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Consultations
Mr. Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the total cost was of each consultation exercise carried out by Northern Ireland Government Departments in the last five years. [12074]
Angela E. Smith: The information sought by the hon. Gentleman is not readily available in the format requested. However, the amount spent on consultation exercises undertaken by Northern Ireland governmental Departments, including the Northern Ireland Office, between June 2001 and July 2004 is shown in the following table.
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Costello Report
Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much (a) the Department of Education and (b) each education and library board plans to spend in (i) the 2005–06 financial year and (ii) in each of the next three financial years on implementing the proposals of the Costello Report on Post-Primary Education; and if he will make a statement. [12958]
Angela E. Smith: The total resources available to the Department of Education in the current financial year and over the next two financial years for the implementation of new arrangements for post-primary education are as follows:
| £ million | |
|---|---|
| 2005–06 | 5.6 |
| 2006–07 | 7 |
| 2007–08 | 12.1 |
Of this, the following resources have been allocated to the education and library boards to enable them to support and facilitate schools in their sector to deliver the Entitlement Framework by developing collaborative arrangements with other schools and further education colleges and generally to support work by schools to prepare for the implementation of new post-primary arrangements:
| £000 | |
|---|---|
| 2005–06 | 510 |
| 2006–07(61) | 520 |
| 2007–08(61) | 535 |
(61) Planning figure
Budgets for 2008–09 have not yet been determined.
DLA
Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people are in receipt of the high rate mobility component of disability living allowance, broken down by (a) constituency, (b) council area and (c) postcode district. [11957]
Mr. Hanson:
The information requested is shown in the following tables.
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(62) Constituency is assigned using the claimant's postcode, if the postcode is missing it is not possible to assign a constituency.
All data is taken at 31 May 2005.
(63) Council area is assigned using the claimant's postcode, if the postcode is missing it is not possible to assign a council area.
All data is taken at 31 May 2005
(64) Denotes where there are less than 5 claimants in any one geographical area. Due to customer confidentiality, it is the Department for Social Developments policy not to disclose such information.
(65) Postcode district is assigned using the claimant's postcode, if a postcode is missing it is not possible to assign a postcode district.
All data is taken at 31 May 2005.
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Domestic Violence
David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many cases of domestic violence were reported to the police in Northern Ireland in (a) 1995–96, (b) 1996–97 and (c) 2004–05. [14007]
Mr. Woodward: Figures on cases of domestic violence reported to the police are only available from 2001–02 onwards. These are provided in the following table:
| Number of cases of domestic violence reported to police | |
|---|---|
| 2001–02 | 14,937 |
| 2002–03 | 15,512 |
| 2003–04 | 16,926 |
| 2004–05 | 20,959 |
DRD Retail Planning Document
Mark Durkan: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the timescale for public consultation on the Department of Regional Development's Retail Planning Policy document. [12008]
Angela E. Smith: My Noble Friend in another place (Lord Rooker) is considering the draft of Planning Policy Statement 5—Retailing, Town Centres and Commercial Leisure Developments.
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