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Taxation

Mr. Randall: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how much revenue was raised from personal taxation from those resident in the constituency of Uxbridge in (a) 1997 and (b) the last financial year for which figures are available; [53634]

(2) how many workers living in (a) Uxbridge and (b) the London borough of Hillingdon pay income tax at (i) the basic rate and (ii) the higher rate. [53641]

Dawn Primarolo: Estimates of total income tax revenue at constituency level are unavailable.

Published information on the number of taxpayers and their mean and median total income by constituency and by borough and district or unitary authority can be found in tables 3.15 Total Income by Parliamentary Constituency" and 3.14 Total income by borough and district or unitary authority" on the HM Revenue and Customs internet website:

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/income_distribution/menu-by-year.htm#315. The latest year for which these figures are available is 2003–04.

A breakdown by tax bands is not available because the sample sizes for marginal rates at these levels of geography are very small and demonstrate a large variability year on year.

Terminology Definitions

Mr. Harper: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what definition he uses of the terms (a) non-budget expenditure and (b) non-voted expenditure. [53670]

Mr. Des Browne: The term Non-budget" expenditure is used in Supply Estimates to describe departmental spending that is not included within the Treasury spending control aggregates (Departmental Expenditure Limits (DEL) and departmental Annually Managed Expenditure (AME)) As an example, grant-in-aid from a department to a non-departmental public body is normally treated as non-budget (it is the actual spending of the NDPB that is in budgets).

Non-voted expenditure is a term used to describe public spending that is not voted by Parliament through the Supply Estimates process. As an example, the expenditure of non-departmental public bodies is normally non-voted.

NORTHERN IRELAND

R" Drivers

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many R drivers in Northern Ireland have been (a) issued with fixed penalty fines for excess speed, (b) prosecuted for excess speed, (c) prosecuted for careless driving and (d) involved in fatal road traffic accidents in each of the last five years. [53191]


 
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Mr. Woodward: The information requested about restricted drivers in relation to fixed penalty fines, excess speed prosecutions and fatal road traffic accidents is detailed in the following tables. It is not possible to provide figures for the number of restricted drivers prosecuted for careless driving.
Table 1: Number of endorsable fixed penalty notices issued for excess speed to restricted drivers in each of the last five years

Number of FPNs issued
200174
200269
200374
200475
2005147
Total439

Table 2: Number of restricted drivers prosecuted for exceeding 45 mph during the period 1999–2003(2003 being the most up-to-date data presently available)

Number prosecuted
1999160
2000124
200157
200237
200344
Total422

Table 3: Number of restricted drivers involved in fatal road traffic collisions during the period 2000–04(2005 data currently unavailable)

Number prosecuted
200012
200113
20026
200310
20047
Total48

Alcoholism

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people in Northern Ireland received treatment for alcoholism in each of the last 10 years. [53137]

Mr. Woodward: The information is not available in the form requested. However a census of treatment services carried out for the first time on 1 March 2005 reported 3,074 individuals in treatment for alcohol-only misuse across Northern Ireland.

Ambulance Service

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the average journey time was for ambulances stationed at the Craigavon area hospital to respond to emergency calls in its catchment area for the last period for which figures are available; and on how many occasions this average has been exceeded by more than 50 percent. in each of the last 10 years. [53136]

Mr. Woodward: The information is not available in the format requested. However, the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) has advised that, in the
 
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month of January 2006, the average response time for ambulances based at Craigavon area hospital was nine minutes and 29 seconds.

Prior to 2004, NIAS systems did not support analysis of response times by individual station. Since 2004, the number of times in each calendar year that response times from Craigavon exceeded the average by more than 50 percent, is set out in the following table.
Total callsNumber of calls with response time greater than 14 minutes and 15 seconds
20042,029189
20052,967289
200623328

Bankruptcies

Mr. Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate he has made of the number of (a) personal and (b) company bankruptcies in (i) Northern Ireland and (ii) each Northern Ireland constituency in each of the last three years. [52982]

Angela E. Smith: The following table shows the number of bankruptcies and compulsory liquidations in Northern Ireland in each of the last three financial years.
Year ending
31 March		Number of bankruptcies (personal")Number of
compulsory liquidations
(company bankruptcies")		Total for year
200335067417
200458284666
200568572757

In the year ending 31 March 2004, the number of bankruptcies increased from the previous 10 years average of 384 to 582. In view of this, the Official Receiver, for the first time, attempted to estimate the number of bankruptcies and compulsory liquidations expected in the following year. His estimate was that the total number would be 700. The actual total for that year was 757.

The information is not held by Northern Ireland constituency and is therefore not readily available in the format requested.

Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education

Mr. Dodds: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the (a) full-time and (b) part-time campus and outreach centres of the Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education; and what the funding allocated to each was in the last year for which figures are available. [51818]

Angela E. Smith: In 2004–05 the Institute received £28.6 million in funding from the Department for Employment and Learning. The Institute does not allocate specific funding to sites, but to Departments and Subject Areas.

The details of full-time and part-time campus and Outreach centres are as follows:

Sites which deliver courses on a full-time basis


 
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Sites which deliver courses on a part-time basis

North Belfast


 
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Shankill

West Belfast


 
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East Belfast


 
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South Belfast


 
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Mr. Dodds: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the date was of the latest Equality Impact Assessment carried out by the Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education regarding its distribution of services in terms of their (a) physical location and (b) community impact. [51819]


 
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Angela E. Smith: The Belfast Institute's equality scheme was approved by the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland in 2002 and a timetable for the commencement of impact assessments by the institute was agreed with the Commission in December 2004.

These are:

The assessments will consider the effect of the institute's policies across a range of factors.

Mr. Dodds: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the community background is of (a) senior managers, (b) lecturers, (c) cleaning staff, (d) catering staff and (e) security staff employed by the Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education. [51820]

Angela E. Smith: The community background of the staffing groups in Belfast Institute is as follows:
Protestant
 Roman Catholic
 Not declared
Job groupNumberPercentageNumberPercentageNumberPercentage
Senior Management84784716
Permanent Lecturers2314921745378
Part-time Lecturers4365431940516
Cleaning2764153600
Catering107142900
Security945945210

Mr. Dodds: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many basic skills courses are run by the Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education on each campus; and how many clients attended each course in the latest period for which figures are available. [51823]

Angela E. Smith: During the 2004–05 academic year Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education ran essential skills classes at two Campuses: Tower Street and Millfield. At Tower Street, there were two classes attended by 28 learners and at Millfield four classes, attended by 36 learners. The Tower Street campus also co-ordinated further provision through the following outreach centres:

Centre/location		Number
of classes		Total number
of learners
East Belfast Community Centre116
Shankill Women's Centre17
Riddell Adult Education Centre234
Spectrum Centre229
College Square East491
Brunswick Street121
Whiterock228
Chichester Avenue237
Ligoniel Family Centre110
Mountvernon Residents112
Woodlands Pay Centre12
Wolfhill Centre110
Employers Premises134
Donegal Pass Youth Club114
Taughmonagh Primary School13
Dunlewey Street222
Springvale15
Salvation Army, Albert Square210
Extern Community Services219
Give and Take230
Maghaberry Prison260
Hydebank Young Offenders Centre468
Thiepval Barracks120
Parkmore17
Unison (Royal Hospital)341
Sandy Row Prisoner's Centre110
Morning Star Hostel19
Total44649

Mr. Dodds: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much money the Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education receives for training from the Department of Employment and Learning. [51824]

Angela E. Smith: The total amount of fees paid by the Department for Employment and Learning to the Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education during 2004–05 in respect of training (for Jobskills and New Deal participants) was £1,551,119.

Mr. Dodds: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many training deliverers are used by the Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education; where each is located; what courses each offers; and what the value is of each contract with training deliverers. [51825]


 
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Angela E. Smith: At the present time, the institute does not use external deliverers to provide training.

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