House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 24 Jan 2006 (pt 43)

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Social Services (Tamworth)

Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many clients aged 16 to 19 years were seen by social services in Tamworth in each of the last five years. [36029]

Ms Rosie Winterton: Information on the number of all referrals of children and young people to social services departments is published in the Department for Education and Skill's (DfES) Referrals, Assessments and Children and Young People on Child Protection Registers" statistical volume, which is available on the DfES website at: www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/VOL/v000553/index.shtml

For clients aged 18 to 64, 2,940 new clients were assessed and 2,820 existing clients were reviewed in 2003–04 by Staffordshire council with social service responsibilities. Data for earlier years is not available on a comparable basis.

Testicular Cancer

Mrs. James: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent campaigns her Department has undertaken to raise awareness of testicular cancer. [38237]

Ms Rosie Winterton: We encourage men to be aware of the early signs and symptoms of testicular cancer. To increase awareness of testicular cancer we have collaborated with Cancer Research UK in the production of the leaflet, Testicular Cancer: Spot The Symptoms Early". The leaflet is available in all primary care settings and in 2005–06 £600,000 copies for the leaflet were produced.

Also in 2003–04 we provided £30,000 to the men's health forum to help fund their publication, the men and cancer manual. This manual gives men information, in plain English, on all cancers including testicular cancer.

NORTHERN IRELAND

A Shared Future"

Mark Durkan: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what measures he is planning to prioritise the aims and objectives of A Shared Future" in the spending plans of each Northern Ireland department. [43830]

Angela E. Smith: The measures that Departments will take to prioritise the aims and objectives of A Shared Future" will be reflected in the triennial action plan, which ill be announced by March 2006.

Departmental spending plans will further reflect the policy objectives of A Shared Future".

Mark Durkan: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what resources will be provided for implementing the Shared Future" strategy. [43831]

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Angela E. Smith: Expenditure planned in 2006–07 on community relations/good relations" activities across departments, which is about £15 million, will be specifically used to support the objectives of A Shared Future".

Administration Costs

Mr. MacNeil: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the administrative costs were of each agency for which he has responsibility in the last year for which figures are available; what the total of such costs was in that year; and whether the costs are regarded for the purposes of public expenditure statistical analyses as (a) identifiable and (b) non-identifiable. [39848]

Mr. Woodward: The administrative costs in the 2004–05 financial year for each Agency in the Northern Ireland Office are as follows:
Total administrative costs 2004–05

Agency £000

Northern Ireland Prisons Service 13,196

Compensation Agency for Northern Ireland 4,332

Forensic Science Agency for Northern Ireland 7,229

Youth Justice Agency for Northern Ireland 2,327

Total 27,084

Agency	£000
Northern Ireland Prisons Service	13,196
Compensation Agency for Northern Ireland	4,332
Forensic Science Agency for Northern Ireland	7,229
Youth Justice Agency for Northern Ireland	2,327
Total	27,084

All the costs of the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) relate to Northern Ireland" as per the public expenditure statistical analyses and are regarded as identifiable.

Mr. Salmond: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the administrative costs were of each non-departmental public body for which he has responsibility in the last year for which figures are available; what the total of such costs was in that year; and whether the costs are regarded for the purposes of public expenditure statistical analyses as (a) identifiable and (b) non-identifiable. [40056]

Mr. Woodward: The administration budgets regime which Treasury oversee is for Whitehall Departments only. This type of regime does not apply to non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs). However, information on NDPBs can be found on the public bodies database which is held on the Cabinet Office's Civil Service Agencies and Public Bodies" website http://www.knowledgenetwork.gov.uk/ndpb/ndpb.nsf. The database gives full information, summary statistics

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and analysis only for bodies sponsored by UK Government departments (this includes the Northern Ireland Office).

All the costs of the Northern Ireland Office relate to Northern Ireland" as per the Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses.

Chronic Back Pain

Mr. Pelling: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what initiatives are being taken in his Department to help civil servants with chronic back pain. [34987]

Mr. Woodward: The following initiatives are being taken in the Northern Ireland Office to help civil servants with chronic back pain

Referral to appropriate Occupational Health Services for assessment on condition and for recommendation on adjustments taking account of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.

Availability of Health and Safety Adviser, Premises Officer, Welfare Service and Disability Liaison Officer to provide appropriate advice.

Availability of an orthopaedic chair if approved by the Department's Medical Adviser.

Departmental Contracts

Mr. MacNeil: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the total value is of (a) catering and (b) entertainment contracts let by his Department; and what value of such contracts has been let in each nation and region of the UK, including London. [37475]

Mr. Woodward: For the financial year 2004–05 the value of catering contracts let in Northern Ireland was £48,000. The Northern Ireland Office has not let catering contracts in any other region of the UK. The NIO does not have any entertainment contracts.

Departmental Estate

Pete Wishart: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the former (a) buildings and (b) land of (i) his Department and (ii) (A) non-departmental public bodies, (B) agencies and (C) independent statutory bodies for which his Department is responsible which have been sold since 7 May 1997; what the sale price of each (1) was at the time of sale and (2) is at current prices; and whether the money accrued was (x) retained by his Department and (y) claimed by the Treasury. [40135]

Mr. Woodward: The information requested is as follows.

(i) Northern Ireland Office (NIO) Core Department

Sale price at:
Money accrued was:

Asset type Time of sale (1) (£) Current prices (2) (£) (x) Retained by Department (y) Claimed by Treasury

1997–98 One house 150,000 184,381 (x) —

1998–99 Four houses 417,500 496,182 (x) —

1999–2000 Two houses 169,500 198,399 (x) —

2000–01 Two houses 223,495 254,073 (x) —

2001–02 Three houses 1,798,000 2,008,614 (x) —

2002–03 Three houses 264,000 290,070 (x) —

2003–04 One house 145,000 154,837 (x) —

2004–05 14 houses 1,874,500 1,943,777 (x) —

2005–06 13 houses 3,052,500 3,052,500 (x) —

Land 56,000 56,000 (x) —

Total — 8,150,495 8,638,833 — —

(ii) (A) Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs)

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		Sale price at:	Money accrued was:
	Asset type	Time of sale (1) (£)	Current prices (2) (£)	(x) Retained by Department	(y) Claimed by Treasury
1997–98	One house	150,000	184,381	(x)	—
1998–99	Four houses	417,500	496,182	(x)	—
1999–2000	Two houses	169,500	198,399	(x)	—
2000–01	Two houses	223,495	254,073	(x)	—
2001–02	Three houses	1,798,000	2,008,614	(x)	—
2002–03	Three houses	264,000	290,070	(x)	—
2003–04	One house	145,000	154,837	(x)	—
2004–05	14 houses	1,874,500	1,943,777	(x)	—
2005–06	13 houses	3,052,500	3,052,500	(x)	—
	Land	56,000	56,000	(x)	—
Total	—	8,150,495	8,638,833	—	—

Please see following tables for the only NIO NDPBs which have sold land and buildings since 1997—the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and the Probation Board for Northern Ireland (PBNI).
PSNI

Sale price at:
Money accrued was:

Asset type Time of sale(1) (£) Current prices(2) (£) (x) Retained by Department (y) Claimed by Treasury

2001–02

Land and buildings 9,000,000 9,979,381 (x) —

2003–04

Land and buildings 500,000 524,000 (x) —

2004–05

Land and buildings 570,000 584,182 (x) —

2005–06

Land and buildings 530,000 533,861 (x) —

Land and buildings 100,000 100,000 (x) —

Land and buildings 400,000 400,000 (x) —

Land and buildings 730,000 731,890 (x) —

Total 11,830,000 12,853,691 — —

PBNI

Sale price at:
Money accrued was:

Asset type Time of sale (1) (£) Current prices (2) (£) (x) Retained by Department (y) Claimed by Treasury

2002–03 Building 275,000 303,017 (x) —

2003–04 Building 230,000 245,604 (x) —

Total 505,000 548,621 — —

	Sale price at:	Money accrued was:
Asset type	Time of sale(1) (£)	Current prices(2) (£)	(x) Retained by Department	(y) Claimed by Treasury
2001–02
Land and buildings	9,000,000	9,979,381	(x)	—

2003–04
Land and buildings	500,000	524,000	(x)	—

2004–05
Land and buildings	570,000	584,182	(x)	—

2005–06
Land and buildings	530,000	533,861	(x)	—
Land and buildings	100,000	100,000	(x)	—
Land and buildings	400,000	400,000	(x)	—
Land and buildings	730,000	731,890	(x)	—
Total	11,830,000	12,853,691	—	—

		Sale price at:	Money accrued was:
	Asset type	Time of sale (1) (£)	Current prices (2) (£)	(x) Retained by Department	(y) Claimed by Treasury
2002–03	Building	275,000	303,017	(x)	—
2003–04	Building	230,000	245,604	(x)	—
Total		505,000	548,621	—	—

(B) Agencies

Please see following table for the only NIO Agency which has sold land and buildings since 1997 Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS).
NIPS

Sale price at:
Money accrued was:

Asset type Time of sale (1) (£) Current prices (2) (£) (x) retained by Department (y) claimed by Treasury

1998–99

Land 140,000 164,766 (x) —

1999–2000

Land 115,000 133,718 (x) —

Land 25,000 29,245 (x) —

Land 5,500 6,434 (x) —

Building 30,000 34,841 (x) —

2000–01

Land 5,000 5,658 (x) —

Land 48,000 54,503 (x) —

2001–02

Land 12,250 13,614 (x) —

2002–03 —

Building 196,448 211,408 — (y)

2003–04

Land 45,000 48,000 (x) —

Total 622,198 702,187

Notes:
1. Remaining land at HMP Maze prison site was gifted to The Office of the First Minister and the Deputy First Minister (OFMDFM) in March 2003.
2. Land at HMP Belfast site was gifted to the Department of Social Development in July 2003.
3. The Youth Justice Agency transferred land and buildings, valued at £400,000, to NIPS at nil value in April 2004.

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	Sale price at:	Money accrued was:
Asset type	Time of sale (1) (£)	Current prices (2) (£)	(x) retained by Department	(y) claimed by Treasury
1998–99
Land	140,000	164,766	(x)	—

1999–2000
Land	115,000	133,718	(x)	—
Land	25,000	29,245	(x)	—
Land	5,500	6,434	(x)	—
Building	30,000	34,841	(x)	—

2000–01
Land	5,000	5,658	(x)	—
Land	48,000	54,503	(x)	—

2001–02
Land	12,250	13,614	(x)	—

2002–03				—
Building	196,448	211,408	—	(y)

2003–04
Land	45,000	48,000	(x)	—
Total	622,198	702,187

(C) independent statutory bodies

None of the NIO's independent statutory bodies have sold land or buildings since 7 May 1997.

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