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Ministerial Visits
David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many visits were made by each Minister in his Department in each of the last three years to each (a) constituency and (b) council area. [67514]
Mr. Hain: Due to ministerial changes and redistribution of portfolios during the period requested the information sought by the hon. Member can be provided only at a disproportionate cost. I can however give the hon. Member the details he seeks for the present ministerial team since they took office and this is provided in the following tables:
| Constituency visits—9 May 2005 to 2 May 2006 |
| Constituency | David Hanson | Shaun Woodward | Angela Smith | Lord Rooker |
|
North Down
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
|
Lagan Valley
|
6
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
|
Upper Bann
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
|
East Londonderry
|
4
|
2
|
8
|
1
|
|
Strangford
|
5
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
|
South Antrim
|
3
|
0
|
8
|
1
|
|
Belfast North
|
16
|
4
|
6
|
1
|
|
Belfast East
|
10
|
5
|
3
|
0
|
|
Belfast South
|
18
|
11
|
13
|
6
|
|
Belfast West
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
|
East Antrim
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
1
|
|
Foyle
|
3
|
1
|
10
|
3
|
|
North Antrim
|
2
|
0
|
4
|
3
|
|
South Down
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
|
Newry and Armagh
|
3
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
|
Fermanagh and South Tyrone
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
5
|
|
West Tyrone
|
1
|
0
|
5
|
2
|
|
Mid Ulster
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Council area visits—9 May to 2 May 2006 |
| Council areas | David Hanson | Shaun Woodward | Angela Smith | Lord Rooker |
|
Moyle
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
|
Ballymoney
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
Ballymena
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
|
Lame
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
|
Carrickfergus
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
Newtownabbey
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
1
|
|
Belfast
|
42
|
18
|
34
|
10
|
|
Castlereagh
|
5
|
4
|
1
|
2
|
|
North Down
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
|
Ards
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
|
Down
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
|
Lisburn
|
6
|
3
|
7
|
0
|
|
Antrim
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
|
Coleraine
|
3
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
|
Magherafelt
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
Cookstown
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Craigavon
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
|
Banbridge
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Limavady
|
1
|
1
|
7
|
0
|
|
Derry
|
3
|
1
|
11
|
3
|
|
Strabane
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
|
Omagh
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
|
Dungannon
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
|
Fermanagh
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
|
Armagh
|
1
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
|
Newry and Mourne
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
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Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list his visits to Northern Ireland together with the purpose and duration of each such visit since 1 January. [67597]
Mr. Hain: I refer the hon. Member to the following list of visits:
| Date of arrival | Date of departure |
|
9 January 2006
|
10 January 2006
|
|
16 January 2006
|
17 January 2006
|
|
30 January 2006
|
31 January 2006
|
|
5 February 2006
|
7 February 2006
|
|
9 February 2006
|
10 February 2006
|
|
17 February 2006
|
21 February 2006
|
|
24 February 2006
|
26 February 2006
|
|
26 February 2006
|
28 February 2006
|
|
5 March 2006
|
7 March 2006
|
|
8 March 2006
|
8 March 2006
|
|
20 March 2006
|
21 March 2006
|
|
27 March 2006
|
29 March 2006
|
|
30 March 2006
|
31 March 2006
|
|
3 April 2006
|
4 April 2006
|
|
6 April 2006
|
6 April 2006
|
|
20 April 2006
|
20 April 2006
|
|
24 April 2006
|
25 April 2006
|
|
28 April 2006
|
1 May 2006
|
Note: Reason for visits—Northern Ireland business
|
