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Electronic Human Resources Contract

Mark Durkan: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when the Department of Finance and Personnel expects to designate a company as the preferred bidder for the Northern Ireland Civil Service electronic Human Resources Contract. [24925]

Angela E. Smith: The Department of Finance and Personnel expects to designate a company as preferred bidder for the Northern Ireland Civil Service electronic Human Resources Contract by the end of November 2005.

Enzyme Disorders

Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate he has made of the number of people in the Province who suffer from enzyme disorders. [24918]

Mr. Woodward: Information on the number of people suffering from enzyme disorders is not available.

Enzyme deficiency disorders result in a very wide spectrum of clinical consequences depending on the enzyme involved.

Fuel Poverty

Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) how many people he estimates are living in fuel poverty within each Westminster parliamentary constituency in the Province; [24870]
 
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(2) if he will estimate the number of people living in fuel poverty within each district council area in the Province. [24884]

Mr. Hanson: Figures on fuel poverty are classified in terms of households rather than individual people and are collected on a district council, rather than a parliamentary constituency basis. The estimated number of people in fuel poverty based on the 2001 House Condition Survey is as follows:

District council area	Estimated number of households in fuel poverty
Antrim	6,800
Ards	7,910
Armagh	5,060
Ballymena	8,150
Bally money	4,070
Banbridge	4,680
Belfast	42,960
Carrickfergus	3,400
Castlereagh	5,650
Coleraine	6,520
Cookstown	3,610
Craigavon	13,450
Deny	13,090
Down	6,040
Dungannon and South Tyrone	3,670
Fermanagh	6,460
Larne	4,400
Limavady	4,020
Lisburn	10,570
Magherafelt	5,690
Moyle	2,170
Newry and Mourne	6,650
Newtownabbey	10,040
North Down	7,650
Omagh	5,100
Strabane	5,450
Northern Ireland total	203,260

An interim House Condition Survey was carried out in 2004 and the results of this are currently being analysed.

GCSE Qualifications

Sammy Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what percentage of (a) males and (b) females in the Province left school with no GCSE passes in each of the last 10 years. [25791]

Angela E. Smith: Figures for 2004–05 are not yet available. Figures for the previous 10 years are as follows:

	Percentage of males who left school with no GCSE passes	Percentage of females who left school with no GCSE passes
1994–95	7.5	3.4
1995–96(24)	5.0	2.3
1996–97	7.8	4.5
1997–98	7.1	3.6
1998–99	6.5	2.7
1999–2000	6.9	3.4
2000–01	7.8	3.7
2001–02	8.1	3.4
2002–03(25)	n/a	n/a
2003–04	7.3	3.9

n/a = not available
⁽²⁴⁾ Qualifications data were missing for approximately 3 per cent. of school leavers.
⁽²⁵⁾ Due to software difficulties with the schools' administrative system, the 2002/03 School Leavers' Survey had to be abandoned.



 
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Sammy Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what percentage of (a) males and (b) females in the Province achieved passes in mathematics and English at GCSE level in each of the last 10 years. [25792]

Angela E. Smith: Information is not available for 1995–96 and not yet available for 2004–05. For the other years requested the figures are as follows:
Percentage of pupils aged 15 at the start of each school year who achieved grades A*-G

Gender/Subject	1996–97	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000
Female
English	94	93	93	93
Mathematics	90	89	90	91
English and Mathematics	90	88	89	90
Male
English	86	85	86	86
Mathematics	85	83	85	86
English and Mathematics	82	80	82	83

Gender/Subject	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04
Female
English	94	93	93	93
Mathematics	91	92	91	90
English and Mathematics	90	91	90	89
Male
English	85	85	86	87
Mathematics	85	87	86	85
English and Mathematics	82	83	83	83

Hospital Beds

Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many hospital beds there are within each hospital trust in the Province dedicated to addictions treatment. [24889]

Mr. Woodward: The information requested is shown in the following table:
Number of beds in Northern Ireland designated for the treatment of addictions at 31 March 2005

Provider trust	Designated beds for the treatment of addiction
Armagh and Dungannon HSS Trust	10
Down Lisburn HSS Trust	14
Homefirst Community HSS Trust	10
South and East Belfast HSS Trust(26)	12
Sperrin Lakeland HSS Trust	7
Northern Ireland	53

⁽²⁶⁾ South and East Belfast HSS Trust and North and West Belfast HSS Trust jointly manage the 12 beds designated for the treatment of addictions.
Source:
Northern Ireland HPSS Trusts.

Illegal Waste Disposal

Sammy Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimates have been made of the tonnage of illegally dumped waste originating from the Irish Republic and deposited in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. [23083]

 
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Angela E. Smith: The Department of the Environment's Environment and Heritage Service took over responsibility for the regulation of illegal waste activity, including incidents of illegal dumping of material originating in the Republic of Ireland, in October 2002. Between that date and the end of 2004, some 250,000 tonnes of biodegradable ROI waste was detected in Northern Ireland. It is not possible to determine the year in which the waste was disposed of, so the figure cannot be broken down into annual tonnages. An updated amount to reflect the period up to end 2005 is being calculated and will be available early in 2006.

Lagan College/Millennium Primary School, Strangford

Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the total cost has been of upgrading roads and footpaths at (a) Lagan College and (b) the Millennium Primary School in the Strangford constituency. [25014]

Mr. Woodward: The chief executive of Roads Service (Dr. Malcolm McKibbin) has been asked to write to the hon. Lady in response to this question.

Letter from Dr. Malcolm McKibbin to Mrs. Iris Robinson, dated 8 November 2005:

You recently asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland a Parliamentary Question regarding what the total cost has been of upgrading roads and footpaths at (a) Lagan College and (b) the Millennium Primary School in the Strangford constituency.

I have been asked to reply as this issue falls within my responsibility as Chief Executive of Roads Service.

Following the receipt of a number of requests from various interested parties, Roads Service carried out a minor works improvement scheme at the junction of Manse Road and Glencregagh Road at a cost of £660,000.

The scheme, which was completed in 2004, included the provision of a new widened and realigned carriageway; right turn pockets at Lagan College and Glencregagh Road; improved sightlines at the Manse Road/Glencregagh Road junction; and the construction of approximately 1.3 km of new footway to provide continuous pedestrian access on Manse Road between Four Winds Roundabout and Lagan College.

Colleagues in the Department of Education (DE) have also confirmed that road improvement works were carried out at the site of the new Millennium Primary School in 2003 as a condition of the school's planning approval. These works, which were necessary to ensure satisfactory means of access in the interests of road safety and the convenience of road users, cost approximately £330,000 and were funded by DE.

Subsequent to the school opening, it became apparent that drivers were not observing the signs and road markings and that safety was being threatened by illegal overtaking manoeuvres in the vicinity of the school. To address this, Roads Service installed further traffic islands, signs, road markings and lighting at a cost of £29,000.

I hope this information is helpful.
 
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