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Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average number of medical patients occupying surgical beds was in each local health authority in each of the last seven years. [210108]
Mr. Hutton [holding answer 24 January 2005]: Data on the weekly average number of medical outliers (medical patients occupying surgical beds) by strategic health authority (SHA) for 200203 and 200304 are shown in the table.
Data for 200405 are not available as they are now a voluntary item and not comprehensively collected. Data are not available by SHA prior to 200203.
Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients are waiting for treatment in each Government Office region in England. [211947]
Mr. Hutton: The Department does not collect waiting times information by Government office region.
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funding has been allocated for ward environment budgets; and how that funding has been spent. [208080]
Miss Melanie Johnson: Between 200102 and 200304, about £83 million was allocated to the ward environment budget initiative announced in April 2000. To reduce bureaucracy, information is no longer collected centrally on the allocation of these budgets, which are matters to be determined locally.
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what his Department's policy is towards age discrimination. [202510]
Mr. Pearson: The Northern Ireland Office aims to ensure that its staff are treated fairly and equally by promoting equal opportunities policies whereby no employee or job applicant is unfairly discriminated against either directly or indirectly on a number of grounds, including age. All staff are provided with a copy of this policy.
In compliance with its statutory duty under Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, the Department has due regard to the promotion of equality of opportunity between persons in nine specified categories, which include persons of different ages. Both internal and outward focused policies and practices are screened to ensure they do not have an adverse impact on any of the nine categories, including those of different ages.
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Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many pupils are enrolled for grammar schools in Northern Ireland; and what the change in enrolment numbers has been since the baseline figures used by the Costello Inquiry. [211636]
Mr. Gardiner: I refer the hon. Gentleman to the replyI gave to the hon. Member for Strangford (Mrs.Robinson) on 25 January 2005, Official Report, column 304W.
Mr. Trimble: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many jobs have been created in Northern Ireland as a result of foreign direct investment in the last three financial years; and what the average cost per job of Invest Northern Ireland grants and loans was in each year. [211933]
Mr. Gardiner: As the employment associated with Inward Investment projects typically builds up over a three to four year period, it is not meaningful to measure job creation at an early stage. However, the following table shows the number of jobs promoted (expected to be created) as a result of foreign direct investment projects secured between 200102 and 200304 and the assistance offered to companies to promote these jobs (assistance during 200102 was provided by the Industrial Development Board and assistance during 200203 and 200304 was provided by Invest NI).
Mr. Trimble: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much Invest Northern Ireland has spent in the last three financial years on acquiring equity in local companies. [211934]
Mr. Gardiner: The amount that Invest NI has spent in the last three financial years acquiring equity in local companies is as follows:
Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what training is available to staff in the Juvenile Justice Centre in relation to the suitability of methods of restraint used. [210943]
Mr. Spellar: This is an operational responsibility of the Chief Executive of the Youth Justice Agency of Northern Ireland (Bill Lockhart). He has advised me that staff are trained in Physical Control in Care (PCC). PCC is the only physical restraint procedure used in the Juvenile Justice Centre and has been approved by the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) and the Social Services Inspectorate (SSI).
Initial staff training involves a five day PCC course delivered by qualified PCC instructors. Refresher training for all staff is delivered over a two day period at least twice a year.
Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland which assets (a) the Northern Ireland Office and (b) the Northern Ireland Departments plan to dispose of in each of the next three financial years. [210636]
Mr. Pearson: The following table lists the assets which the Northern Ireland Office and the 11 Northern Ireland Departments currently plan to dispose over the next three financial years. In respect of the 11 NI Departments, further work will be undertaken on this issue in taking forward the NI Investment Strategy, and in the context of the Lyons Report Towards Better Management of Public Sector Assets".
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