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CCEA
Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when the Department for Education plans to publish the conclusions of the evaluation by the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment of its trials of pupil profiling. [21325]
Angela E. Smith: The Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) will publish annually, in or around October, reports on the trials of the Pupil Profile on an on-going basis. It has placed the reports of the 2004–05 trials and feasibility studies on its website.
Child Support Agency Management Board
Mr. Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people have been promoted to the Child Support Agency Management Board in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years; and what their religious background was. [20775]
Mr. Hanson: It is not possible to give details of the community background of staff promoted to the Child Support Agency Management Board in Northern Ireland as it is an offence under the Fair Employment and Treatment (NI) Order 1998 (subject to certain specified exceptions) to disclose information on the community background of an individual which has been obtained or used for the purposes of monitoring.
Clinical Academics
Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the change in the number of clinical academics teaching medical students in the Province has been in the last 10 years. [20047]
Mr. Woodward:
The information requested is not available for the last 10 years.
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Available figures show that there were 59 clinical academics in 2002 and the there are currently 64. The numbers are likely to increase to 68 by the end of the current academic year with the planned expansion of themedical school.
Crime Statistics
Dr. McCrea: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many young people of school age were found guilty of committing a crime in each parliamentary constituency in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. [21626]
Mr. Hanson: Conviction data is not readily available broken down by Northern Ireland constituency. The statistics included in the following table are for offenders aged 10 to 18-years, and are based on the police district command unit in which an offender's address falls.
2003 data is currently the most recent available. Figures for 1999 have not been included as they can not be compared due to changes in the recording mechanism.
(15)Data are based on the police district command unit in which an offender's address falls.
(16)The structure of police district command unit became operational in April 2001. However, for the purposes of comparability, calendar year 2000 data are also disaggregated by DCU, rather than police division.
(17)Missing data relate to those offenders for which DCU information is not available.
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Departmental Estate
Mark Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the total floor space area is of buildings (a) owned and (b) leased by (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies. [18417]
Mr. Hain: The Department owns 47 properties and leases a further 76. It is not possible to give the total floor space for all these properties except at disproportionate cost.
This answer only applies to the Northern Ireland Office and not to the 11 Departments of the devolved administration.
Departmental Expenditure
Mr. Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much his Department has spent on newspapers, magazines and periodicals in each year since 2001–02. [20530]
Mr. Woodward: This answer relates only to the Northern Ireland Office and does not include information in respect of the 11 Departments of the Northern Ireland Administration.
The following table lists the total cost of newspapers, magazines and periodicals in each year since 2001–02.
| Financial year | Cost (£) |
|---|---|
| 2004–05 | 70,706 |
| 2003–04 | 78,033 |
| 2002–03 | 78,278 |
| 2001–02 | 68,505 |
Mr. Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State forNorthern Ireland how much his Department spent on information literature, advertising and campaign material in each financial year since 2001. [19588]
Mr. Hanson: This information is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Departmental Staff
Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for NorthernIreland what assessment he has made of the (a) literacy and (b) numeracy skills of new recruits to his Department. [21000]
Mr. Woodward: All new recruits to the general grades in the Northern Ireland Office must satisfy a minimum academic standard. Other new recruits have to meet different requirements or standards relevant to the specialism of the specific post/grade.
Departmental Stationery
Mark Williams:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) what measures he has put in place to ensure that his Department meets the targets set by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to ensure that all copying paper bought by the Department is 100 per cent. recycled with a minimum of 75 per cent. post consumer waste content; and by what date this target is expected to be achieved; [18412]
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(2) what percentage of (a) copying paper and (b) paper for printed publications used by the Department in (i) 2003–04 and (ii) 2004–05 was from recycled sources; and how much post consumer waste this paper contained; [18411]
(3) what measures he has put in place to ensure that his Department meets the targets set by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to ensure thatall paper for printed publications bought by the Department is 60 per cent. recycled of which a minimum of 75 per cent. post consumer waste content; and by what date this target is expected to be achieved. [18413]
Mr. Hain: For internal printing and copying the Department uses a standard paper manufactured from 100 per cent. recycled paper with a minimum 75 per cent. post consumer waste. Instructions will be issued shortly on the quality of paper to be used in printed publication sourced outside the Department. Figures for the use of paper and its manufacturer content in 2003–04 and 2004–05 are not held and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
This answer only applies to the Northern Ireland Office and not to the 11 Departments of the devolved administration.
Mark Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the Department's main suppliers of (a) copier paper, (b) stationery, (c) envelopes and (d) paper for reports, stating in each case (i) the name of each paper used and (ii) the (A)recycled and (B) post-consumer recycled content of each paper. [18415]
Mr. Hain: The Department acquires its copier paper, stationery, envelopes and paper for reports from call off contracts established by the central procurement directorate, DFP. The five main contractors are Banner Business Supplies, Office Depot, Antalis, McNaughton and Supplies Team. The copier paper is 80g/m 2 Evolve manufactured from 100 percent. recycled paper with a minimum 75 percent. post consumer waste. Envelopes are normally 80 percent. to 100 percent. recycled with at least 60 percent. to 85 percent. being post consumer waste.
This answer only applies to the Northern Ireland Office and not to the 11 Departments of the devolved administration.
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