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University Capital Expenditure
Mr. Hume: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what Government capital expenditure on buildings used for teaching and research, not including expenditure on science and business parks and incubators, was for each year since 1992 on each of the campuses of (a) the University of Ulster and (b) Queen's University Belfast. [133007]
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Jane Kennedy: Bearing in mind the range of sources for government or government-derived funding not all of which are within Northern Ireland, it would not be possible to provide an answer without incurring disproportionate cost.
Urology Consultants
Mr. Beggs: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many urology consultants are employed by the Northern Ireland Health Service; and what the average waiting time to see a urology consultant is in each health trust. [137665]
Angela Smith: The number of urology consultants employed by Health and Social Services Trusts are given in the following table.
(8) Health and Social Services.
(9) Whole-time Equivalent.
(10) Causeway HSS Trust has a urology service level agreement with Belfast City Hospital—the consultant who works in Causeway HSS Trust is employed by Belfast City Hospital Trust.
(11) Within Down Lisburn HSS Trust the consultant within General Surgery performs operations within Urology—the whole-time equivalent cannot be defined as it varies.
(12) There are no consultants employed in the area of urology by Royal Group of Hospitals HSS Trust—0.45 WTE is provided to the Royal Group of Hospitals HSS Trust by Belfast City Hospital HSS Trust.
(13) United Hospitals Group HSS Trust—There are three general surgery consultants who provide some sessional commitment in the area of urology—any activity is recorded under general surgery and not urology.
Note:
Information on waiting lists and waiting times is collected on the basis of time bands. It is not possible to derive an average from this information.
Source:
Human Resource Management System
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| Time waiting (Months)(Percentage) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provider Trust | 0–2 | 3–11 | 12–17 | 18–23 | 24+ | Total |
| The Royal Group of Hospitals HSS Trust | 50.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 92 |
| Belfast City Hospital HSS Trust | 40.2 | 56.0 | 3.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1,264 |
| Ulster Community and Hospitals HSS Trust | 91.7 | 8.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 144 |
| Down and Lisburn HSS Trust | 16.4 | 14.2 | 33.2 | 31.0 | 5.2 | 232 |
| Mater Infirmorum HSS Trust | 30.9 | 63.5 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 644 |
| Causeway HSS Trust | 18.0 | 30.9 | 17.8 | 10.5 | 22.8 | 916 |
| Craigavon Area Hospital HSS Trust | 17.1 | 31.6 | 16.6 | 10.2 | 24.6 | 1,182 |
| Altnagelvin Area Hospitals HSS Trust | 25.3 | 53.0 | 15.2 | 5.6 | 0.9 | 1,091 |
| Northern Ireland | 28.1 | 43.9 | 11.9 | 6.6 | 9.5 | 5,565 |
Source:
CH3
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DEFENCE
First World War (Passchendaele)
Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what representations he has received on repatriating remains of soldiers fallen in the First World War near the trenches found at the site of the new Passchendaele motorway near Ypres. [138779]
Mr. Caplin: I am not aware of any representations.
Armed Forces
Mr. Keetch: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when last questioned, how many (a) RAF, (b) Army and (c) Navy personnel said that overstretch was causing problems in their working; what question was asked; how many responded to each option; what percentage of those asked to respond this represents; and if he will make a statement. [137517]
Mr. Caplin [holding answer 13 November 2003]: All three Services conduct continuous attitude surveys (CASs) of serving personnel to ascertain attitudes towards a range of Service conditions.
In the Naval Service CAS there are currently no questions specifically mentioning or using the term 'overstretch'.
The last survey of Army serving personnel was sent out in December 2002 and the RAF CASs results in July 2003.
I intend to write to the hon. Member shortly with the results and a copy will be placed in the Library of the House.
Alan Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the effect of increased rates of childhood obesity on the ability of the armed forces to recruit sufficient numbers of young people in the past 10 years. [139124]
Mr. Caplin: In Financial Year 2002–03, the total armed forces intake from civilian life exceeded the recruiting target. Consequently, the apparent increase in the rates of childhood obesity in recent years has had no marked impact to date on the armed forces ability to recruit sufficient numbers of capable young people.
Mr. McNamara: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on what statistical information analysis of recruitment patterns for each of HM Armed Forces is based. [137503]
Mr. Caplin: Armed Forces personnel data are compiled from pay and personnel records held by the Armed Forces Pay Administration Agency (AFPAA). These records are supplemented from other sources to improve the quality of the data on, for example, the ethnic origin of new recruits.
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Information on potential recruits is compiled from data collected during the application process. This is held on each Service's Training Administration and Financial Management System (TAFMIS). Records are updated with more information at each stage of the recruitment process, from enquiry through to selection.
Asbestos-related Diseases
Mr. Breed: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many ex-servicemen and women have presented with asbestos-related diseases (ARDs); how many more the Government forecasts will present with ARDs; and if he will make a statement. [117370]
Mr. Caplin [holding answer 10 June 2003]: I will write to the hon. Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.
Congo
Dr. Tonge: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what contribution will be made by the UK to the multi-national rapid reaction force to the Democratic Republic of Congo. [116411]
Mr. Ingram: I will write to the hon. Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.
Defence Agencies
Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will list the location of each of the defence agencies headquarters; how many staff each employs; what the annual expenditure of each was in the last year for which figures are available; and how much was spent in Wales; [137307]
- (2) what the expenditure was of each defence agency (a) in total and (b) in Scotland in the last available year; and how many staff were employed by each agency (i) in total and (ii) in Wales in that year. [137309]
Mr. Caplin: The location of defence agency headquarters, the total number of staff employed by each agency as at 1 April 2003 and agency net operating costs for financial year 2002–03 are available in a supplementary document to the Ministry of Defence's Annual Report and Accounts 2002–03. This is available at www.mod.uk/linked files/publications/pdr2002 2003/agencies03.pdf.
Figures for civilian personnel employed by Defence agencies in Wales are provided in the table below. Information on agency expenditure in Wales and Scotland, and the number of Service personnel employed by agencies in Wales, is not held centrally and can only be provided at disproportionate cost.
The number of staff employed in Wales (full-time equivalent figures for industrial and non-industrial, permanent staff, excluding Royal Fleet Auxiliaries and those on career breaks, long term sick leave, secondments etc), by executive agencies as at 1 April 2003:
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| Army Personnel Centre | — |
| Army Training and Recruiting Agency | 140 |
| British Forces Post Office | 10 |
| Defence Communication Services Agency | 10 |
| Defence Dental Agency | — |
| Defence Estates | 20 |
| Defence Housing Executive | 10 |
| Defence Procurement Agency | — |
| Defence Storage and Distribution Agency | 190 |
| Ministry of Defence Police | — |
| Naval Recruiting and Training Agency | 10 |
| RAF Training Group Defence Agency | 140 |
| Veterans Agency | 10 |
| Trading Funds | |
| ABRO | 20 |
| Defence Aviation Repair Agency | 2,770 |
| Defence Science and Technology | — |
| Laboratory | |
| Meteorological Office | 40 |
Those agencies and Trading Funds that are not referred to do not have staff employed in Wales. Data have been rounded to the nearest 10 to preserve confidentiality and those with fewer than five staff are recorded as —.
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