only became notifiable in Northern Ireland in February 1993.

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Union Flag

Mr. John D. Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland for what reasons the Union flag was not flown on 6 February at the offices of the Southern area health board, the Mall, Armagh city; what proposals there are to provide a new Union flag for this building; if the schedule of dates for flying the Union flag has been advised to the staff; if the person responsible was prepared to carry out this duty; and if he will make a statement.[15571]

Sir John Wheeler: The Armagh and Dungannon health and social services trust has advised that failure to fly the Union flag on 6 February was an oversight on its part. Action has been taken to purchase a new Union flag. The schedule of the dates for flying the Union flag has been advised to staff and the person responsible for carrying out this duty has no difficulty in fulfilling it. However, there is no requirement for the trusts to fly the Union flag on these dates, and it is at the discretion of each organisation whether the flag should be flown on those buildings occupied by their staff.

Mr. Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland for what reasons the Union flag was not flown on 6 February at the headquarters of the Southern area health board, Tower hill, Armagh city; if a Union flag has been provided for this public building; if the schedule of dates for flying the Union flag has been advised to the staff; if the person responsible was prepared to carry out this duty; and if he will make a statement. [15570]

Mr. Moss: A letter was sent to all health and social services boards on 18 November 1966 advising them of the days in 1997 on which the Union flag should be flown on central Government buildings. There is, however no requirement for the boards to fly the Union flag on these dates. It is at the discretion of each organisation whether the flag should be flown on those buildings occupied by their staff. A Union flag has been provided for the headquarters for the Southern health and social services board, Tower hill, Armagh. However, the Southern health

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and social services board decided to use its discretion and not fly the Union flag on its headquarters building at Tower hill on 6 February 1997.

Integrated Schools

Mr. Robert McCartney: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the integrated schools in Northern Ireland, with the pupil numbers and percentages of those pupils who are Roman Catholic and Protestant. [15820]

Mr. Ancram: The information requested is as follows:

School name	Enrolment	Roman Catholic	Protestant
	(1995-96)	per cent.	per cent.
A. Integrated Primary Schools
Forge Integrated Primary School, Belfast	205	46	33
Carhill Integrated Primary, Garvagh	49	57	43
Portaferry Integrated Primary, Portaferry	54	33	54
All Children's Integrated Primary, Newcastle	167	65	20
Hazelwood Integrated Primary, Newtownabbey	348	47	31
Cranmore Integrated Primary, Belfast	100	38	35
Enniskillen Integrated Primary, Enniskillen	191	49	35
Omagh Integrated Primary, Omagh	154	58	34
Oakgrove Integrated Primary, Londonderry	295	53	30
Mill Strand Integrated Primary, Portrush	192	29	31
Braidside Integrated Primary, Ballymena	171	20	27
Corran Integrated Primary, Larne	111	48	38
Acorn Integrated Primary, Carrickfergus	123	37	58
Lough View Integrated Primary, Belfast	93	39	48
Cedar Integrated Primary, Crossgar	26	35	42
Bridge Integrated Primary, Banbridge	277	51	42
Portadown Integrated Primary, Portadown	202	51	30
Windmill Integrated Primary, Dungannon	158	47	45
Saints and Scholars Integrated Primary, Armagh	117	59	38
Hilden Integrated Primary, Lisburn(18)	n/a	n/a	n/a
Rathenraw Integrated Primary, Lisburn(18)	n/a	n/a	n/a
B. Integrated Secondary Schools(17)
Brownlow College, Craigavon	302	22	68
Hazelwood College, Newtownabbey	639	56	21
Oakgrove College, Londonderry	404	67	30
Erne Integrated College, Enniskillen	155	65	26
Drumragh Integrated College, Omagh	85	71	29
Lagan College, Belfast	933	44	46
Shimna Integrated College, Newcastle	131	76	19
Newbridge Integrated College, Loughbrickland	74	77	23
Armagh-South Tyrone Integrated College, Dungannon	60	70	25
Slemish Integrated College, Ballymena(18)	n/a	n/a	n/a
North Coast Integrated College, Coleraine(18)	n/a	n/a	n/a

(17) Percentages may not sum to 100 per cent. as the total enrolment includes pupils in other categories, ie "other Christian"; "Non-Christian" or "No Religion".

(18) These schools opened in 1996-97 and school census data for that year is not yet available.

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Civil Service

Mr. Robert McCartney: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many and what percentage of (i) Northern Ireland civil service and (ii) general service posts (a) requiring and (b) not requiring a degree were filled in each of the last five years. [15818]

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Sir John Wheeler: The proportions of permanent, non-industrial posts filled in the Northern Ireland civil service and in the general service in each of the last five years, for which a degree was required, and for which a degree was not required, are set out in the following table:

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Year	1992-93	1993-94	1994-95	1995-96	1996-97
(i) Northern Ireland civil service
(a) Posts filled requiring a degree	132	36	40	117	110
	(8.5 per cent.)	(5.7 per cent.)	(7.4 per cent.)	(15.4 per cent.)	(12.5 per cent.)
(b) Posts filled not requiring a degree	1,422	597	500	643	768
	(91.5 per cent.)	(94.3 per cent.)	(92.6 per cent.)	(84.6 per cent.)	(87.5 per cent.)
Total number of posts filled	1,554	633	540	760	898
(ii) General service
(a) Posts filled requiring a degree	6	6	1	6	33
	(0.5 per cent)	(1.5 per cent.)	(0.5 per cent.)	(1 per cent.)	(4.6 per cent.)
(b) Posts filled not requiring a degree	1,114	405	196	545	677
	(99.5 per cent.)	((98.5 per cent.)	(99.5 per cent.)	(99 per cent.)	(95.4 per cent.)
Total number of posts filled	1,120	411	197	551	710

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Planning Applications

Mr. Robert McCartney: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list those planning applications, by type, which have been granted for building on green belt sites in the Lisburn district council area since 1 January 1990 and the reasons for the permissions; and if he will make a statement about his policy on residential development in the Aghanahough townland. [15822]

Mr. Moss: Responsibility for the subject in question has been delegated to the Planning Service under its chief executive, Mr. T. W. Stewart. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.

Letter from T. W. Stewart to Mr. Robert McCartney, dated 18 February 1997:

Mr Moss has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the number of planning permissions granted on green belt sites in the Lisburn Borough Council area since 1990, and the Department's policy on residential development in the Aghanahough townland.

A total of 750 planning permissions have been granted on green belt sites in the Lisburn Borough Council area since 1990. I hope you will appreciate that to, categorise these permissions by type and provide reasons for approval on each case, would involve a manual retrieval and scrutiny of each of the planning files involved and could only be carried out at disproportionate cost. If, however, there are any specific cases on which you require detailed reasons for approval, I would, of course, be happy to have these investigated.

The townland of Aghanahough lies partly within the development limits of Lisburn, and partly within the green belt. As regards the Department's policy for residential development within the development limit, this is set out in the Lisburn Area Plan 1982-1997, adopted in 1985, and the Lisburn Area Plan Preliminary Proposals, published in March 1996. Detailed planning policies for housing development within the green belt, are set out in the area plans referred to, and also, in the

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Department's publication "A Planning Strategy for Rural Northern Ireland" published in September 1993. A copy of each publication is available in the House of Commons Library.

I do hope this is helpful.

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