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Housing (Central Heating)

David Burnside: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many and what percentage of Northern Ireland Housing Executive homes have had (a) oil and (b) gas-fired central heating installed, broken down by Housing Executive District Office Area. [174376]

Mr. Spellar: The information is as follows:

	Oil		Gas
NIHE District Office	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
Belfast 1	310	13.4	1,066	45.9
Belfast 2	883	22.5	1,645	42.0
Belfast 3	783	22.7	1,891	54.8
Belfast 7	564	13.1	2,404	55.7
Belfast 4	374	9.6	1,594	41.1
Belfast 5	494	11.5	1,934	45.1
Belfast 6	261	7.3	1,956	54.7
Ballymena	1,164	34.9	2	0.1
Antrim	815	28.3	2	0.1
Newtownabbey 1	386	15.1	591	23.1
Newtownabbey 2	446	18.0	726	29.4
Carrickfergus	374	16.8	360	16.2
Larne	319	17.8	311	17.4
Ballycastle	366	38.9	0	0.0
Ballymoney	873	53.8	0	0.0
Coleraine	1,421	40.3	2	0.1
Banbridge	710	35.8	0	0.0
Newry	1,350	38.4	0	0.0
Armagh	636	29.3	0	0.0
Lurgan	1,449	46.8	0	0.0
Portadown	595	33.5	0	0.0
Dungannon	892	44.6	0	0.0
Fermanagh	965	41.6	0	0.0
Bangor	429	14.0	416	13.6
Newtownards	997	22.7	517	11.8
Castlereagh	710	16.3	592	13.6
Lisburn	979	20.1	617	12.7
Lisburn
Dairyfarm	307	14.1	1,203	55.1
Downpatrick	1,001	37.3	1	0.1
Waterloo Place	908	34.8	1	0.1
Waterside	995	36.6	0	0.0
Collon Terrace	643	23.6	0	0.0
Limavady	522	32.1	0	0.0
Magherafelt	511	34.6	1	0.1
Strabane	624	25.2	0	0.0
Omagh	740	34.9	0	0.0
Cookstown	434	36.2	0	0.0
Total:	26,230	25.6	17,832	17.4

David Burnside: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many and what percentage of Northern Ireland Housing Executive homes have (a) coal-fired and (b) electric and (c) no central heating, broken down by Housing Executive District Office Area. [174377]

Mr. Spellar: The information is as follows.
 
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	Coal		Electric		None
NIHE District Office	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
Belfast 1	460	19.8	443	19.1	42	1.8
Belfast 2	715	18.2	665	17.0	10	0.3
Belfast 3	545	15.8	211	6.1	0	0.0
Belfast 7	684	15.8	620	14.4	42	1.0
Belfast 4	737	19.0	1,054	27.2	110	2.8
Belfast 5	1,030	24.0	538	12.6	269	6.3
Belfast 6	1,033	28.9	322	9.0	6	0.2
Ballymena	1,274	38.1	850	25.4	37	1.1
Antrim	1,263	43.8	725	25.2	9	0.3
Newtownabbey 1	564	22.0	1,013	39.5	6	0.2
Newtownabbey 2	643	26.0	656	26.5	0	0.0
Carrickfergus	853	38.4	635	28.6	1	0.0
Larne	635	35.5	506	28.3	16	0.9
Ballycastle	515	54.8	25	2.7	8	0.9
Ballymoney	576	35.5	138	8.5	5	0.3
Coleraine	1,329	37.7	757	21.5	3	0.1
Banbridge	1,048	52.9	201	10.1	11	0.6
Newry	1,719	48.9	419	11.9	1	0.0
Armagh	1,230	56.7	274	12.6	15	0.7
Lurgan	834	26.9	761	24.6	26	0.8
Portadown	784	44.2	395	22.3	1	0.1
Dungannon	889	44.5	160	8.0	14	0.7
Fermanagh	1,145	49.3	201	8.7	1	0.0
Bangor	1,059	34.7	1148	37.6	3	0.1
Newtownards	1,878	42.7	997	22.7	2	0.0
Castlereagh	912	21.0	2,130	49.0	0	0.0
Lisburn	2087	42.9	1,140	23.4	38	0.8
Lisburn
Dairyfarm	457	20.9	184	8.4	0	0.0
Downpatrick	1,196	44.6	474	17.7	5	0.2
Waterloo place	1,183	45.3	465	17.8	12	0.5
Waterside	1,244	45.8	452	16.6	1	0.0
Collon terrace	1,478	54.3	583	21.4	20	0.7
Limavady	847	52.1	224	13.8	6	0.4
Magherafelt	780	52.8	142	9.6	0	0.0
Strabane	1,701	68.6	83	3.3	56	2.3
Omagh	1,173	55.4	183	8.6	19	0.9
Cookstown	552	46.0	86	7.2	1	0.1
Total:	37,052	36.2	19860	19.4	796	0.8

Note:
Properties where no central heating is recorded include redevelopment properties, properties due for demolition, and properties not within the Rent Scheme.

Marching Season

Mr. Beggs: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the role played by local community activists during the 2003 marching season; and what plans he has to provide support for local community activists during the 2004 marching season. [174091]

Mr. Pearson: During 2003, a wide range of people in the community played an important role in easing tensions and resolving problems around parading and I am most grateful for that. In preparing for the forthcoming marching season, the Secretary of State and I intend to hold a series of meetings similar to last year, which will include all those who have the ability to help ensure that 2004 passes off as peacefully as 2003.

Mr. Beggs: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what his assessment is of the Police Service of   Northern Ireland security assessment relating to Portadown recently received by the Parades Commission; and if he will make a statement on his assessment of security over the forthcoming marching season. [174094]

 
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Mr. Pearson: The Parades Commission is independent of Government and the Secretary of State does not see PSNI advice to the Commission. There is currently no information which would suggest this marching season will be significantly different from 2003. However, with regard to the forthcoming marching season, the Secretary of State and I intend to hold a series of meetings similar to last year, which will include all those who have the ability to help ensure that 2004 passes off as peacefully as 2003.

PPP Contracts

Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for   Northern Ireland whether a company which successfully bids for inclusion in an education-related public private partnership scheme retains the right (a) to put the contract on the market at any stage, (b) to sell the contract at a profit and (c) to keep the profit from the sale of the contract without a requirement to provide guarantees that the scheme will be completed to the specifications to which they initially signed up; and whether revenue generated through weekend and evening openings of buildings constructed under such a scheme is required to be invested in the school or its pupils. [174008]

 
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Mr. Gardiner: (a) A PPP contractor, which successfully bids for inclusion in an education related PPP project, may put the contract on the market at any time during the life of the contract. The prior written consent of the school authority is required and this can be withheld at its discretion.

(b) Provided the prior written consent of the school authority has been obtained, a PPP contractor may sell a PPP contract at a profit.

(c) A PPP contract specifies the level of service which an authority can expect to receive in return for payment of the unitary charge. If a contractor were to sell, or otherwise dispose of a PPP contract, it would retain any profit accruing and the service requirements and obligations would transfer to the new contractor. The new contractor would be expected to deliver the full range of services as if there had been no change in ownership.

The net income from any third party usage of a school that has been procured under PPP is shared between the school authority and the contractor on the basis agreed in the contract.

Public Administration Review

Mr. Trimble: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the total cost incurred by the Review of Public Administration has been since the beginning of financial year 2001–02. [170438]

Mr. Pearson: In May 2002, the Northern Ireland Executive agreed an overall budget of £3 million for the   Review of Public Administration. To date a total expenditure of £1.71 million has been incurred by the Review.

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