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Dementia

Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what specific training is provided to doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals in treating and caring for those with dementia. [2232]

Mr. Woodward: Primarily, training in treating and caring for patients with dementia is incorporated into the curricula of undergraduate degree studies for doctors, allied health professions (AHPs) and student nurses studying in the mental health, adult and learning disability training programmes. In addition, there is postgraduate specialised training in dementia care available for nurses, AHPs and other healthcare professionals. It is also addressed in the postgraduate training curriculum for doctors.

Forestry Division

Mr. Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the (a) terms of reference and (b) work programme of the Forestry Division in Northern Ireland are. [2001]

Angela E. Smith: The information requested is as follows.

(a) The Forestry Division was renamed the Forest Service in 1975 and became an Executive Agency of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in 1998. Its terms of reference, as stated in its Framework Document, are to deliver the government's policy in forestry through a programme of afforestation, sustainable management of existing forests, production and supply of timber, provision of public recreation and education, and protection and enhancement of the environmental value of forests.

 
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(b) I refer the hon. Gentleman to a written ministerial statement which I made to the House today which contains the Ministerial Key Targets of the Forest Service for 2005–06. Copies of the Agency's Business Plan for the year have been placed in the Libraries of both Houses.

Mr. Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the budget for forest parks in Northern Ireland is in 2005–06, broken down by main budget head; and what staffing costs are estimated to be in 2005–06. [2002]

Angela E. Smith: The budget for the seven Forest Parks is not disaggregated from the total recreation budget for all 109 forests. The total 2005–06 recreation budget and the estimated share of the Forest Parks are shown in the following table by main budget head. It is estimated that income of £655,000 will off-set the total budget shown.

		£
	Total recreation budget	Forest parks budget (estimated)
Staff costs	779,903	616,531
Materials	65,596	52,390
Local overheads	228,642	183,625
Central overheads	157,478	133,617
Other operating costs	256,401	215,878
Total	1,488,020	1,202,041

Gun Crime

Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland of all the recorded gun crime in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years, how many offences were carried out using (a) legally and (b) illegally held firearms; and if he will make a statement. [2188]

Mr. Woodward: The Chief Constable advises that the PSNI's records as held do not differentiate between legally held and illegally held firearms used in the commission of offences.

The following table shows the numbers of offences involving the use of firearms and recorded by offence type for each of the years 2001–02 to 2004–05 inclusive.
Offences recorded, involving the use of firearms, by offence type, in each of the years shown

Offence type	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05
Class 1: Offences against the person	402	383	307	283
Murder/attempted murder	72	99	29	48
Threat or conspiracy to murder	28	18	18	13
Wounding with intent/GBH with intent	112	118	120	74
Wounding/GBH	39	22	14	18
AOABH/aggravated assault/common assault	66	44	65	66
Intimidation	40	46	42	40
Firearms offences endangering life	43	35	19	24
Other offences against the person	2	1	0	0
Class 2: Sexual offences	2	0	0	0
Class 3: Burglary	10	14	10	13
Class 4: Robbery	609	679	484	325
Business robbery	494	564	384	259
Personal robbery	77	66	62	47
Hijacking	38	49	38	19
Class 5: Theft	0	0	1	1
Class 6: Fraud and forgery	0	0	0	0
Class 7: Criminal damage	136	86	191	236
Class 8: Offences against the state	22	24	12	35
Firearms offences	19	20	11	35
Other offences against the state	3	4	1	0
Class 9: Other notifiable offences	12	6	7	7
Total offences	1,193	1,192	1,012	900

Notes:
1. These figures relate to offences where a firearm was involved in the incident—it is not known how the firearm was actually used.
2. Included within the firearm category are handguns, shotguns, rifles, air guns and imitation firearms.
Source:
Central Statistics Unit, PSNI





 
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Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) injuries and (b) fatalities associated with air guns have occurred in each district police command area in each year since their formation; and what prosecutions have occurred as a result. [2266]

Mr. Woodward: The Chief Constable advises that the PSNI does not hold the information in the form requested. However, he has provided three separate statistical tables (covering the years 2001–02 to 2004–05 inclusive) which show (a) offences involving air guns recorded by district police command units; (b) violent offences involving air guns recorded by district police command unit; and (c) offences involving air guns cleared by the police.
(A) Offences recorded by the police where an air gun was involved in the incident⁽¹⁴⁾—Overall crime

District Command Unit	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05
Antrim	3	3	5	8
Ards	7	12	16	16
Armagh	0	2	0	2
Banbridge	2	1	1	5
East Belfast	12	4	10	11
North Belfast	4	3	7	12
South Belfast	1	5	3	1
West Belfast	8	3	42	21
Ballymena	10	2	1	2
Ballymoney	1	0	0	1
Carrickfergus	9	2	18	19
Coleraine	2	3	8	18
Cookstown	1	0	3	1
Craigavon	10	3	6	31
Castlereagh	18	4	5	2
Dungannon and South Tyrone	1	1	4	1
Down	4	1	7	14
Fermanagh	2	2	0	1
Foyle	1	0	1	13
Larne	10	0	4	19
Limavady	1	1	9	16
Lisburn	10	5	1	5
Magherafelt	2	1	0	3
Moyle	0	0	1	1
Newtownabbey	2	12	17	26
North Down	5	3	5	10
Newry and Mourne	14	11	6	13
Omagh	2	3	3	9
Strabane	0	3	3	2
Northern Ireland	142	90	186	283

⁽¹⁴⁾ These figures relate to offences where an air gun was involved in the incident—it is not known how the air gun was actually used.
Source:
Central Statistics Unit, PSNI.





 
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(B) Offences recorded by the police where an air gun was involved in the incident⁽¹⁵⁾—Violent crime (offences against the person, sexual offences and robbery)

District Command Unit	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05
Antrim	2	2	2	4
Ards	2	0	4	3
Armagh	0	0	0	1
Banbridge	0	0	0	0
East Belfast	2	1	1	5
North Belfast	0	3	1	4
South Belfast	1	1	0	1
West Belfast	3	1	3	0
Ballymena	3	0	0	1
Ballymoney	0	0	0	1
Carrickfergus	3	1	1	3
Coleraine	1	0	2	4
Cookstown	1	0	1	1
Craigavon	1	2	3	9
Castlereagh	3	2	2	1
Dungannon and South Tyrone	0	1	0	0
Down	1	1	3	1
Fermanagh	1	2	0	0
Foyle	0	0	0	3
Larne	2	0	1	4
Limavady	0	0	1	2
Lisburn	3	2	1	1
Magherafelt	0	0	0	2
Moyle	0	0	1	0
Newtownabbey	0	2	5	4
North Down	1	1	0	3
Newry and Mourne	4	2	1	2
Omagh	1	2	1	2
Strabane	0	0	0	1
Northern Ireland	35	26	34	63

⁽¹⁵⁾ These figures relate to offences where an air gun was involved in the incident—it is not known how the air gun was actually used.
Source:
Central Statistics Unit, PSNI.




(C) Offences cleared by the police where an air gun was involved in the incident⁽¹⁶⁾—Overall crime by method of clearance

District Command Unit	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05
Charge/summons	5	1	7	8
Adult caution/informed warning	2	3	1	2
Juvenile restorative caution/informed warning	4	4	4	10
Offender under age	0	1	1	7
Complainant declined to prosecute	12	7	12	22
DCU commander/DPP/PPS direct no prosecution	3	1	1	6
Otherwise disposed of	0	0	0	1
Total	26	17	26	56

⁽¹⁶⁾ These figures relate to offences where an air gun was involved in the incident—it is not known how the air gun was actually used.
Note:
Of the 701 crimes recorded during the last four years, 125 have been cleared.
Source:
Central Statistics Unit, PSNI





 
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