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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.
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.
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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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).
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.
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.
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.
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 | |
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2000 | 569 |
2001 | 531 |
2002(41) | 631 |
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