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Video Conferencing Units
Mark Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many video conferencing units are installed in (a) the Department and (b) each agency of the Department; what percentage of offices have these facilities in each case; and what plans there are to increase the number of such facilities. [18410]
Mr. Woodward: The following information refers to the Northern Ireland Office. It does not include figures for the 11 departments of the Northern Ireland Administration.
There are plans to add facilities for the Youth Justice Agency and Forensic Science.
Warm Homes Scheme
Mr. Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) what the average cost was of insulation measures fitted to date in each parliamentary constituency as part of the Warm Homes Scheme in Northern Ireland; [33070]
(2) what the average cost per heating system fitted to date has been in each parliamentary constituency as part of the Warm Homes Scheme in Northern Ireland. [33079]
Mr. Hanson: The information requested is not readily available on a parliamentary constituency basis and could be provided only at disproportionate costs. The overall average figures for Northern Ireland are as follows:
| Average cost | ||
|---|---|---|
| Financial year | Per heating system | Per insulation |
| 2001–02(52) | 2,628.48 | 349.92 |
| 2002–03 | 2,826.06 | 347.31 |
| 2003–04 | 2,991.95 | 377.33 |
| 2004–05 | 3,385.05 | 458.59 |
| 2005–06(53) | 3,675.85 | 483.67 |
(52)July to 31 March.
(53)To date.
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Mr. Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many homes had heating systems fitted as part of the Warm Homes Scheme in each year since 2001 in Northern Ireland, broken down by Parliamentary constituency. [33076]
Mr. Hanson: The information requested is as follows:
(54)This includes those households which received both heating and insulation measures.
Mr. Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many homes are waiting for (a) a heating system and (b) insulation measures to be fitted in each parliamentary constituency in Northern Ireland as part of the Warm Homes Scheme. [33077]
Mr. Hanson: The information requested is not readily available on a parliamentary constituency basis and could only be provided at disproportionate costs. The total waiting list for Northern Ireland is as follows:
| Numbers awaiting heating measures | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number awaiting insulation measures | New systems | Repairs/upgrades |
| 1,608 | 93 | 1,340 |
Mr. Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many homes in Northern Ireland had insulation measures fitted as part of the Warm Homes Scheme in each year since 2001, broken down by parliamentary constituency. [33078]
Mr. Hanson: The information requested is as follows:
(55)These columns include those households which received both heating and insulation measures.
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CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS
Data Protection
John Hemming: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what guidance she has given the courts on the size of awards for compensation for breaches of the Data Protection Act 1998. [30684]
Ms Harman: The size of any award for compensation payable for damage arising from any failure to comply with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998 is a matter for assessment by the courts, taking into account all the relevant circumstances in individual cases.
Departmental Websites
Charles Hendry: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs if she will take steps to ensure the Department's websites attain the W3C AAA standard of accessibility for people with visual and other disabilities; and if she will set a target date for this standard to be achieved by. [30970]
Ms Harman: My Department follows Government guidelines for UK Government websites. The guidelines currently require websites to meet Level A of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. They also identify a significant number of the Priority Two (AA) and Priority Three (AAA) checkpoints as best practice which Departments should aim to follow. Of the Priority Three checkpoints my Department is working to ensure that the following checkpoints in particular are adhered to by all DCA websites:
ensuring that there is sufficient contrast between foreground and background colours (P3 Checkpoint 2.2);
the provision of skip navigation (P3 Checkpoint 13.6); the provision of search facilities (P3 Checkpoint 13.7);
Human Rights Act
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what guidance she has issued on whether privately-run (a) healthcare facilities, (b) prisons, (c) care homes and (d) schools are covered by section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998. [31641]
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Ms Harman: Following the recommendation of the Joint Committee on Human Rights in its Seventh Report of Session 2003–04, the Government issued guidance to local authorities on the use of contractual conditions to ensure that services delivered on behalf of the local authority are provided in a way that takes account of the Human Rights Act 1998.
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