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Dentistry
Mr. Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many dentists were operating under the NHS in Northern Ireland in (a) 1994 and (b) 2004. [29882]
Mr. Woodward: Information requested is provided in the following table.
Source:
General practitioner figures—Central Services Agency Hospital and Community Based—HRMS
Departmental Sickness Absences
Dr. McCrea: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many working days were lost due to sickness absence in the Department of Health and Personal Social Services in each of the last five years. [30767]
Mr. Woodward: The number of working days lost in the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety as a result of sickness absence in the last five years is detailed as follows.
| Financial year | Number of days lost |
|---|---|
| 2000–01 | 11,043 |
| 2001–02 | 13,313 |
| 2002–03 | 12,637 |
| 2003–04 | 12,128 |
| 2004–05 | 9,584 |
District Policing Partnership
Mr. Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much money each district policing partnership received in each year for which figures are available. [28871]
Mr. Woodward:
All DPPs, except Dungannon and South Tyrone which was established in December 2004, were established on 1 March 2003. Under schedule 3 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 the board is required to fund 75 per cent. of the expenses reasonably incurred by the council in that year in connection with the establishment of, or the exercise of functions by, a DPP. The council funds the remaining 25 per cent. The
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Policing Board has advised me that the following figures represent 100 per cent. cost of each DPP for the complete financial years.
Mr. Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much was spent on (a) advertising and (b) publishing in each year for which figures are available by each district policing partnership. [28872]
Mr. Woodward: The Policing Board has advised me that the following figures show the expenditure on advertising and publishing in each year since the establishment of each respective DPP.
Costs for publishing are not collected separately, but expenditure details are available under the heading 'PR and publications' and these are shown in the table. Expenditure in this heading may include publicity materials, PR events and other expenditure relating to advertising and 'gaining the co-operation of the public in preventing crime'.
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Mr. Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many members each district policing partnership has, broken down by (a) independent members and (b) elected members. [28873]
Mr. Woodward: Under schedule 3 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 a DPP may consist of 15, 17, or 19 members. The Policing Board has advised me of the following number of members in each current DPP.
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Mr. Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the cost was of policing each district policing partnership public meeting in each year since their formation. [28874]
Mr. Woodward: The PSNI has advised me that it does not hold the cost of policing each DPP on a central financial record. To gather this information would incur disproportionate cost.
Mr. Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the cost was of recruiting independent members in each district policing partnership in each year since their formation. [28875]
Mr. Woodward: Under schedule 3 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 the Board is required to fund 75 per cent. of the expenses reasonably incurred by the council in that year in connection with the establishment of, or the exercise of functions by, a DPP. The council funds the remaining 25 per cent. The Policing Board has advised me that the figures represent the expenditure apportioned to each DPP.
(40) The current campaign has just been completed and final costs are not yet available for the selection and interviewing stage of the recruitment process.
(41) A business case has been approved for this exercise at a total cost of £449,000.
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Mr. Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) private and (b) public district policing partnership meetings were held by each District Policing Partnership in each year for which figures are available. [28876]
Mr. Woodward: The Policing Board has informed me that it does not monitor private meetings of the DPP and no record is maintained of the number of private meetings held. The Policing Board has confirmed the following number of public meetings.
(42) The DPP in Dungannon and South Tyrone was not established until December 2004.
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