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Mr. Donaldson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many speech and language therapists are employed in each of the Health and Social Services Board areas in Northern Ireland. [210882]
Angela Smith: The information requested is provided in the table.
Area | Headcount | Whole-time equivalent |
---|---|---|
NHSSB | 82 | 71.82 |
SHSSB | 57 | 50.41 |
EHSSB | 156 | 130.98 |
WHSSB | 50 | 48.13 |
Total | 345 | 301.34 |
Mr. Donaldson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many speech and language therapists are employed by the Western Health and Social Services Board in County Fermanagh. [210883]
Angela Smith: Information on the number of speech and language therapists employed by the Western Health and Social Services Board in County Fermanagh is not held centrally. Speech and language therapists are employed by trusts within each board area and will cover the entire trust area. The table shows the number of speech and language therapists employed by the Western Health and Social Services Board by trust.
Trust | Headcount | Whole- time equivalent |
---|---|---|
Foyle Community HSS Trust | 30 | 28.13 |
Sperrin/Lakeland HSS Trust | 20 | 20.00 |
Total | 50 | 48.13 |
Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many suicides there have been at prisons in the Province in each of the last 10 years. [210029]
Mr. Pearson: There have been 37 recorded deaths in custody over the last 10 years. Where the cause of death has been determined by a Coroner's inquest, 18 of the deaths were found to be suicide. An inquest is awaited on four deaths.
Total deaths (including suicides) | Deaths recorded as suicides | |
---|---|---|
1995 | 3 | 2 |
1996 | 5 | 4 |
1997 | 8 | 1 |
1998 | 2 | 1 |
1999 | 4 | 3 |
2000 | 6 | 4 |
2001 | 0 | 0 |
2002 | 2 | (23)2 |
2003 | 3 | (24)1 |
2004 | 4 | (24)0 |
Total | 37 | 18 |
Mr. Donaldson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what grants have been made by the Northern Ireland Tourist Board to the owners of boats on inland waterways in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. [210880]
Mr. Gardiner:
The Northern Ireland Tourist Board (NITB) has offered no grants to the owners of boats on inland waterways in Northern Ireland since 2000.
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Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will estimate the cost to the Province's health service of (a) theft and (b) fraud in each of the last six years. [210069]
Angela Smith: Information on the estimate of the cost to the Province's health service of (a) theft and (b) fraud, in each of the last six years is provided in the following table:
The Department remains committed to the continuing reduction of loss of funds due to fraud and theft.
Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what his policy is on the use of planning guidance and planning powers to protect the economic viability of town centre retailing in Northern Ireland. [210611]
Mr. Spellar: The current policy is set out in Planning Policy Statement 5Retailing and Town Centres. It sets out policies on major retail development to sustain and enhance the vitality and viability of town centres. This policy is currently being updated and it is proposed to introduce sequential and needs tests that will further protect and enhance the economic viability of town centre retailing in Northern Ireland.
Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many trolley waits (a) in total and (b) lasting more than two hours there were in the Province during each quarter over the last five years; and how many trolley waits there were on each day since 1 December 2004. [210044]
Angela Smith:
The total number of hospital trolley waits is reported to the Department by trusts on a quarterly basis.
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