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Police Service
Mr. Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) how many Police Service of Northern Ireland officers were on duty on average during (a) day and (b) night shifts in the last period for which figures are available, broken down by principal duty of each officer; [202868]
(2) how many Police Service of Northern Ireland officers were on duty on the night of (a) 23 and (b) 24 November. [202871]
Mr. Pearson: The deployment of resources by the Police Service of Northern Ireland, on any day or night shift, is based upon predictive demand and intelligence. On 23 November 2004, the level of resources deployed in both operational regions of the PSNI (on both early and night shifts) was as follows:
Notes:
1.This information relates to resources in both operational regions of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, rural and urban. They provide a snapshot only of resources at 3pm and 3am on early and night shift on 23 November 2004, and should be read in that context. These figures can vary due to shift changeovers and variable shift patterns.
2.The support provided to response and community policing teams has an important role in frontline service delivery. Community safety teams, domestic violence officers etc. all provide a frontline service, and deal with victims, perpetrators and witnesses on a daily basis.
3.It is not possible to state how many officers attached to all headquarters departments were on duty on that date as only manual records are held and a manual search would be required that would incur disproportionate cost. This includes murder investigation teams, serious crime teams etc.
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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 [pursuant to the reply, 1 February 2005, Official Report, c.879W]: The schools in North Belfast which have received funding to address interface problems in each year since 2000 are:
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DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER
Affordable Housing (Greater London)
Tom Cox: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what measures are in place to assist key workers in obtaining affordable housing within the Greater London area; and if he will make a statement. [213380]
Keith Hill: Affordable housing assistance for eligible key workers within the Greater London area is available through the Key Worker Living programme. The £690 million programme provides:
Equity loans of up to £50,000 to help key workers buy a home on the open market or a new property built by a registered social landlord.
Higher-value equity loans of up to £100,000 for a small group of school teachers with the potential to become leaders of London's education system in the future.
Key workers may also benefit from the shared ownership and homebuy programmes funded by the Housing Corporation to help existing social tenants and those on waiting lists into home ownership.
Buildings Demolition (Liverpool)
Mr. Swire: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what discussions he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, (b) the Minister for the Arts and (c) the Minister for Media and Heritage about his proposals to demolish buildings in Liverpool. [213509]
Keith Hill: There is close co-operation between the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to ensure that heritage is an important consideration in regeneration schemes.
Mr. Swire: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what discussions he has had with English Heritage about his plans to demolish buildings in Liverpool. [213510]
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Keith Hill: The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is ensuring that New Heartlands housing market renewal pathfinder, Liverpool Vision and Liverpool city council are working with English Heritage to ensure historic character and local distinctiveness can be used as positive drivers for regeneration and renewal in the city.
Business Rates
Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the average business rates bill for businesses in England has been in each year since 1997–98; and what the estimated average bill will be in 2005–06. [211922]
Mr. Raynsford: The information requested for 1997–98 to 2004–05 inclusive is tabled as follows; that for 2005–06 is not yet available.
| £ | |
|---|---|
| 1997–98 | 7,011 |
| 1998–99 | 7,078 |
| 1999–2000 | 7,393 |
| 2000–01 | 8,111 |
| 2001–02 | 8,888 |
| 2002–03 | 8,999 |
| 2003–04 | 9,135 |
| 2004–05 | 9,312 |
Note:
Net rate yield from local lists divided by the number of hereditaments on local lists as at 31 December of the previous year.
Source:
NNDR returns from billing authorities
The rateable values for individual properties—and hence actual rates bills—vary greatly. Changes in the total for some years around 2000–01 are affected by transfers of properties from the central list to local lists, transfers of crown properties to local lists and the adjustment made to the multiplier at the time of the 2000 revaluation to take account of losses from appeals.
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