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Employment (Public Investment)

Mr. Dodds: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many jobs have been created in (a) North Belfast and (b) Northern Ireland as a result of public investment in each year since 1997. [200907]

Mr. Gardiner: This information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

GDP

Mr. Trimble: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the level of (a) gross domestic product and (b) gross value added per hour worked in the Northern Ireland economy was in (i) 1996, (ii) 1999 and (iii) 2002. [200885]

Mr. Gardiner: The Office for National Statistics is responsible for producing estimates of gross value added (GVA) for the regions of United Kingdom including Northern Ireland. Regional Estimates of gross domestic product are no longer produced since the extension of the European System of Accounts 1995 (ESA95) to the Regional Accounts. Total GVA and GVA per hour worked for Northern Ireland in

the requested years is detailed.
 
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	1996	1999	2002
GVA (£ million)	15,258	17,746	20,497
GVA per hour worked (UK =100)	86.2	83.4	84.4

Inward Investment

Mr. Ben Chapman: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on inward investment in Northern Ireland. [199562]

Mr. Gardiner: In the period April 2003 to March 2004 Invest NI secured 27 inward investment projects and total investment of £132 million. Of these, 16 were mobile projects from externally owned companies who already had a presence in Northern Ireland. In addition, there were 11 new inward investment projects involving a total investment of £35 million.

Legislation

Brian White: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what pieces of legislation passed in the last 30 years that the Department is responsible for remain to be brought into force, broken down by year of enactment. [200445]

Mr. Paul Murphy: Providing the information for the period requested would incur disproportionate costs. The following list, therefore, sets out a broad overview of primary legislation from 1997 for which the Northern Ireland Office is responsible and parts of which remain to be brought into force. The list does not include provisions which have never been in force and are now repealed or spent.

The Northern Ireland Act 1998

All in force, apart from

Schedule 13 paras.

1—Minor and Consequential Amendments—Repealed (never in force)

10—Minor and Consequential Amendments—Repealed (never in force).

Sch. 13 paras.

16—Repealed

18—Repealed

Sch. 15—Repeals—Not in force, apart from in cases of exception mentioned in the schedule.

The Police (NI) Act 1998

S 25 (4)—The Board's policing objectives—Not in force

S 40 (3), (4)—Appointment of police reserve trainees—Not in force

Sch. 6—Amendments—Not in force apart from exceptions noted.

The Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000

Part V—Economy, Efficiency and Effectiveness

S 28—Arrangements relating to economy, efficiency and effectiveness—not in force

S 29—Audit of performance plans—not in force

S 30—Examinations—not in force

S 31—Enforcement of duties under section 28—not in force

2001

None.

2002

Justice (NI) Act 2002

Magistrates

Section 9 (12)—Lay magistrates—not in force

 
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Section 10—Transfer of functions of justices of the peace—not in force

Section 11—Transfer of functions of lay panellists—not in force

Lord Chief Justice

Section 12—Role of Lord Chief Justice—not in force

Section 13—Presiding County court judge—not in force

Section 14—Presiding resident magistrate—not in force

Section 15—Presiding lay magistrate—not in force

Section 16—Complaints about holders of judicial office—not in force

Other provisions

Section 18 (10)—Qualification of appointment—not in force

Section 20—Crown Solicitor—not in force

Section 21—Judicial Pensions: pension sharing—not in force

Attorney-General

Section 22—Attorney-General—not in force

Section 23—Terms of appointment of Attorney-General—not in force

Section 24—Removal of Attorney-General—not in force

Section 25—Participation by Attorney-General in Assembly proceedings—not in force

Section 26—Annual report by Attorney-General—not in force

Advocate-General

Section 27—Advocate-General—not in force

Section 28—Functions of Advocate-General—not in force

Public Prosecution Service

Section 29—Public Prosecution Service—not in force

Section 30—Director of Public Prosecutions—not in force

Section 31—Conduct of Public Prosecutions—not in force

Section 32—Discontinuance of proceedings before court appearance—not in force

Section 33—Consents to prosecutions—not in force

Section 34—Police complaints—not in force

Section 35—Information for Director—not in force

Section 36—Exercise of functions by and on behalf of Service—not in force

Section 37—Code for Prosecutors—not in force

Section 38—Equality and non-discrimination—not in force

Section 39—Reports by Director—not in force

Relationship of Director and Attorney-General

Section 40—Superintendence and removal of Director—not in force

Section 41—Transfer of functions etc.—not in force

Section 42—Independence of Director—not in force

Section 43—Appointment and removal of Director by Attorney-General—not in force

Supplementary

Section 44—Interpretation—not in force

Law Commission

Section 50—Law Commission—not in force

Section 51—Duties of Commission—not in force

Section 52—Reports etc.—not in force

Youth Justice—Aims

Section 53 (6)—Aims of Youth Justice System—not in force

New Orders

Section 56—Custody Care Orders—not in force

Other Provisions

Section 63—Extension of youth justice system to 17-year-olds—not in force

 
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Section 64—Juvenile justice centre orders for 17-year-olds—not in force

Section 65—Consultation about detention—not in force

Royal Arms and flags

Section 67—Flying of flags at court-houses—not in force

Community Safety

Section 72—Local Community Safety Partnerships—not in force

Civil Procedure

Section 73—Constitution of Rules Committees—not in force

Court Service

Section 78—Power to abolish Court Service—not in force

Supplementary

Section 82—Excepted matters: judicial office-holders—not in force

Section 83—Reserved matters: new institutions—not in force

Section 84—Assembly Acts about judiciary, law officers and prosecutions—not in force

Schedules

1—Listed Judicial Offices—not in force

2—Judicial Appointments—not in force

3—Appointment to listed judicial offices—not in force

4—Functions of justices of the peace—not in force

5—Transfer of functions to Lord Chief Justice—not in force

7—Functions of Advocate-General—not in force

9—Law Commission—not in force

11—Extension of youth justice system to 17 year olds—not in force

12—Minor and consequential amendments

paras. 1–14—not in force

paras. 18 + 22 Repealed (never in force)

paras. 30, 32–52 not in force

paras. 53 (3), 55 (4), 57, 59–65, 68, 69, 72, 73, 76–81 not in force

13—Repeals and revocations—not in force apart from exceptions.

2003

Police (NI) Act 2003

District Policing Partnerships

S 31—Enforcement of duties under section 28—not in force

Section 15(1)-(5)—Independent members: declaration against terrorism—not in force

Section 16 (1)—Independent members: disqualification—not in force

Police functions and Service

Section 26 (1)-(3)—Protected disclosures by police officers—not in force

Searches and samples

Section 41(1)—Intimate searches—not in force

Section 42 (1)-(5)—Intimate samples—not in force

Schedule 1—Belfast—not in force

Schedule 4—Repeals and Revocations—not in force apart from exceptions

2004

Justice (NI) Act 2004

The Judiciary

Section 2—Membership of the Commission—not in force

Section 3—Duty of the Commission to secure judiciary reflective of the Community—not in force

Section 4—Appointment of Lord Chief Justice and Lords Justices of Appeal—not in force

 
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Section 5—Removal or suspension from listed judicial offices—not in force

Prosecutors

Section 6—Duty of Director of Public Prosecutions to refer certain matters to Police Ombudsman—not in force

Section 7—Influencing a prosecutor—not in force

Criminal Justice Organisations

Section 8—Guidance for criminal justice organisations on human rights standards-not in force

Bail

Section 10—Prosecution right of appeal against grant of bail by magistrates court—not in force

Schedules

1—Transfer to Lord Chancellor of functions relating to Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission—not in force

3—Court Security—not in force

4—Repeals—not in force apart from exceptions.

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