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Dangerous Wild Animals

Mr. Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what representations his Department has received regarding the possible introduction of a dangerous wild animals Act in the last three years. [55155]

David Cairns: The Department of the Environment has no record of any representation relating to dangerous wild animals in the last three years.


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Departmental Staff

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the guidelines are for filling vacancies in (a) each Department in Northern Ireland and (b) the Northern Ireland Office while a grievance procedure relating to the filling of the same vacancy is ongoing. [74478]

Mr. Hanson: The filling of specific vacancies is generally carried out through the “Trawl” procedure whereby individuals apply for posts against specified criteria. If an individual is short listed out they have 10 days to appeal. Once the appeal decision has been made the competition can proceed.

There is no distinction on the operation of “Trawls” between Northern Ireland Civil Service Departments and the Northern Ireland Office.

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many staff in (a) each Department and (b) the Northern Ireland Office did not achieve an acceptable mark in their annual report in each of the last three years; and what percentage this represented of the total number of staff in each case. [75084]

Mr. Hanson: The information below shows the number of staff, by Department, awarded a box 4 or box 5 in 2003-04 and 2004-05. Information on box markings for 2005-06 will not be available until after December 2006.

Figures for Departments which have less than five box 4/5 markings have not been included on the basis of confidentiality.

2003-04( 1)
Department Number of box 4/5 Total box marks Percentage of box 4/5

DARD

7

3,182

0.2

DFP

8

2,712

0.3

DOE

6

1,853

0.3

DSD

35

7,311

0.5

NIO

13

1,647

0.8

Total

90

23,743

0.4

(1) NICS data based on the 92 per cent. of box markings on the database at December 2004. NIO data based on the 91 per cent. of box markings on the database at May 2005.
Note:
OFREG and HSENI excluded from DETI.

2004-05( 1)
Department Number of box 4/5 Total box marks Percentage of box 4/5

DARD

15

3,136

0.5

DFP

16

2,772

0.6

DOE

8

2,045

0.4

DRD

11

2,758

0.4

DSD

35

7,454

0.5

NIO

14

1,706

0.8

Total

105

24,294

0.4

(1) NICS data based on the 92 per cent. of box markings on the database at December 2005. NIO data based on the 92 per cent. of box markings on the database at April 2006.
Note:
OFREG and HSENI excluded from DETI.

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Dogs

Mr. Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many dog attacks on people have been reported in each of the last five years in Northern Ireland, broken down by local authority. [52989]

David Cairns: The number of reported dog attacks on people in Northern Ireland, broken down by councils, for the last available five year period 2000 to 2004 is detailed in Table 1.

Table 1: Dog attacks on people in Northern Ireland
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Antrim

15

17

16

18

25

Ards

6

17

20

26

34

Armagh

26

31

37

25

46

Ballymena

8

18

40

21

16

Ballymoney

6

1

9

9

10

Banbridge

28

16

23

12

22

Belfast

121

126

96

97

98

Carrick

19

21

11

18

12

Castlereagh

31

35

17

28

22

Coleraine

35

45

52

39

42

Cookstown

3

2

3

7

5

Craigavon

9

5

8

15

24

Derry

80

109

133

86

117

Down

14

39

48

57

57

Dungannon

25

13

22

13

10

Fermanagh

29

20

27

26

30

Larne

9

0

6

2

0

Limavady

19

33

26

20

19

Lisburn

85

30

40

40

54

Magherafelt

3

4

2

7

4

Moyle

9

8

3

10

5

Newry

23

16

22

15

13

Newtownabbey

59

42

39

31

52

North Down

64

48

24

40

52

Omagh

12

13

2

8

14

Strabane

3

21

6

27

Grand total

741

730

732

697

783

Source:
Annual Statistics: All Councils

Mr. Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many dogs have been destroyed under an order in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years. [53002]

David Cairns: The number of dogs destroyed under the Dogs (Northern Ireland) Order 1983 for each of the last full years from 1999 to 2004 is detailed in the table. Figures are not available for years before 1999.

Dogs destroyed in Northern Ireland( 1)
Total number of dogs destroyed

1999

6,965

2000

5,882

2001

4,664

2002

4,534

2003

4,132

2004

3,371

(1 )Annual statistics: all councils.

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