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NGOs

Mr. Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the (a) elected representatives and (b) members with political party links who are serving on quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisations in Northern Ireland. [52971]

Angela E. Smith: A list of elected representatives serving on public bodies in Northern Ireland at 15 February 2006 is set out in Table 1.

Those appointed to public bodies in Northern Ireland are not required to declare their political party links. However, they are asked to declare any significant political activity they may have undertaken in the five years prior to the date of their application.

A list of non elected individuals currently serving on public bodies in Northern Ireland, who, at the time of their application, declared that they had undertaken political activity in the preceding five years, is set out in Table 2.

Appointments are made solely on merit, political activity is recorded for monitoring purposes only and plays no part in the selection process.
 
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Table 1: Elected representatives serving on public bodies in Northern Ireland at 15 February 2006

Name
ElizabethAdger
AlexAttwood MLA
TimAttwood
JaniceAustin
NormanBadger
JackBeattie
RobertBeggs MLA
JonathanBell
MadelineBlack
MaryBradley MLA
PatBrannigan
AnnBrolly
CharlesBrown
WilliamBurns
ElizabethCampbell
MichaelCarten
JamesCavanagh
OliveChurch
TrevorClarke
FredCobain MLA
JamesConvery
MichaelCoogan
MichaelCoyle
MargaretCraig
LeslieCree MLA
JanetCrilly
IanCrozier
TiernaCunningham
BrendanCurran
DermotCurran
FergusDawson
GeorgeDawson MLA
DianeDodds MLA
RobinDrysdale
RobertaDunlop
MarkDurkan
GeorgeEnnis MLA
DavidErvine MLA
AllanEwart
JohnFeehan
JohnFinlay
PaulFleming
GerardFoley
LynnFrazer
ShaunGallagher
MichaelGillespie
BarbaraGilliland
PaulGivan
RobertGraham
MaryHamilton
JohnHanna
IsaacHanna
RonnieHarkness
TomHartley
ArnoldHatch
SharonHaughey
WilliamHay MLA
MichaelHenderson
MaireHendron
OliverHughes
SeanaHume
DerekHussey MLA
RossHussey
RobertIrvine
ElizabethJohnston
BertJohnston
SeanKerr
LordKilclooney MLA
Daniel De BurghKinahan
WilliamKing
DanielLavery
WilliamLeathern
AlanLeslie
AodhLewis
NaomiLong MLA
RuthLynch
LouiseMarsden
AnneMcAleenan
PatrickMcAleer
PatrickMcAvoy
JamesMcBriar
CatherineMcCambridge
PatrickMcCarthy
NelsonMcCausland MLA
NoreenMcClelland
JuniorMcCrum
PatrickMcDonnell
KathleenMcEldowney
BarryMcElduff MLA
WilliamMcFadden
AlanMcFarland MLA
ClaireMcGill
MichaelMcGimpsey MLA
PatrickMcGinn
GerryMcHugh
RobertMcKee
JamesMcKeever
MargaretMcKenzie
KarenMcKevitt
MaeveMcLaughlin
OliverMcMullan
AdrianMcQuillan
SylviaMcRoberts
JoeMiller
OliverMolloy
BarryMonteith
StephenMoore
MarieMoore
PatrickMullaghan
RobertMulligan
SeanNeeson MLA
ThomasNicholl
HubertNicholl
CarmelO'Boyle
SharonO'Brien
JohnO'Kane
EamonnO'Neill
ThomasO'Reilly MLA
WilliamPage
IanPaisley Jr MLA
EdwinPoots MLA
AnthonyQuinn
GeraldineRice
DrewRitchie
JamesRodgers
GeorgeSavage
MariaSmith
JamesSpeers
JimmySpratt
IanStevenson
RobinStirling
CharlieTosh
KennethTwyble
DineenWalker
WilliamWard
AdrianWatson
WilliamWebb
PeterWeir MLA
PhilipWeir
TerenceWilliams
AndrewWilson
BrianWilson
JimWilson MLA
SammyWilson MLA
TrevorWilson

 
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Table 2: Individuals currently serving on public bodies in Northern Ireland, who, at the time of their application, declared that they had undertaken political activity in the preceding five years

Name
LordAlderdice
JohnAnderson
ReginaldBicker
Baroness MayBlood
MartinBradley
JoeByrne
MelByrne
AnnieCampbell
VincentCampbell
AlbertCatterall
FionnualaCook
AnnieCourtney
JulianCrozier
RoyDavies
SamuelFawcett
SamFoster
FrancesGawn
UnaGillespie
JohnGilliland
ColinHarvey
NormaHeaton
JoeHendron
AnnHope
PatHume
AvilaKilmurray
ColmLarkin
JimLennon
SeamusLogan
DesmondLowry
AlasdairMacLaughlin
WilliamMontgomery
MaryMuldoon
ConnorMulholland
EamonMullan
JimMcCart
JohnMcDowell
lainMcGowan
EugeneMcGrade
EddieMcGrady
JackMcIlheron
MonicaMcWilliams
DerrickNixon
GeariodO'hEara
ColinReid
ThomasScott
DaphneTrimble
EdwardTurner
NigelWilliams
RyanWilliams
DerekYoung

NHS Procedure (Costs)

Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the average cost of an NHS hospital procedure was in each health trust in the Province in 2004–05. [49407]


 
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Mr. Woodward [pursuant to the reply, 7 February 2006, Official Report, c.1153W]: I am now able to provide the information requested.

The average cost of hospital procedures in each trust in the Province in 2004–05 was as follows:
Trust/
Hospital
Elective average
(£ per episode)
Non elective average
(£ per episode)
Day cases average
(£ per attendance)
Overall average
(unit cost £)
Altnagelvin2,0321,4175031,176
Antrim1,5421,1155161,008
Armagh and Dungannon6,7475,1335,139
BCH2,2331,6853141,170
Braid Valley5,1175,4135,403
Causeway/
United joint service—
765765
Causeway1,6851,9186291,461
Craigavon1,4731,164464971
Downe1,5101,8039461,407
Greenpark3,3864,4007502,229
Lagan Valley1,5411,5086681,173
Mater1,6831,2973501,047
Mid Ulster8401,3365701,030
Moyle3,7014,2484,238
Newry and
Mourne
1,8331,4255721,297
Royal Group2,7232,3065861,757
Sperrin Lakeland1,8751,5504941,325
Ulster1,7351,1634371,008
Whiteabbey1,8461,7944971,134




Source:
Trust HRG Returns




Osteoporosis

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the availability of treatment for osteoporosis on the NHS in Northern Ireland. [53058]

Mr. Woodward: There are a number of different interventions provided by the health service, to prevent and treat osteoporosis, including medicines such as hormone replacement therapy and dietary supplements. Patients will also be offered guidance on lifestyle interventions, such as an adequate diet of calcium and vitamin D, regular weight bearing exercise, and smoking avoidance.

The choice of any intervention in the treatment of osteoporosis is a clinical one taken in consultation with the patient and based upon the best evidence available. Key factors include the nature and stage of disease progression, the risk and benefits of treatment, the patient age and underlying co-morbidities.

Paramilitary Activity/Arms

Mr. Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people in Northern Ireland have been notified of a threat to them from paramilitary groups and terrorist organisations in each year since the signing of the Belfast Agreement in 1998, broken down by district command unit. [53067]

Mr. Woodward: PSNI advises that to collate this information would require substantial work across departments and police districts and would incur a disproportionate cost.
 
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Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate he has made of the amount of arms which remain in the ownership of each of the loyalist paramilitary groups. [53650]

Mr. Woodward: Publishing estimates of loyalist armaments would be tantamount to pre-empting the IICD's report, which it intends to hand over to the Government once its mandate is complete.

The Government expects a full report on armaments to be published when the IICD has concluded its work.


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