House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 27 Jun 2006 (pt 0026)

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DHSSPS
Financial year	Number of laptops purchased	Cost (£)	Number of mobile phones purchased	Cost (£)
1998-99	⁽⁶⁾—	—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽²⁾—
1999-2000	⁽⁶⁾—	—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽²⁾—
2000-01	⁽⁶⁾—	—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽²⁾—
2001-02	⁽⁶⁾—	—	⁽¹⁾—	⁽²⁾—
2002-03	⁽⁶⁾—	—	92	⁽²⁾—
Pre-2004-05	110	99,500	115	⁽²⁾—
2004-05	0	0	151	⁽²⁾—
2005-06	72	65,000	147	⁽²⁾—

DRD
Financial year	Number of laptops purchased	Cost (£)	Number of mobile phones purchased	Cost (£)
1998-99	⁽¹⁾—	—	0	⁽²⁾—
1999-2000	⁽¹⁾—	—	11	⁽²⁾—
2000-01	⁽¹⁾—	—	8	⁽²⁾—
2001-02	6	6,603	12	⁽²⁾—
2002-03	31	44,826	8	⁽²⁾—
2003-04	73	88,357	4	⁽²⁾—
2004-05	90	83,716	6	⁽²⁾—
2005-06	28	20,531	4	⁽²⁾—

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DSD
Financial year	Number of laptops purchased	Cost (£)	Number of mobile phones purchased	Cost (£)
1998-99	⁽¹⁾—	—	⁽¹⁾—	—
1999-2000	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	—
2000-01	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	—
2001-02	0	0	⁽¹⁾—	—
2002-03	0	0	66	⁽²⁾—
2003-04	1	1,500	88	⁽²⁾—
2004-05	10	11,000	111	⁽²⁾—
2005-06	52	52,000	128	⁽²⁾—

NIO
Financial year	Number of laptops purchased	Cost (£)	Number of mobile phones purchased	Cost (£)
1998-99	34	51,000	8	⁽²⁾—
1999-2000	68	103,500	1	⁽²⁾—
2000-01	35	54,150	3	⁽²⁾—
2001-02	31	46,202	3	⁽²⁾—
2002-03	55	80,500	7	⁽²⁾—
2003-04	51	68,000	2	⁽²⁾—
2004-05	38	58,955	5	⁽²⁾—
2005-06	58	81,486	3	⁽²⁾—
^{(1 )}Records not available. ^{(2 )}No capital cost. ⁽³⁾ Prior to 2003 DARD did not purchase mobile phones. ⁽⁴⁾ DCAL not in existence. ⁽⁵⁾ Not known. ⁽⁶⁾ Records not available on an annual basis prior to 2004-05.

Fixed Penalties

Mr. Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much was generated by fixed penalty fines in Northern Ireland for each of the past three years. [77351]

Bridget Prentice: I have been asked to reply.

Revenue generated by fixed penalty fines for each of the past three years is set out as follows.

	£
2003-04	3,474,840
2004-05	3,655,710
2005-06	3,842,790

Gastric Bypass Surgery

Mark Durkan: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what measures are in place to ensure that people in Northern Ireland who require gastric bypass surgery receive the treatment they need. [79978]

Paul Goggins: Arrangements already exist to help patients with weight-loss management at the Royal Group of hospitals and to refer those who are deemed fit for surgery to centres outside Northern Ireland for treatment. Where a consultant believes that referral is appropriate, the relevant health and social services board will fund this on an Extra Contractual Referral (ECR) basis.

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Graveyards (Vandalism)

Mark Durkan: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many convictions there have been for vandalism of headstones at graveyards in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. [79971]

David Cairns: Court statistics relating to offences against property do not include detail relating to the type of property involved, therefore, convictions for criminal damage of headstones at graveyards cannot be separately identified.

Health Trusts

Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the estimated additional cost is of establishing the proposed five new health trusts in Northern Ireland. [79997]

Paul Goggins: The establishment of the five new health and social care trusts, as with the other Review of Public Administration proposals, is intended to result in net savings. The resources released will be used to further improve the provision of front line services to the people of Northern Ireland. It is not possible at this stage to calculate precisely the level of net savings because detailed management arrangements have yet to be determined. At this initial stage, however, it is anticipated that the new Trusts will be expected to save in the order of £20 million per annum in administration costs. This will require a one off investment of approximately £40 million, consisting largely of early leaving payments.

Medical Students

Mr. Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many medical students from outside the UK and Europe Economic Area in Northern Ireland will be affected by the introduction on 3 April 2006 of the ban on universities recruiting such students where UK/EEA students are available. [80237]

Paul Goggins: No medical students from outside the UK and European Economic Area will be affected by the new immigration rules that were introduced on 3 April 2006. There is no ban on universities recruiting overseas students.

Neighbourhood and Estate Code Polygons

Mr. Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland pursuant to the answer of 8 June 2006, Official Report, column 798W, on the Valuation and Lands Agency, if he will place in the Library a copy of the technical documentation relating to the neighbourhood and estate code polygons. [78320]

Mr. Hanson: Maps and schedules of estate codes are currently being prepared and will be placed in the Library at the earliest possible date.

Prisoners

Mr. Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many mobile telephones were found in the possession of prisoners in each prison in each of the last five years in Northern Ireland. [77361]

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Paul Goggins: The number of mobile telephones found in the possession of prisoners in each prison in each of the last five years in Northern Ireland, is shown as follows:

	Maghaberry	Magilligan	Hydebank Wood
2002-03	1	0	1
2003-04	1	0	0
2004-05	1	14	0
2005-06	28	9	1
2006-07 (to date)	7	14	1
Total	38	37	3

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