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Surplus School Places

Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how his Department estimates the number of surplus places in schools in Northern Ireland. [24037]

Angela E. Smith: I would refer the hon. Lady to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Aylesbury (Mr. Lidington) on 28 October 2005, Official Report, column 665W.

Voter Registration

Dr. McCrea: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the change in the numbers registered to vote in each Westminster constituency in Northern Ireland has been since the introduction of individual registration in each year. [21357]

Mr. Hanson: The following table shows the number of people registered to vote in each year in each Westminster constituency in Northern Ireland since the introduction of individual registration in 2002. It also includes the 1 April 2005 Register which included the 70,363 former electors who appeared in the 1 September 2004 Register but who did not appear in the register published on 1 December 2004, and were added to the register under the provisions of the Electoral Registration (NI) Act 2005.
Electorate figures since 2002

Constituency/
year
1 December 20022 February 20041 December 20041 April
2005
Belfast East50,92950,00548,50353,176
Belfast North49,93749,11446,00852,853
Belfast South49,34949,40346,71852,668
Belfast West48,15347,18346,05453,831
East Antrim54,56954,72753,30758,335
East Londonderry55,46655,26054,75958,861
Fermanagh and South Tyrone63,01062,99361,77467,174
Foyle62,80162,40461,38669,207
Lagan Valley65,93965,64265,83770,742
Mid Ulster58,81058,95058,34662,666
Newry and Armagh66,80267,43366,59372,448
North Antrim69,72869,94270,08774,450
North Down56,60656,13754,73459,748
South Antrim62,34962,98360,31566,931
South Down68,31768,51568,02273,668
Strangford65,55864,79663,88269,040
Upper Bann67,59567,71367,03372,402
West Tyrone56,50755,96054,24360,286
Total1,072,4251,069,1601,047,6011,148,486

 
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It should be noted that due to the Northern Ireland Assembly elections taking place in November 2003, the publication of the 2003 Register which would have been published on 1 December 2003 was postponed until 2 February 2004.

Youth Conferences

Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) diversionary and (b) court-ordered youth conferences have been established under the terms of Part IV of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002. [23674]

Mr. Hanson: To the end of September 2005, there have been 100 diversionary and 216 court ordered youth conferences.