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Chemotherapy
Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much was spent on chemotherapy drugs in the Province in each of the last five years; and what the proposed spending is in the next 12 months. [198150]
Angela Smith: Approximately £6.3 million was spent on chemotherapy drugs in 2002–03 and approximately £7.9 million in 2003–04. Approximately £13.8 million of chemotherapy drugs demand is currently anticipated for 2004–05.
Further information is not available
Community Care
Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many community care packages have been provided in the Province in each of the last 10 years. [198144]
Angela Smith:
The number of community care packages in effect in each of the last 10 years is detailed in the following table.
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| Number of community care packages in effect | |
|---|---|
| 2004 | 19,015 |
| 2003 | 19,003 |
| 2002 | 17,359 |
| 2001 | 16,587 |
| 2000 | 15,485 |
| 1999 | 14,756 |
| 1998 | 13,942 |
| 1997 | 13,491 |
| 1996 | 12,180 |
| 1995 | 9,385 |
Note:
Figures show a snapshot at 31 March for each year, and refer to care managed packages. Data for 2004 is provisional and may be subject to change.
Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what change in the number of community care packages required in the Province he expects in the next decade. [198145]
Angela Smith: On the basis of current trends, it is estimated that the need for community care packages would grow by approximately 5,000 to 24,000 over the next decade.
Crosshill Quarry, Crumlin
David Burnside: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what discussions have taken place with Belfast International Airport on the impact on its business of the proximity of asbestos storage and destruction at Crosshill Quarry, Crumlin. [196085]
Angela Smith: The Belfast International Airport was consulted in relation to the asbestos storage application and was content with the proposal.
David Burnside: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland under what authority and regulatory provision, railway carriages containing blue asbestos were crushed and buried at Crosshill Quarry, Crumlin by Eastwood Environment Waste Company. [196086]
Angela Smith: Approval for the repositioning and burial of 18 railway carriages at Crosshill Quarry, was given to Eastwood Limited by the then waste disposal regulator, Antrim borough council. The council was the regulating authority under the Pollution Control and Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 for Waste Disposal Licences. Eastwood Limited held a Waste Disposal Licence for the deposit of controlled waste at Crosshill Quarry.
A Method Statement was prepared by the company and the carriages were relocated and encapsulated in clay to the satisfaction of the council and the Health and Safety Executive. Environment and Heritage Service (EHS) was consulted about the relocation proposals and was also content.
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The Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 came into operation on 19 December 2003 and the regulatory powers for waste licensing were transferred from the district councils to the EHS.
Under the transitional arrangements a Waste Disposal Licence is deemed to be a Waste Management Licence and this would apply to the licence for Crosshill Quarry.
The 18 carriages were repositioned within the Crosshill Quarry site immediately before EHS became the regulator under these provisions.
David Burnside: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what environmental impact assessment has been made of (a) the storage and (b) the destruction of asbestos at Crosshill Quarry, Crumlin in the last five years. [196087]
Angela Smith: (a) The consideration of the need for a formal environmental impact assessment is triggered by a planning application. In this case the storage application fell outside the regulations and no formal determination was necessary. Environmental issues were dealt with through the normal expert consultees who were content with the proposal. No destruction of asbestos has occurred on site.
(b) A Method Statement was prepared by Eastwood Limited for the repositioning of 18 railway carriages within their licensed facility at Crosshill Quarry, Crumlin. The carriages were relocated and encapsulated in clay to the satisfaction of the council and the Health and Safety Executive. This work was undertaken in the latter part of 2003. The Environment and Heritage Service is not aware of any destruction of asbestos having taken place at the Crosshill Quarry site.
David Burnside: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what tourism impact assessment has been made of the effect of the storage and destruction of asbestos at Crosshill Quarry, Crumlin on the local area. [196088]
Angela Smith: The tourism authority was not consulted on the matter. The expert consultees consulted on the asbestos storage planning application are satisfied that there are no environmental effects that cannot be satisfactorily mitigated.
District Councils
David Burnside: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what (a) the total cost and (b) cost per elector of the 26 district councils in the provinces was in each of the last three years. [197668]
Angela Smith: The total cost, expressed in terms of net expenditure, and cost per elector for the last three years of each of the 26 district councils, is set out in the following table.
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