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Asbestos
Dr. McCrea: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will take action to stop the (a) disposal of and (b) handling of asbestos waste at Crosshill Quarry, Crumlin. [21650]
Angela E. Smith: The Department of the Environment has no legal grounds to either suspend or revoke the current waste management licence to store and handle asbestos waste at the transfer station at Crosshill. The site operator has planning permission and a valid waste management licence for the temporary storage of asbestos. The Department is currently investigating a complaint about non-compliant waste deposited within the curtilage of the site. A judicial review of the planning permission is ongoing.
Assaults
David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people have been convicted of assaulting their partner in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years. [20607]
Mr. Hanson: Statistics relating to convictions for persons who have assaulted their partner are presently not available. I anticipate however that this information will become available towards the end of next year withthe further development of the new Causeway information system.
Assets Recovery Agency
Mr. Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many cases were (a) investigated, (b) successfully concluded, (c) closed without action and (d) under investigation by the Assets Recovery Agency in Northern Ireland. [21177]
Mr. Woodward:
Information on the number of cases investigated, successfully concluded, closed without action and still under investigation this year is detailed in the following table.
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Total | 2005–06 (at 30 September 2005) | |
|---|---|---|
| Cases referred | 94 | 25 |
| Cases under active investigation | 62 | 40 |
| Cases concluded (to recovery order) | 4 | 2 |
| Withdrawn cases | 42 | 17 |
Benefit Payments
Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many Northern Ireland Housing Executive tenants are in receipt of (a) disability living allowance benefits, (b) incapacity benefit, (c) income support and (d) housing benefits, broken down by (i)district housing executive area and (ii) parliamentary constituency; and if he will make a statement. [21251]
Mr. Hanson: It is not a condition of tenancy for housing executive tenants to disclose their source of income, therefore the information requested is only available for 78 percent. of tenants who are in receipt of housing benefit.
A breakdown of benefits, as requested, received by these 78 percent. of tenants, is detailed in the following list by housing executive district area.
Information is not held on a parliamentary constituency basis.
Housing benefit is available to help people on low incomes to pay their rent. Income can be from wages or benefits or a combination of both. Of the remaining 22per cent. of housing executive tenants, there will be those in receipt of benefits but this information is not available to the Northern Ireland housing executive.
(13)DLA refers to disability allowance (care and mobility). AA refers attendance allowance.
(14)IS refers to income support JSA(IB) refers jobseeker's allowance income based PC(G) refers pension credit guarantee credit. These three benefits refer to the three categories of IS claims.
Note:
1.Claimants in receipt of IS/JSA(IB)/PC(G) may also be in receipt of AA or DLA, therefore there is an overlap with these figures.
2.Claimants in receipt of incapacity may also be in receipt of DLA.
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Cardiology
Dr. McCrea: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) doctors and (b) nurses specialising in cardiac care there are in Northern Ireland hospitals. [21365]
Mr. Woodward: The information required is provided in the table.
n/a=Not available
Notes:
1.Headcount figures for nursing staff at the Ulster hospital are approximate as some posts are shared.
2.The whole-time equivalent figures for doctors working in Antrim area hospital and Whiteabbey hospital are not available (n/a), as the headcount figure includes general consultant physicians with interest and experience in cardiac care, but who are not full-time Cardiologists.
3.WTE: Whole-time equivalent.
Source:
NI HSS trusts
Dr. McCrea: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) doctors and (b) nurses specialising in cardiac care there are in (i) Antrim AreaHospital, (ii) Royal Victoria Hospital, (iii) the Belfast City Hospital, (iv) Craigavon Hospital and (v)Altnagelvin Hospital. [21366]
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Mr. Woodward: The information required is provided in the table.
Notes:
l.The Whole-Time Equivalent figures for doctors working in Antrim Area Hospital are not available (N/A), as the headcount figure includes General Consultant Physicians with interest and experience in Cardiac Care, but who are not full-time Cardiologists.
2.WTE: Whole-Time Equivalent.
Source:
NIHSS Trusts
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