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Departmental Spending

David T.C. Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) how much his Department spent on items of art in 2004–05; [23461]

(2) when he will provide an answer to Question 23461, on departmental expenditure, tabled by the hon. Member for Monmouth on 28 October 2005. [49838]

Mr. Woodward: The Northern Ireland Office, excluding its agencies and NDPBs, did not procure any items of artwork, during the 2004–05 financial year.
 
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Departmental Telephone Numbers

Anne Milton: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the (a) 0800, (b) 0845 and (c) 0870 telephone numbers for the public administered by (i) his Department and (ii) agencies which report to him. [56532]

Mr. Hain: The following telephone numbers for the public are administered by the Northern Ireland Office.

Telephone number	Name
0800 3160258	Family Care Line, Maghaberry Prison
0800 1070345	Family care Line, Magilligan Prison
0800 3160189	Family care Line, Hydebank Wood Young Offenders Centre and Prison
0845 2470002	Northern Ireland Prisoner Release Victim Information Scheme

Employment Statistics

Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) EU and (b) non-EU citizens were working in Northern Ireland in each of the last 30 years. [55562]

Angela E. Smith: The information on EU and non-EU citizens is not available; however, the Labour Force Survey can be used to provide estimates of the number of people in employment in Northern Ireland by respondent nationality. These estimates are only available on a consistent basis for European Union countries from 1994 onwards.
Employment in NI by EU and non-EU nationality

	EU nationality(25)	Non-EU nationality
1994	605,000	(26)3,000
1995	625,000	(26)4,000
1996	648,000	(26)3,000
1997	672,000	(26)4,000
1998	677,000	(26)4,000
1999	684,000	(26)3,000
2000	671,000	(26)2,000
2001	696,000	(26)5,000
2002	708,000	(26)5,000
2003	736,000	(26)6,000
2004	704,000	8,000
2005	731,000	(26)6,000

⁽²⁵⁾ EU Nationality—Figures for 1994 refer to EU12 countries: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and UK. Figures for 1995–2004 refer to EU15 countries: EU12 plus Austria, Finland and Sweden. Figures for 2005 refer to EU25 countries: EU15 plus Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovak Republic and Slovenia.
⁽²⁶⁾ Estimates are based on small sample sizes and are therefore subject to a higher than usual degree of sampling variability. They should therefore be treated with caution.
Source:
Labour Force Survey, spring quarters.




 
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Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many and what percentage of people were employed in the (a) public and (b) private sector in each (i) ward, (ii) county and (iii) constituency in Northern Ireland in each of the last 20 years. [55566]

Angela E. Smith: The information requested is not available.

However, estimates of the number of employee jobs in the public and private sector by parliamentary constituency area are available from the Census of Employment on a biennial basis from September 1997 and the most up to date figures relate to September 2003. Estimates of the number of employee jobs in the public and private sector in each parliamentary constituency area in Northern Ireland between September 1997 and September 2003 are shown in the following table 1. A further breakdown of this information by county or ward is not readily available.
Table 1: Number of employee jobs⁽²⁷⁾ in the public and private sector in each parliamentary constituency area in Northern Ireland between September 1997 and September 2003

	September 1997		September 1999		September 2001		September 2003
Parliamentary constituency area	Public	Private	Public	Private	Public	Private	Public	Private
Belfast east	13,660	24,752	13,049	26,267	13,250	27,376	13,769	26,133
Belfast north	14,091	26,815	14,376	27,800	13,906	28,955	15,099	29,127
Belfast south	32,174	48,611	28,703	55,193	29,409	60,759	31,057	63,406
Belfast west	14,408	16,108	14,317	17,089	14,882	17,516	16,787	16,891
East Antrim	4,780	15,684	4,734	16,767	4,742	17,033	4,921	15,516
East Londonderry	7,956	18,870	8,177	20,671	8,372	21,078	9,189	21,557
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	9,757	19,868	9,991	21,698	9,427	22,797	9,762	24,328
Foyle	13,002	24,065	13,620	24,928	13,821	25,242	14,859	25,821
Lagan Valley	9,594	22,365	10,197	23,987	9,509	26,316	10,151	26,483
Mid-Ulster	5,327	15,473	5,475	17,296	5,680	18,574	5,893	20,172
Newry and Armagh	12,403	17,971	12,442	20,346	12,907	22,209	13,789	23,670
North Antrim	8,856	24,208	9,186	26,077	8,818	26,750	9,631	27,819
North Down	5,602	15,104	5,655	15,963	5,925	15,930	6,304	16,271
South Antrim	10,564	24,110	9,877	26,390	11,488	27,564	12,056	27,645
South Down	6,753	15,464	7,070	17,128	7,046	17,779	7,665	17,582
Strangford	8,343	16,893	8,776	18,096	9,356	18,227	9,822	18,359
Upper Bann	10,433	27,865	10,728	29,053	11,354	28,566	12,496	28,624
West Tyrone	9,232	14,297	9,115	15,283	9,320	15,650	9,988	16,203
Northern Ireland	196,935	388,523	195,488	420,032	199,212	438,321	213,238	445,607

⁽²⁷⁾ Figures exclude agriculture but include animal husbandry service activities and hunting, trapping and game propagation.
Source:
Census of Employment, DETI





 
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Housing

Mr. Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much was spent on repairs and maintenance of domestic properties by (a) Northern Ireland housing associations on average and (b) the Northern Ireland Housing Executive during 2005. [55790]

Mr. Hanson: The information is not available for the calendar year 2005 but for the financial year, 2004–05. The figures were as follows:

Northern Ireland Registered Housing Associations repair and maintenance costs £129 million for 26,289 properties, an average of £489 per dwelling.

The Northern Ireland Housing Executive repair and maintenance costs £84.7 million for 98,000 properties, an average of £864 per dwelling.

Mr. Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many empty houses owned by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive were demolished in each of the last three years. [56354]

Mr. Hanson: The table details the numbers of demolished domestic properties for each of the last three financial years.

	Number of demolitions(28)
2003–04	1,284
2004–05	1,348
2005–06(29)	666

1 This includes properties acquired by NIHE within redevelopment areas.
⁽²⁸⁾ As at December 2005.

Mr. Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when the improvement works to Housing Executive properties at Ballygallin Park, Coleraine which were scheduled for the financial year 2006–07 are expected (a) to begin and (b) to be concluded. [55156]

Mr. Hanson: The Housing Executive is at present examining two options to take forward the development of Ballygallin Park, Coleraine. A decision on the nature and content of the scheme will be made in the next 2–3 months.

Mr. Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many Northern Ireland Housing Executive tenants were prosecuted for non-payment of rent in each of the last five years. [55786]

Mr. Hanson: The following table details the number of prosecutions initiated by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive in each of the last five years.

	Notice seeking possession (through magistrates court)
2000–01	1,999
2001–02	2,594
2002–03	3,885
2003–04	3,925
2004–05	2,699

 
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