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Mr. Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many children were (a) suspended for a time and (b) permanently expelled from a school in Northern Ireland in each of the past five years, broken down by education board. [12044]
Angela E. Smith: The information requested is as follows:
BELB | WELB | NEELB | SEELB | SELB | Total | |
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19992000 | 19 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 16 | 83 |
200001 | 5 | 19 | 29 | 11 | 16 | 80 |
200102 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 23 | 76 |
200203 | 18 | 12 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 70 |
200304 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 26 | 71 |
Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many pupils were responsible for (a) bullying of a pupil, (b) physical attack on staff and (c) verbal abuse of staff in each school in the South Eastern education and library board in each of the past two years. [11983]
Angela E. Smith: The Department of Education do not collect or publish this information for individual schools. Information about the reasons for the number of suspensions in each education and library board in 200203 and 200304 and for expulsions in 200304 is available on the Department's website at:
Mark Durkan: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what timetable he expects to be followed for legislation to amend the law on reasonable chastisement in Northern Ireland; whether he expects this amendment to be contained in new child protection legislation; and if he will make a statement. [12063]
Angela E. Smith: The parliamentary debates on physical punishment, which resulted in the enactment of section 58 of the Children Act 2004, have been closely followed and the possible introduction of a similar amendment in Northern Ireland is the subject of ongoing inter-departmental discussions.
Mr. Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many crimes have been committed in each of the last three years where replica firearms have been used. [11778]
Mr. Woodward: The Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland has informed me that for statistical purposes there is no distinction made between replica and imitation firearms and that all incidents of misuse are recorded as imitation firearms.
The number of crimes in which an imitation firearm was used in each of the last three years is as follows:
Number of crimes | |
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200203 | 36 |
200304 | 42 |
200405 | 24 |
Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many residential addresses there are in each (a) constituency, (b) council area and (c) postcode area in Northern Ireland. [11956]
Angela E. Smith: The numbers of residential properties in each of the Northern Ireland constituencies is set out in Table A.
The numbers of residential properties in each of the Northern Ireland council districts is set out in Table B.
Information regarding the number of residential properties in each post-code area could be obtained only at a disproportionate cost.
Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans his Department has to review arrangements for school governance in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement. [13279]
Angela E. Smith: A review of the arrangements for school governance in Northern Ireland has already commenced with a preliminary examination of the training and support programmes available for school governors and a focused review of school governance in the integrated school sector. The Department will gradually expand the review to cover a range of governance issues across all school sectors and will make proposals for change in due course.
Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the (a) average and (b) longest time taken to process and determine an application for a statement of special educational needs was in (i) Northern Ireland and (ii) each education and library board area in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [12378]
Angela E. Smith: In relation to the longest time taken, I refer the hon. Gentleman to the previous answer given to the hon. Member for Strangford on 20 June, Official Report, column 866W.
I shall write further when I receive the details from the Education and Library Boards relating to the average time.
Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many established full-time equivalent posts there are in each health and social services board for (a) speech therapists and (b) occupational therapists; and how many of those posts are vacant. [12383]
Mr. Woodward: Information requested is provided in the following tables.
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