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Employment Equality
Mr. McNamara: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will accept the recommendation of the Northern Ireland Commission on Fair Employment to conduct the next analysis of unemployment differentials before the 2011 Census. [117359]
Mr. George Howarth [holding answer 3 April 2000]: Government continually monitor community differentials in unemployment through annual Labour Force Surveys. The analysis will be greatly assisted by the results of the 2001 Census, which will provide more accurate data. In the White Paper "Partnership for Equality" (Cm 3890 March 1998) the Government gave a commitment to a further review of employment equality in Northern Ireland, including unemployment differentials, to be launched by 2005. They also predicted that the proposals in the White Paper, together with social and economic change, would lead to a substantial reduction in unemployment differentials which should be evidenced in the 2011 Census.
Mr. McNamara: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he plans to circulate final guidelines on fair employment practices. [117360]
Mr. Ingram [holding answer 3 April 2000]: Under the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 the Equality Commission, with the approval of the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister, may issue Codes of Practice on fair employment issues. A Code of Practice has been in circulation for several years. My hon. Friend may be referring to the Equality Commission's equality scheme guidelines, "Guide to the Statutory duties: A guide to the implementation of the statutory duties on public authorities arising from Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998". Those guidelines were launched by the Equality Commission on 31 March 2000. Distribution of the guidelines is a matter for the Commission.
School Budgets
Mr. Donaldson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what arrangements are being made to ensure that the additional funding for schools announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer will go directly into school budgets in Northern Ireland. [117858]
Mr. George Howarth:
I can confirm that £14.7 million will be distributed for the benefit of every primary, post-primary and special school in Northern Ireland, and that decisions on the use of this additional funding will be for schools to make. The funds will be paid through the normal funding mechanisms.
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Mr. Maclennan:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the expenditure incurred by his Department, Agencies and Non-Departmental Public Bodies on (a) the setting up and (b) the operation of websites, indicating the cases in which the expenditure has been above that budgeted; and if he will list for each website (i) the topics that have been covered, (ii) the current average number of hits per month and (iii) the estimated expenditure on each website for each of the next three years. [116201]
Mr. Ingram
[holding answer 4 April 2000]: The Northern Ireland Public Service Web Site was developed with the intention of providing the public with a mechanism for quickly accessing information relating to Northern Ireland Office, Departments, Agencies, Non-Departmental Public Bodies and Commissions.
(a) Expenditure incurred setting up the Northern Ireland Public Service Web Site.
The initial set up costs for the NICS Web Server amounted to £8,500 capital expenditure in 1997. Staff costs associated with the set up are not available.
(b) Expenditure incurred in the operation of the Northern Ireland Public Service Web Site.
The expenditure incurred in 1999-2000 will be £287,080 broken down as follows:
Maintenance £8,500.
Connection to the Internet Service Provider (ISP) £36,080.
Ongoing development £195,000.
Replacement Web Servers £47,500
(i) The topics covered by the Northern Ireland Public Service Web Site are listed in Appendix A.
(ii) The current average number of hits per month for all Northern Ireland Public Service Sites is 2.58 million.
(iii) The estimated central expenditure on the Northern Ireland Public Service Web Site for the next three years is as follows:
| Year | Development of Web applications and standards | Infrastructure support | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-01 | 216,473 | 61,460 | 277,933 |
| 2001-02 | 299,336 | 73,228 | 372,564 |
| 2002-03 | 299,336 | 73,228 | 372,564 |
Note:
Individual Departmental/NDPB expenditure is not available
Topics on the Northern Ireland Civil Service Web Site
(Department of) Agriculture and Rural Development
Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland
Arts Council of Northern Ireland
(Local Government) Audit Office
Business Development Service (BDS)
Belfast City Vision
Central Adjudication Services (CAS)
Central Community Relations Unit
Chief Executives' Forum
Child Support Agency (CSA)
Citizen's Charter for Northern Ireland
Clinical Resource Efficiency Team (CREST)
Commission for Racial Equality for Northern Ireland
Compensation Agency
Construction Service
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(Department of) Culture, Arts and Leisure
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Northern Ireland (DVLNI)
Driver and Vehicle Testing Agency (DVTA)
(Northern Ireland) Economic Bull Points
(Department of) Education
(Department of) Enterprise Trade and Investment
(Department of) the Environment
Environment and Heritage Service
Equality Commission
Equal Opportunities Commission for Northern Ireland
Economics Division--Department of Finance and Personnel
Energy Managers Group
Euro
European Division--Department of Finance and Personnel
European Programmes
European Union--Special Support Programme for Peace and Reconciliation
Fair Employment Commission for Northern Ireland
(Department of) Finance and Personnel
Forensic Science Unit of Northern Ireland
General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland
Government DIRECT--for Business Northern Ireland
Government Purchasing Agency
Greenmount College of Agriculture and Horticulture
Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland
(Department of) Health, Social Services and Public Safety
Health and Personal Social Services (HPSS)
(Department of) Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment
Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland
Industrial Development Board for Northern Ireland (IDB)
Industrial and Research Technology Unit (IRTU)
Innovation Relay Centre for Northern Ireland
Land Registers of Northern Ireland
Local Enterprise Development Unit (LEDU)
Local Government Staff Commission for Northern Ireland
National Year of Reading
Northern Ireland Assembly
Northern Ireland Audit Office
Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA)
Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education (NICIE)
Northern Ireland Court Service
Northern Ireland Drugs Information
Northern Ireland Expenditure Plans and Priorities
Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue
Northern Ireland Housing Executive
Northern Ireland Millennium Company
Northern Ireland Museum Council
Northern Ireland Office (NIO)
NICO--Northern Ireland Public Sector Enterprises
Northern Ireland Prison Service
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA)
Northern Ireland Tourist Board
Northern Ireland Urban Initiative
North/South Co-operation
North/South Ministerial Council
Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister
(Northern Ireland) Ombudsman
Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland (OSNI)
Parades Commission
Patten Commission (Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland)
Peace Maze
Planning Service
Police Authority for Northern Ireland (PANI)
Probation Board for Northern Ireland (PBNI)
Public Appointments
The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Public Appointments Report
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)
Public Sector Enterprises (NICO)
Rates Collection Agency (RCA)
Registry of Companies Credit Unions and Industrial and Provident Societies
(Department for ) Regional Development
Roads Service
Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC)
Rural Transport Fund for Northern Ireland
(DED) Statistics and Research Branch
Shaping our Future
(Department for) Social Development
Social Security Agency (SSA)
Sports Council for Northern Ireland
Special Support Programme for Peace and Reconciliation
Strategy 2010
Trading Standards
Training and Employment Agency (TEA)
Training Services
Ulster Museum
Urban Traffic Control Centre
Valuation and Lands Agency (VLA)
Water Service.
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