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Safer Stronger Communities Fund
Mr. Dismore: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much money has been allocated to each London local authority from the Safer Stronger Communities fund. [4371]
Mr. Woolas: The Safer Stronger Communities Fund (SSCF) merges several existing ODPM and Home Office funding streams. Funding will be a minimum of £210 million in 2005–06, £220 million in 2006–07 and £230 million in 2007–08. The allocations to each London borough for 2005–6 are shown in the table.
John Hemming:
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the allocation from the Safer Stronger
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Communities Fund to each local authority in England is for financial year 2005–06, in terms of (a) total amount and (b) amount per capita, broken down by each element of the Fund. [4857]
Mr. Woolas: The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Smoke Alarms
Mr. Drew: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many and what percentage of (a) battery-operated and (b) hard-wired smoke alarms were found to be defective in dwelling fires in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. [6345]
Jim Fitzpatrick: The information requested for each year since 1994 is contained in the following table.
Notes:
1.Data exclude estimates for incidents not recorded during periods of national industrial action in 2002 and 2003.
2.Mains-powered alarms include those powered by mains only or by battery and mains.
Source:
Fire and Rescue Service FDR1 returns to ODPM.
NORTHERN IRELAND
Adult Education
Sammy Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assessment he has made of the likely impact of the level of education budget on adult education provision. [5305]
Angela E. Smith:
Under its current budget allocations, the Department for Employment and Learning continues to support a wide range of education and training provision that is accessible to adults and young people alike. This includes mainstream courses, as well as a proposed strategy for e-learning, a consultation document on which will be published in the autumn. In addition to a comprehensive programme of further education, adult
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learners are eligible for skills training and work preparation programmes, including the pilot Training for Work initiative.
Ball-bearing Guns
Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many prosecutions there were in the Province for the illegal use of ball-bearing guns in the last three years; and if he will make a statement. [5326]
Mr. Woodward: The information is not available in the form requested.
Information supplied by the PSNI shows the number of offences cleared from 2001 to 2005 where air guns, which include ball-bearing guns, were involved in the incident.
(18)These figures relate to offences where an air gun was involved in the incident—how the air gun was actually used is not recorded.
Bovine TB
Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many and what percentage of cattle in Northern Ireland are estimated to have bovine tuberculosis, broken down by constituency; and if he will make a statement. [6677]
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Angela E. Smith: In 2004–05 financial year 13,154 cattle had a positive reaction to a bovine tuberculosis test compared to 15,593 in the previous year. This represents 0.78 per cent. of the cattle in Northern Ireland. Disease incidence is not available by constituency.
There is clear evidence of a decline in the incidence of TB which is expected to continue this year. This reflects the impact of all the measures which have been introduced to deal with TB and I greatly appreciate the support of the farming industry in the implementation of these measures.
Carers' Week
Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps his Department took to mark Carers' Week 2005. [7050]
Mr. Woodward: In addition to many other events that were held across Northern Ireland in support of Carers' Week 2005, the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety organised a Carers Convention for its own staff. The aim of the Convention was to highlight the contribution made by carers and the information and support available to them in undertaking their important role. The event was staged with the direct participation of some of the key voluntary and community organisations behind Carers' Week 2005.
Classroom Assistants
Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many classroom assistants are working in schools in each Education and Library Board area in Northern Ireland; and what the equivalent figures were for each of the past five years. [5554]
Angela E. Smith: The available information in respect of the number of classroom/nursery assistants employed in each Education and Library Board area across the school sectors is detailed as follows:
(19)Board estimate as full records for 2003–04 are not available.
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The information prior to 2002–03 in respect of voluntary grammar schools and grant maintained schools is not readily available.
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