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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 2002	2 February 2004	1 December 2004	1 April 2005
Belfast East	50,929	50,005	48,503	53,176
Belfast North	49,937	49,114	46,008	52,853
Belfast South	49,349	49,403	46,718	52,668
Belfast West	48,153	47,183	46,054	53,831
East Antrim	54,569	54,727	53,307	58,335
East Londonderry55,466		55,260	54,759	58,861
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	63,010	62,993	61,774	67,174
Foyle	62,801	62,404	61,386	69,207
Lagan Valley	65,939	65,642	65,837	70,742
Mid Ulster	58,810	58,950	58,346	62,666
Newry and Armagh66,802		67,433	66,593	72,448
North Antrim	69,728	69,942	70,087	74,450
North Down	56,606	56,137	54,734	59,748
South Antrim	62,349	62,983	60,315	66,931
South Down	68,317	68,515	68,022	73,668
Strangford	65,558	64,796	63,882	69,040
Upper Bann	67,595	67,713	67,033	72,402
West Tyrone	56,507	55,960	54,243	60,286
Total	1,072,425	1,069,160	1,047,601	1,148,486

 
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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.

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