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Work-related Illness
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the number of working days lost in each year since 1997 as a result of work-related (a) illness and (b) stress in (i) England and (ii) each region, broken down by gender. [196236]
Jane Kennedy: Currently the only data on work-related sickness absence since 1997 is from the survey of work-related illness undertaken in 2001–02. Estimates of the number of working days lost in 2001–02 for all self-reported work-related illness and self-reported work-related stress, depression or anxiety from this survey are shown by English region in the table.
Sample numbers are too small to provide reliable estimates for region by gender. However, for Great Britain as a whole an estimated 19.2 million working days were lost in 2001–02 due to work-related ill-health among males and 13.7 million among females. Similar estimates of working days lost in 2001–02 attributed to work-related stress, depression or anxiety in Britain indicate 6.3 million working days lost for males and 7.1 million working days lost for females.
(32) This estimate is based on less than 40 sample cases.
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Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many instances of self-reported work-related stress there were in each of the last five years by women in the 16 to 34 year age range; and if he will make a statement. [196245]
Jane Kennedy: Two surveys one in 1998–99 and one in 2001–02 provide estimates of the prevalence (long standing as well as new cases) of self-reported work-related stress, anxiety or depression since 1997. Data from these surveys indicates that the estimated prevalence of self-reported work-related stress, anxiety or depression among females aged 16 to 34 was 68,000 cases in 1998–99 and 85,000 cases in 2001–02. However, these survey data are not directly comparable because of a difference in survey methodology.
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the incidence of work-related mental illness in each of the last five years for (a) teachers, (b) police officers, (c) nurses and (d) prison workers; and if he will make a statement. [196243]
Jane Kennedy: The following table shows cases of work-related mental ill-health seen for the first time by psychiatrists and occupational physicians reporting to schemes in the Health and Occupation Reporting network (THOR) in each year from 1999 to 2003 for teachers, police officers, nurses and prison officers.
(33) Data for 2003 is based on a different occupational coding structure to the other years.
(34) Number of reported cases are too low in individual years to make individual year estimates reliable. For all years 1999–02 there were in total an estimated 184 cases of work-related mental ill-health among prison officers.
Source:
THOR comprises seven surveillance schemes for work-related ill-health. Each scheme has reporters from a specific medical specialty and new cases seen by the specialist are reported that the specialist believes are related to work. This network is run for HSE by Manchester university.
NORTHERN IRELAND
Child Pornography
Mr. Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many persons have been convicted of charges relating to the production, possession or distribution of material connected with child pornography in Northern Ireland in the past two years. [196513]
Mr. Spellar: Offences relating to the production, possession or distribution of material connected with child pornography are prosecuted under the Protection of Children (NI) Order 1978. The following tables, which has been provided by NIO Research and Statistics Branch, details the number of convictions for offences related to child pornography in Northern Ireland for the years 2001 and 2002. This is the most current data available in the NIO courts dataset which is based on extractions from the PSNI operational database, ICIS (Integrated Criminal Information System).
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Note:
Where proceedings involve more than one offence dealt with at the same time, the figures relate to the principal offence. The basis for selection of the principal offence is laid down in rules by the Home Office. In summary these indicate that, where there is a finding of guilt, the principal offence is usually that for which the greatest penalty was imposed. Where there has not been a finding of guilt (e.g. on acquittal or committal for trial) it is usually that for which the greatest penalty could have been imposed.
Departmental Funding/Offices
Mr. McGrady: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what amounts of the regional rate for 2003–04 were allocated to each Government Department in Northern Ireland. [194948]
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Mr. Pearson: I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for East Antrim (Mr. Beggs) on 25 October 2004, Official Report, column 1073W.
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the cost of (a) decoration and (b) refurbishment of the London offices of the Department was in each of the last four years. [196143]
Mr. Pearson: The information requested is as follows.
| £ | |
|---|---|
| 2000–01 | |
| Refurbishment | 3,836.34 |
| 2001–02 | |
| Refurbishment | 29,726.59 |
| Decoration | 6,354.54 |
| 2002–03 | |
| Refurbishment | 36,724.72 |
| Decoration | 1,054.59 |
| 2003–04 | |
| Refurbishment | No expenditure |
| Decoration | No expenditure |
Crime
Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) burglaries, (b) armed robberies and (c) car thefts have occurred in each of the Province's Westminster constituencies in each of the last six years. [196258]
Mr. Pearson: The statistics are not held by Westminster constituency, however, the following table provides the information for each of the Province's district command units over the past six financial years.
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