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MRI Scans

Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland which hospital trusts have bought MRI services from other trusts in each of the last five years. [1419]

Mr. Woodward: The table lists those Health and Social Services Trusts, which bought MRI services from other trusts in the last five years, indicating the years in which they bought services and the trusts they bought from.

Health and Social
Services trust
Years in which the trust bought MRI services from another trust
Trust from which they
bought MRI services
Causeway2004–05Altnagelvin; Green Park Healthcare
Down Lisburn2000–01 to 2004–05Royal Group of Hospitals
Green Park Healthcare(40)2003–04 to 2004–05Royal Group of Hospitals
Mater2000–01 to 2004–05Royal Group of Hospitals (200–01 to 2004–05); Ulster Community and Hospitals (2004–05)
Newry and Mourne2000–01 to 2004–05Royal Group of Hospitals


(40)Information prior to 2003–04 is not readily available.


National Stadium

Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what consideration has been given by his Department to the transport links required to serve the new National Stadium for Northern Ireland. [2227]

Mr. Hanson: No final decision has been made on the proposed Multi-Sports Stadium for Northern Ireland. The position remains, as the Government announced in March, that work is continuing on the viability of the Stadium, particularly in relation to getting agreement on the way forward with the sporting bodies, and that Maze/Long Kesh is the only site being considered. Master planning work, which will include an assessment of public and private transport needs, is already under way for that site.

NHS Staff

Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many days were lost through sickness of NHS staff in the Province in each of the last three years, broken down by profession. [1410]

Mr. Woodward: The information requested is set out in the following tables.
 
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Staff groupDays lost 2002–03Days lost 2003–04Days lost 2004–05
TC2 Administrative and Clerical121,890116,746.8125,528.06
TC3 Works and Maintenance94,06410,733.69,539.6
TC4 Ancillary and General140,080.3142,630.5146,064.2
TC5 Nursing and Midwifery270,001.8264,628.4274,197.3
TC6 Social Work Staff81,778.290,217.290,742.8
TC7 Professional and Technical53,320.553,80855,283.1
TC8 Medical and Dental8,706.889159,079.3

The Eastern Health and Social Services Board and the Mater Hospital Health and Social Services Trust were unable to provide the information due to technical difficulties with their computer systems, and therefore have not been included in the above table.

The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Health and Social Services Trust were unable to furnish detailed breakdowns of the figures from 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003 and 1 April 2003 to 30 September 2003. This was due to the methodology of recording absences at the time. The information is available from October 2003, shown in the following table. In addition the term Others" include Administrative and Clerical staff (TC2), Ancillary and General (TC4) and Medical Staff (TC8).
Staff groupDays lost 1 October 2003 to 31 March 2004Days lost
1 April 2004
to 31 March 2005
TC9 Emergency Personnel5,355.127,583.9
TC9 Non-Emergency Personnel1,030.142,708.57
TC9 Control716.93887
TC2, 4 and 8 Others1045.04876.58

Dr. Stoate: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many doctors are employed in non-standard or trust grade posts in each NHS trust in Northern Ireland. [1606]

Mr. Woodward: The information requested is provided in the following table.
Non-standard/trust grade posts by NHS trust

HeadcountWTE
Altnagelvin55.0
Armagh and Dungannon00.0
Belfast City Hospital00.0
Causeway00.0
Craigavon and Banbridge00.0
Craigavon Area Hospitals55.0
Down Lisburn55.0
Foyle00.0
Green Park00.0
Homefirst00.0
Mater Hospital33.0
Newry and Mourne11.0
NI Ambulance Service00.0
North and West Belfast00.0
Royal Group of Hospitals00.0
South and East Belfast00.0
Sperrin Lakeland22.0
Ulster Community and Hospitals55.0
United Hospitals1010.0
Total3636.0

 
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Northern Ireland Police Fund

Mr. Donaldson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people have been warned about their security as a result of the ongoing investigation into alleged criminal and terrorist activities by two members of staff at the Northern Ireland Police Fund. [1450]

Mr. Woodward: I have been informed by the Police Service of Northern Ireland that no persons have been warned about their personal security as a result of the now completed investigation into this matter.

Mr. Donaldson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what progress has been made in the investigation into alleged criminal and terrorist activities by two members of staff at the Northern Ireland police fund; and if he will make a statement. [1451]

Mr. Woodward: I have been informed by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) that following a PSNI investigation the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) directed that two individuals should be prosecuted for a number of dishonesty offences. The DPP subsequently withdrew the charges.

No terrorist offences were uncovered as a result of the PSNI investigation.

Paramilitary Violence

Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many paramilitary-style attacks were carried out in each month of 2005; how many of these can be attributable to (a) Loyalist and (b) Republican paramilitaries; and how many people have been prosecuted as a result. [2193]

Mr. Woodward: The following table shows the type and number of paramilitary-style attacks for the period January to April 2005.
Paramilitary attacks and assaults January to April 2005

Casualties as a result of paramilitary style assaults
Casualties as a result of paramilitary style shootings
2005By LoyalistsBy RepublicansTotalBy LoyalistsBy RepublicansTotal
January549448
February5611718
March551044
April336527
Total18183620727




Notes:
1.PSNI does not hold statistics relating to prosecutions in these matters as they are not in themselves specific criminal offences, more a description of attacks. The specific offences for which a person may be charged are many and varied.
2.Attribution is as perceived by the PSNI based on the information available and does not necessarily indicate the involvement of a paramilitary organisation.
3.April 2005 statistics are provisional and may be subject to minor amendment. No statistics are available yet for May.





 
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Prostate Cancer

Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what recent steps he has taken to raise awareness of prostate cancer among men in Northern Ireland; and how many men were diagnosed with prostate cancer in each of the past three years. [2231]

Mr. Woodward: Through the Northern Ireland Cancer Forum the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety has been working with cancer charities such as Action Cancer and Men Against Cancer to raise awareness of prostate cancer. In addition the 2003 Report of the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) contained a section on prostate cancer, including particular information about the Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) test. A copy of the 2003 Report was issued on a given day last year with every copy of each of the three major Northern Ireland newspapers. The CMO's 2004 Report also carried similar information on these matters and added a website address where further details could be obtained.

The number of men diagnosed with prostate cancer in each of the last three years for which figures are available are as follows:
Number
2000569
2001531
2002(41)631


(41)There is a period of 18 months approximately before incidence figures are published for any given year. The official figure for 2003 will be available at the end of June 2005.



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