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Neighbourhood Renewal
Mr. Dodds: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on progress in implementing the Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy in North Belfast. [211964]
Mr. Spellar: Since the launch of Government's Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy in June 2003 work has been going on to ensure that the infrastructure needed to take Neighbourhood Renewal forward in North Belfast is in place. Discussions on the ground are taking place in each of the four neighbourhood renewal areas and the establishment of the Neighbourhood Partnership Boards is already underway.
A final Implementation Plan for Neighbourhood Renewal will be published in March 2005.
Peace Funding
Mr. Dodds: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether, under the extension of PEACE II funding to Northern Ireland, there will be measures in respect of (a) child care and (b) training, in child care provision in Northern Ireland. [211183]
Mr. Pearson: The PEACE II extension proposals include the continuation of the existing Measure 1.5, Positive Action for Women as a separate measure in the Programme which will continue to support eligible child care projects including those offering training for women in child care or other skills leading to employment. Further skills projects generally, for men or/and women, will also continue to be eligible under a separate measure in the extended Programme.
Mr. Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland which organisations have received funding via the European Communities PEACE II programme, broken down by party political affiliations. [211374]
Mr. Pearson: The PEACE II Programme does not fund political parties or political activities. Groups and individuals, including those with party political affiliations, can apply for funding but must demonstrate that their project(s) meet the Programme's eligibility and selection criteria. As a result information on the party political affiliations of such groups and individuals is not collected as part of the Programme's application process and is therefore is not available.
A full list of applicant organisations and projects is available on the Special EU Programmes Body Website www.seupb.org
Pension Credit
Mr. Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) what estimate he has made of the number of people claiming pension credit in each constituency in Northern Ireland; [211520]
(2) how many people in each Northern Ireland constituency were claiming pension credit at the latest date for which figures are available. [211873]
Mr. Spellar:
The following table shows the actual amount of people claiming pension credit in each parliamentary constituency in Northern Ireland as of 13 December 2004.
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Police
Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if the Government will extend financial assistance to the Police Federation for Northern Ireland to support the group legal action by its members regarding post-traumatic stress disorder suffered by RUC officers in the execution of their duties. [211719]
Mr. Pearson: The Government have no plans to provide financial assistance to the Police Federation for Northern Ireland to support the legal action to which the hon. Lady refers.
Mr. Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many police officers are serving in Northern Ireland. [211814]
Mr. Pearson: As of the 26 January 2005, the number of police officers serving in the PSNI in Northern Ireland is as follows:
Mr. Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many police officers from Northern Ireland have served in mainland Europe during 2004. [211815]
Mr. Pearson:
The Police Service of Northern Ireland deployed five officers to mainland Europe in 2004. These officers provided professional support and expertise to ongoing operations in Kosovo and Bosnia.
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School Interface Funding
Mr. Dodds: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland which schools in North Belfast have received funding to address interface problems in each year since 2000. [211971]
Mr. Gardiner: The schools in North Belfast which have received funding to address interface problems in each year since 2000 are:
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Mr. Dodds: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps he is taking to address financial pressures on schools in interface areas of North Belfast. [211972]
Mr. Gardiner: My Department and the Belfast education and library board recognise the pressures faced by schools in the interface areas of North Belfast. The support under the Interface Initiative is expected to continue up to the end of the 2006–07 financial year. Additional funds have been allocated under other initiatives in particular the School Improvement Programme. The development of Education Action Zones will also include schools in North Belfast.
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