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School Meals

Mr. Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what percentage of pupils in post-primary level schools in each of the education and library board areas in Northern Ireland received free school meals in 2005. [59367]

Angela E. Smith: The requested information is as follows:
Post-primary pupils receiving free school meals in 2005

Education and library board	Average percentage
Belfast	17.2
Western	20.8
North-Eastern	10.4
South-Eastern	10.2
Southern	16.2
Northern Ireland	14.9

Schools (Extended Hours)

Dr. McCrea: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many schools in each Northern Ireland parliamentary constituency offer extended hours from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. [58119]

Angela E. Smith: My Department does not currently hold the information requested and it could only be obtained within the timescale for reply at disproportionate cost. However, an important aspect of the 'Extended Schools' element of the Children and Young People Funding Package will be a baseline survey in order to identify exactly how many schools in Northern Ireland currently offer an extended school service.

Serious Organised Crime

Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assessment he has made of the involvement of paramilitary groups in serious organised crime. [57682]

 
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Mr. Woodward: The eighth report of the Independent Monitoring Commission, published on 1 February 2006, provided a clear assessment of the activities of all paramilitary groups up to the end of November. The latest report, published on 8 March, stated that PIRA no longer pose a paramilitary threat.

Speeding Fines

Mr. Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much revenue was generated by speeding fines in Northern Ireland for the 12-month period ended 31 December (a) 2004 and (b) 2005. [57677]

Mr. Woodward: The revenue generated by speeding fines in the years requested is as follows:

	Fixed penalty notices (Number)	Fine levied per FPN (£)	Revenue generated (£)
2004	12,016	60	720,960
2005	11,515	60	690,900

Statistics and Research Agency

Sammy Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether students working in the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency are paid for bank holidays. [57846]

Mr. Hanson: I can confirm that full-time one year placement students employed by the Department of Finance and Personnel are paid for bank holidays.

Sammy Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland pursuant to the answer of 16 January 2006, Official Report, column 990W, on the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, for what reasons the interviewers are employed under terms and conditions different from those of other part-time staff of the agency. [58060]

Mr. Hanson: Survey interviewers are fee-paid staff employed under a non-guaranteed hours contract. Their terms and conditions reflect the nature of the work they undertake.

HOME DEPARTMENT

Alcohol-related Offences

Mr. Kemp: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many fixed penalty notices were issued for (a) consumption of alcohol by and (b) selling alcohol to under age people in (i) Sunderland city council area and (ii) Houghton and Washington, East constituency in each of the last five years. [57687]

Paul Goggins: It is not possible to identify the number of penalty notices for disorder issued in the Sunderland city council area and Houghton and Washington, East constituency area because centrally available data are for police force areas and are not broken down to that level of detail.
 
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Mr. Wills: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many fixed penalty notices were issued in Swindon for alcohol-related offences between 12 November and 24 December (a) 2004 and (b) 2005. [57379]

Paul Goggins: It is not possible to identify the number of penalty notices for disorder issued in Swindon because centrally available data are for police force areas as a whole and are not broken down to that level of detail.

Animals in Research

John Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individual animals were used in regulated procedures under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in 2004–05. [57366]

Andy Burnham: The latest statistical information for England, Scotland and Wales is available in the 'Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals Great Britain2004 (Cm 6713)'. Information relating to the number of animals used for scientific procedures can be found in Table 1a. As the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 is administered by the Home Office for England, Wales and Scotland the data in the 'Great Britain' report is not broken down into the constituent geographical areas. Provision of the separate data for England, Scotland and Wales has, therefore, required a special exercise. The figures provided in the table are our best estimate of the number of animals used in each area and may be subject to a margin of error because our systems are not set up to provide a breakdown of data along the lines requested. The figures are as follows:

Country	Number of animals
England	2,378,920
Scotland	391,034
Wales	8,738
Total	2,778,692

Statistical information for Northern Ireland is published separately in the Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals Northern Ireland. The 2004 statistics for Northern Ireland will be published shortly.

Asylum Seekers

Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum seekers had been receiving National Asylum Support Service support on 31 December 2005 for more than (a) three months, (b) six months, (c) one year and (d) two years. [58201]

Mr. McNulty: Information on the period of time an asylum seeker or unsuccessful asylum seeker is supported by the National Asylum Support Service (NASS) is not centrally collected.

The numbers of asylum seekers supported by NASS are published on a quarterly and annual basis and show the numbers supported on that day only.
 
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Asylum seekers may receive support while their initial claim is being decided. Once a decision is made on a claim, support for single applicants and childless couples is terminated.

Families with children under the age of 18 continue to receive support even if their claim is determined as unsuccessful. The most recent publication covering the fourth quarter of 2005 and further historical publications are available on the Home Office Research Development and Statistics website at: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration1.html

Bashkim Bushati

Tony Baldry: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when Bashkim Bushati, reference B1022306, in HMP Bellingdon will be deported from the United Kingdom. [57790]

Mr. McNulty: Mr. Bushati was deported from the United Kingdom on 8 March.

Cell Sharing

Mr. Bellingham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners have been doubled-up in cells meant for one inmate at each prison for each of the last 36 months; and if he will make a statement. [57769]

Fiona Mactaggart: The tables which highlight the information that is available for the last 36 months on the number of prisoners held doubled" in accommodation designed for one prisoner will be placed in the Library.

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