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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.
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 |
(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 |
(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. |
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 | |
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 | |
(1 )Annual statistics: all councils. |
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