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NORTHERN IRELAND
Alzheimer's
Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps the Northern Ireland Office is taking to highlight Alzheimer's Awareness week in Northern Ireland. [110907]
Mr. Browne: The Alzheimer's Awareness Week, which will run in Northern Ireland from 15–22 June 2003 under the title of "Mind your head", is a joint venture between the Alzheimer's Society and a leading bank. The aim of the week is to focus attention on what can be done to reduce the risk of dementia in the future. The Society is arranging various events to highlight the links between a healthy heart and a healthy brain and information and promotional material will be available throughout the week in the bank's branch offices.
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Although not directly involved in activities during Alzheimer's Awareness Week, the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety actively supports the Alzheimer's Society and has for many years provided the Society with grant aid towards its central administrative costs.
Civil Service (Newry and Mourne)
Mr. Beggs: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many Civil Service jobs have been relocated to the Newry and Mourne district council area over the last two years; and what steps have been taken to encourage the redeployment of such jobs to this region. [110210]
Mr. Pearson: No NICS jobs in the 11 devolved departments were relocated to Newry and Mourne district council area over the last two years. My officials are currently examining the report on the Strategic Review of Civil Service Office Accommodation, which includes an examination of the scope for decentralisation of Civil Service jobs. Until this exercise is complete, it would be wrong to attempt to pre-judge decisions on any subsequent dispersal of jobs or to speculate as to the locations that might be involved.
Education
Mr. Beggs: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the cost is, per pupil, of providing education in each Northern Ireland education and library board area for primary and post-primary schools in the (a) controlled sector, (b) maintained sector and (c) integrated sector. [110569]
Jane Kennedy: The following figures set out the net expenditure per primary and post-primary school pupil for 2001–02 and have been taken from the latest available out-turn statements.
| Board | Sector | Primary | Post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELB | Controlled | 2,576 | 4,008 |
| Maintained | 2,301 | 3,701 | |
| Integrated | 2,155 | 3,260 | |
| NEELB | Controlled | 2,175 | 3,310 |
| Maintained | 2,341 | 3,506 | |
| Integrated | 2,512 | 3,813 | |
| SEELB | Controlled | 2,601 | 3,667 |
| Maintained | 2,518 | 3,560 | |
| Integrated | 2,861 | 3,434 | |
| SELB | Controlled | 2,357 | 3,364 |
| Maintained | 2,377 | 3,270 | |
| Integrated | 2,242 | 3,595 | |
| WELB | Controlled | 2,559 | 3,477 |
| Maintained | 2,374 | 3,531 | |
| Integrated | 2,297 | 3,549 |
The figures include:
- Amounts made available under LMS Formulae;
Centre funds held by Boards and the Department and distributed to schools in the course of the year to meet certain costs arising from items of expenditure such as teacher substitution;
Contingency funds and initiatives funded by both the ELBs and the Department;
Integrated figures include both controlled integrated and grant maintained integrated schools; and
Post Primary figures exclude controlled and voluntary grammar schools.
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Force Research Unit
Mr. McNamara: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps he is taking to assess compensation entitlements for those victims injured or killed as a result of actions or omissions of the Force Research Unit, its predecessor and successor units. [110862]
Mr. Ingram: I have been asked to reply.
When compensation claims are made against the Ministry of Defence, they are assessed individually on the basis of the Department's legal liability in the particular circumstances of each case.
Health and Social Board
Mr. Beggs: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what (a) notice and (b) discussion occurs between hospitals outside the Northern Health and Social Board and the local community health trust within the Board area prior to discharging a patient into the community. [110561]
Mr. Browne: There are standing arrangements for the discharge of people from hospital that have been established between all hospital and community trusts. These arrangements have been drawn up in consultation with the appropriate Health and Social Personal Services personnel and are integrated within the assessment and care management process. Health and social services staff in both hospital and community settings should be aware of these arrangements which are based on good practice guidelines issued by the Department.
Health Trusts
Mr. Beggs: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) how many Northern Ireland health trust senior managers and managers sit on more than two public sector boards, authorities or non-governmental organisations; [110563]
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(2) how many new senior managers' and managers' posts have been created in each of the last five years in each Northern Ireland health trust. [110564]
Mr. Browne: Information in the form requested is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Mr. Beggs: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) senior managers and (b) managers are employed in each Northern Ireland health trust. [110566]
Mr. Browne: Figures showing the number of administration and clerical staff working in the 18 health trusts and other agencies are shown in the table. It was not possible to provide specific figures for the subsets of managers and senior managers. This was due
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to the complex nature of the administration and clerical grades and more specifically the lack of an agreed definition for manager and senior manager posts.
| HPSS Organisation | Headcount | WTE |
|---|---|---|
| Altnagelvin Group ESS Trust | 403 | 354.5 |
| Armagh and Dungannon HSS Trust | 347 | 301.6 |
| Belfast City Hospital HSS Trust | 778 | 691.3 |
| Causeway HSS Trust | 524 | 456.3 |
| Craigavon and Banbridge Community HSS Trust | 291 | 259.1 |
| Craigavon Area Hospital Group HSS Trust | 410 | 357.5 |
| Down Lisburn HSS Trust | 636 | 560.6 |
| Foyle Community HSS Trust | 373 | 327.4 |
| Green Park Healthcare HSS Trust | 268 | 237.0 |
| Homefirst Community HSS Trust | 856 | 727.4 |
| Mater Infirmorum Hospital HSS Trust | 201 | 176.0 |
| Newry and Mourne HSS Trust | 415 | 358.4 |
| North and West Belfast HSS Trust | 565 | 481.5 |
| Royal Group of Hospitals HSS Trust | 1,045 | 937.6 |
| Sperrin Lakeland HSS Trust | 485 | 442.2 |
| South and East Belfast HSS Trust | 624 | 535.1 |
| Ulster Community and Hospitals Group HSS Trust | 877 | 727.6 |
| United Hospitals Group HSS Trust | 661 | 551.5 |
| Other Agencies | 1,823 | 17,16.4 |
| TOTAL | 11,582 | 101,99.0 |
Mr. Beggs: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the salary costs for (a) senior managers and (b) managers in each Northern Ireland health trust are for 2003–04. [110565]
Mr. Browne: As the pay awards for 2003–04 have yet to be determined it is not possible to identify what the salary costs for (a) senior managers and (b) managers in Health and Personal Social Services Trusts will be.
Neurosurgery
Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many patients in Northern Ireland have been waiting for neurosurgery admission to hospital for longer than (a) three years, (b) five years and (c) seven years. [111412]
Mr. Browne: Information from the Royal Group of Hospitals showing the number of persons waiting for neurosurgery admission to hospital at the end of April 2003 is presented in the table.
| Number | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Years waiting | 3–4 | 5–6 | 7+ |
| Number of persons waiting | 132 | 29 | 12 |
Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many patients in Northern Ireland have been awaiting initial neurosurgery out-patient assessment for longer than (a) 12 and (b) 18 months. [111413]
Mr. Browne: At the 31 December 2002, 14 people had been waiting between 12 and 17 months and four people had been waiting 18 months or more, for a first out-patient appointment in the neurosurgery specialty.
Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what action he has taken to increase the recruitment and training of nurses to work in neurosurgery in Northern Ireland. [111414]
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Mr. Browne: I refer the hon. Lady to the answer given to the hon. Gentleman for Belfast, South on 11 March 2003, Official Report, column 194W (Question ref. 102036).
Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland of those awaiting neurosurgery hospital admission, how many patients are considered (a) emergency and (b) clinically urgent cases. [111415]
Mr. Browne: Information from the Royal Group of Hospitals indicates that at the end of April 2003 there were (a) 57 patients considered as emergency and (b) 84 patients considered as clinically urgent.
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