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Violent Offenders

Dr. McCrea: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the timetable is for legislation to require the assessment and risk management of violent offenders in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement. [16600]

Mr. Hanson: The first thematic inspection by the Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland recommended that the current non statutory multi agency sex offender risk assessment and management (MASRAM) arrangements should be placed on a statutory footing and that other dangerous violent but non sexual offenders should be included in those arrangements. My officials are currently engaged in detailed consultation with colleagues who operate the offender management procedures, both here and in England and Wales, about the implications of such a change, and I anticipate publishing draft legislative proposals by March 2006.

Mr. Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether he plans to bring forward legislation on the assessment and risk management of violent offenders in Northern Ireland. [17657]

Mr. Hanson: The first thematic inspection by the Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland recommended that the current non statutory multi agency sex offender risk assessment and management (MASRAM) arrangements should be placed on a statutory footing and that other dangerous violent but non sexual offenders should be included in those arrangements. My officials are currently engaged in detailed consultation with colleagues who operate the offender management procedures, both here and in England and Wales, about the implications of such a change, and I anticipate publishing draft legislative proposals by March 2006.

Waiting Lists

Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the longest time is that anyone in the Province has waited for radiotherapy in the last 10 years. [20075]

Mr. Woodward: Information on waiting times for radiotherapy treatment is not collected centrally.

Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the (a) average and (b) longest current waiting time is for an IVU investigation within each trust in the Province. [11081]

Mr. Woodward: This information is not collect centrally, and is not readily available from Health and Social Services Trusts.