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Pension Liabilities
Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will estimate the net present value of accrued pension liabilities in respect of (a) present and (b) former employees of his Department. [52121]
Mr. Woodward: The Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme is not an unfunded multi-employer defined benefit scheme and individual departments' pension liabilities are not available. The Cabinet Office: Civil Superannuation Resource Accounts for 2004–05 showed that the total pension liability at 31 March 2005 was £84.1 billion. The value of pension liabilities was assessed as follows:
As a result of a change in the discount rate used for calculating pension liabilities with effect from 1 April 2005, the total pension liability at 1 April 2005 increased by £10.6 billion to £94.7 billion.
Police
Mr. Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much the Police Service of Northern Ireland has spent on (a) advertising, (b) printing and (c) promotional products relating to its new non-urgent incidents telephone number. [52988]
Mr. Woodward: The costs attributed to the non-emergency number campaign, exclusive of vat, are as follows:
Mark Durkan: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what arrangements there are for monitoring membership of (a) loyal orders and (b) the Freemasons in the Police Service of Northern Ireland. [53205]
Mr. Woodward:
The Chief Constable is under a statutory obligation to require each police officer to inform him of any notifiable membership in accordance with Section 51(5) of the Police (NI) Act 2000, or indeed
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if he believes he has no notifiable membership, of that belief. Section 51(2) makes provision for the chief constable to give guidance to officers whose membership of certain organisations may be regarded as affecting their impartiality. This guidance provides a list of organisations for which membership must be notified.
Mark Durkan: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the names are of the senior management of the Police Service of Northern Ireland of grades equivalent to the Northern Ireland Senior Civil Service. [53208]
Mr. Woodward: The senior management structure in PSNI does not include grades which are equivalent to the Northern Ireland Civil Service. The names of PSNI senior management are listed on the PSNI website, www.psni.police.uk.
Mark Durkan: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether an audit has been conducted of whether there has been a neutral working environment in the Police Service of Northern Ireland in the last five years. [53211]
Mr. Woodward: A Neutral Working Environmental Audit of the police estate took place in February 2002. During this audit a specialist team inspected each PSNI property and advised area Police Commanders and/or Heads of Departments of any material that required removal under the terms of the Neutral Working Environment Policy.
A follow up audit was conducted by the team during the first quarter of 2003. Since that time the Oversight Commissioner has continued to monitor compliance and has not found any irregularities.
Mark Durkan: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what independent reviews there have been of intelligence gathering in the Police Service of Northern Ireland. [53213]
Mr. Woodward: In November 2002 Her Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary, Sir Dan Crompton, presented to the Policing Board his report A Review of Special Branch in the Police Service of Northern Ireland".
In April 2003 the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir John Stevens, published his report Stevens Enquiry 3".
In May 2003 Her Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary, Mr. David Blakey, presented to the Board his report A Thematic Inspection of Murder Investigation in the Police Service of Northern Ireland".
All three reports were concerned with the management and dissemination of intelligence within and by the Police Service of Northern Ireland.
Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much it has cost to police each district command unit in Northern Ireland since 2000. [51043]
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Mr. Woodward: DCU pay costs in 2002–03 and both DCU pay and non-pay costs for 2003–04 and 2004–05 can be found in the following table:
Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many Police Service of Northern Ireland officers have been stationed in each district command unit in Northern Ireland since 2000, broken down by rank. [51045]
Mr. Woodward: District command units (DCUs) were formed in April 2001. The number of officers stationed in each DCU since 2001, broken down by rank, has been placed in the Library.
Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many police officers are stationed at the Port of Larne, broken down by rank; and how many arrests have been made by police officers at the Port of Larne in each year since 2000. [51054]
Mr. Woodward: The Port of Larne does not have a dedicated police presence. The policing of the area is the responsibility of Larne district command unit. The present establishment of Larne DCU is as follows:
| Number | |
|---|---|
| Chief Inspector | 1 |
| Inspector | 4 |
| Sergeants | 9 |
| Constables | 52 |
| Full-Time Reserve | 9 |
The PSNI do not hold specific records for the number of arrests at the port of Larne. The arrest figures for Larne DCU from 2000 are as follows.
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| Arrests | |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 276 |
| 2001 | 215 |
| 2002 | 298 |
| 2003 | 303 |
| 2004 | 298 |
| 2005 | 339 |
Mark Durkan: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people have been externally recruited to (a) the Police Service of Northern Ireland and (b) the Royal Ulster Constabulary in each of the last 10 years, broken down by community background. [53209]
Mr. Woodward: The information is set out in the following tables:
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