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Departmental Staff
Mr. Spellar: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many civil servants in his Department worked from home for at least one day a week in the last year for which figures are available. [40286]
Mr. Woodward: In relation to the Northern Ireland Office this is a nil return.
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many disciplinary actions against civil servants employed in his Department (a) were commenced and (b) resulted in a sanction being applied in each of the last five years. [43490]
Mr. Woodward: The following warnings issued to NIO staff are in relation to poor attendance, performance and conduct. It is not possible to identify the number of staff where action was commenced but did not result in any warning being issued or to identify the number of staff who also received a sanction as a result of a warning being received. This could be provided only at disproportionate costs.
| Warnings | |
|---|---|
| 2005 | 25 |
| 2004 | 18 |
| 2003 | 56 |
| 2002 | 67 |
| 2001 | 31 |
Diabetes
Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland which of the Health and Social Service Boards in Northern Ireland has appointed a network manager to lead in the development of the diabetes service. [44565]
Mr. Woodward: The Northern Health and Social Services Board has identified the provision of diabetes services as an area of healthcare, which they wish to provide through a Managed Clinical Network (MCN). The framework for the development of an MCN includes the nomination of a network manager and this is included in the Board's proposal for the Diabetes MCN. The Board advises me that a network manager has not yet been identified.
To date, no other Health and Social Services Board has indicated plans to develop a Managed Clinical Network in diabetes.
Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what provision is made in Northern Ireland for counselling and psychological support for people diagnosed with diabetes; and if he will make a statement. [44566]
Mr. Woodward:
Each of the four Health Boards is aware of the need to ensure appropriate psychological and emotional support to assist people to come to terms with diabetes and having a life-long chronic condition.
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Counselling and psychological support is provided to patients by specialist diabetic nurses who are specifically trained to do so. However it is recognised that there is a lack of specialist clinical psychologists input to the process and Boards are currently taking steps to increase the level of clinical psychology support.
Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what strategy each Health Board in Northern Ireland has put in place for identifying people likely to develop (a) type 1 and (b) type 2 diabetes. [44568]
Mr. Woodward: The UK National Screening Committee has stated that there is no justification for universal (population) screening for Diabetes in the United Kingdom. However there is some support for screening population subgroups that are at a higher risk of undiagnosed diabetes and coronary heart disease. Further work is required in this area and a number of pilot projects are under way elsewhere in the UK, which would influence any decisions to introduce such screening programmes in Northern Ireland. The majority of early identification of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes will take place in primary care and there are regular reviews of patients with diabetes. This would include screening and investigation of the complications which may arise from diabetes.
Dog-fighting
Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many individuals have been prosecuted for participating in organised dog-fighting in Northern Ireland in each of the last seven years. [43755]
Mr. Hanson: Under the Welfare of Animals (Northern Ireland) Act 1972, it is an offence to cause unnecessary suffering to an animal by causing, procuring or assisting at the fighting or baiting of an animal or to take part in such an episode. Under the same Act, it is also an offence to permit or cause cruelty to animals.
The following table provides statistics for calendar years 1997 to 2003 for the number of prosecutions for the offences of causing unnecessary suffering, cruelty to animals and permitting cruelty to animals; however it is not possible to determine the type of animal involved.
Data for 2004 is not yet available.
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Educational Attainment
Sammy Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what percentage of 18-year-olds in the Northern Ireland population achieved two or more A level grades A-E in (a) 2004 and (b) 2005. [44298]
Angela E. Smith: The percentage of 18-year-olds in the Northern Ireland population achieving two or more A levels at grades A-E for the 2003/04 academic year is 38. Figures for 2004/05 will be available by March 2006.
Elderly People (Care Packages)
Mr. Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of Statefor Northern Ireland how many elderly people living in the Causeway Health Trust area in 2005 who have been assessed as requiring a care package while continuing to live in their own homes were waiting longer than one month from the assessment for that care to be delivered. [43625]
Mr. Woodward: At 30 September 2005, there were 258 people in the Causeway Health and Social Services Trust area who were in the Elderly Care Programme of Care and who were waiting in the community for five weeks or more for a care package to be delivered. This figure includes those people who were still waiting for part of a domiciliary care package to be delivered, unless the element awaited was not substantial.
Fixed Penalties (Speeding)
Mr. Dodds: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many fixed penalty notices for speeding were issued in each (a) district council area and (b) parliamentary constituency area in Northern Ireland in each year since 2002; and how many such notices were issued where the offence was detected by a traffic camera in each year. [42414]
Mr. Woodward: The Police Service of Northern Ireland do not record statistics by council area or parliamentary constituency, but by district command unit. The following table covers the period 2002–05 and show (a) the total number of fixed penalty notices issued for speeding and (b) the number of fixed penalty notices issued for speeding following detection by mobile and fixed safety cameras.
Note:
The total number of fixed penalty notices issued for speeding includes those fixed penalty notices issued following detection by mobile and fixed safety cameras.
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