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Road Schemes

Mr. Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the major road schemes likely to commence construction in Northern Ireland within the next 12 months; [211518]

Mr. Spellar: The Chief Executive of Roads Service (Dr. Malcolm McKibbin) has been asked to write to the hon. Gentleman in response to this question.

Letter from Dr. Malcolm McKibbin to Mr. Gregory Campbell, dated 2 February 2005:


 
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School Performance Tables

Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will re-introduce school performance tables in Northern Ireland. [211639]

Mr. Gardiner: I have no plans to re-introduce school performance tables in Northern Ireland. The information which the tables contained has for some time been available in respect of each school in its prospectus. With the Freedom of Information Act now in force, the information in respect of all schools will be released by the Department of Education in response to specific requests.

Special Advisers

Mr. Tyrie: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) on how many occasions between 31 March 2003 and 31 March 2004 departmental special advisers travelled (a) domestically and (b) abroad in an official capacity; what places were visited; and how much each visit cost; [202253]

(2) when he will reply to the question tabled by the hon. Member for Chichester on 1 December 2004, ref 202253. [210495]

Mr. Paul Murphy: During the period 31 March 2003 to 31 March 2004 Northern Ireland Office special advisors travelled domestically on 35 occasions. It is not possible because of the nature of the travel to form this information into return journeys. The details of each journey and associated costs are set out in the following table.
FromToCost (£)
BelfastCardiff57.00
BristolBelfast61.50
CardiffBelfast56.50
BelfastCardiff72.36
LiverpoolBelfast71.50
CardiffBelfast48.00
BelfastLondon135.20
CardiffBelfast48.00
BelfastCardiff135.00
CardiffBelfast72.31
CardiffBelfast72.31
BelfastCardiff82.86
BelfastCardiff47.50
CardiffBelfast71.61
BelfastLondon134.90
CardiffBelfast168.50
CardiffBelfast53.50
BelfastCardiff323.00
BelfastCardiff57.00
CardiffBelfast128.10
LondonBelfast128.10
CardiffBelfast109.00
CardiffBelfast35.00
CardiffBelfast170.00
CardiffBelfast47.50
BelfastCardiff42.00
CardiffBelfast57.00
CardiffBelfast39.00
BelfastCardiff135.20
BelfastLondon135.20
BelfastLondon278.30
LondonBelfast46.94
BristolBelfast278.30
BelfastLondon150.20
CardiffBelfast249.10
LondonderryLondon77.96

 
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During the same period special advisors made eight trips abroad. The details of the destinations and travel costs for these trips are set out in the following table. In all instances except the trips to Washington and New York/Washington/LA/San Francisco the expenditure does not include the cost of hotel accommodation and other associated expenses as it is not possible to isolate those figures which relate solely to special advisors from other costs.
Cost (£)
Washington4,981.00
Paris500.00
Boston5,102.65
Dublin378.00
Rome917.60
Ottawa/New York/Washington7,166.79
Dublin287.00
New York/Washington/LA/San Francisco10,951.29

Ulster Scots Agency

Mr. Dodds: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he expects to announce the name of the new Chairman of the Ulster Scots Agency. [211967]

Mr. Paul Murphy: The Government are actively seeking to appoint a new chairman of the Ulster Scots Agency. To this end, discussions with the parties remain on-going and an appointment will be made as quickly as possible.