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Deafblind Children (Goverment Guidance)
Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will implement in Northern Ireland the Government guidance entitled Social Care for Deafblind Children and Adults; and if he will make a statement. [79911]
Paul Goggins: The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety is currently developing a strategic framework for services for people with a sensory or physical disability. It will consider the application of this guidance as part of the strategy development process.
Depression
Mark Durkan: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people have been diagnosed with depression in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years; and how many people diagnosed were given access to cognitive behaviour therapy. [80939]
Paul Goggins: The information requested is not available.
Donor Cards
Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people in Northern Ireland have signed up to carrying donor cards since 1999; and if he will make a statement. [80107]
Paul Goggins: It is impossible to know how many people in Northern Ireland carry donor cards. However, the following figures show the number of people in Northern Ireland who have registered with the NHS organ donor register.
| Total Northern Ireland registrations | |
Education
Mr. David Anderson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland why special schools in Northern Ireland are not permitted to move to integrated status. [78979]
Maria Eagle: Article 90 (2) of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 as amended by the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1993 and the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 prohibits special schools from attaining controlled integrated status. While it is accepted that most special schools have both Protestant and Roman Catholic children, integrated status is not appropriate for the special school sector, where developmental needs are necessarily assessed on the basis of specialised criteria, related to the individual special educational needs of the child.
Mr. David Anderson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many schools in Northern Ireland, apart from integrated schools, have 10 per cent. or more of the minority tradition enrolled; and what the figures were in each of the preceding 10 years. [78983]
Maria Eagle: The requested information is as follows.
| Number of schools | ||||
| Nursery | Primary | Post primary | Special | |
| Note: The answer is based on those schools with over 50 per cent. Protestant pupils and 10 per cent. or more Catholic pupils, and those schools with over 50 per cent. Catholic pupils and 10 per cent. or more Protestant pupils. Source: NI school census | ||||
Home Helps
Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans he has to review the working practices of home help and domestic care workers for elderly and infirm people in Northern Ireland, with special reference to Health and Safety restrictions. [81226]
Paul Goggins:
There are at present no plans to review the working practices of home help and domestic care workers for elderly and infirm people in Northern Ireland. However, the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety is currently developing regulations and minimum care standards for domiciliary care agencies.
These standards will specify minimum supervision and appraisal requirements, mandatory training requirements and safe and healthy working practices. These new regulations and standards are expected to come into effect on 1 April 2007 and will form the basis for inspections carried out by the Regulatory and Quality Improvement Authority.
House Fires
Mr. Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many house fires the Fire Service in Northern Ireland was called out to deal with where there was (a) no and (b) a faulty smoke alarm fitted during 2005. [81222]
Paul Goggins: In the period January 2005 to December 2005 there were 203 cases of house fires where a smoke alarm was not fitted and 152 cases where the smoke alarm was faulty.
Invest Northern Ireland
Mr. Donaldson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what land holdings are held by Invest Northern Ireland in each district council in Northern Ireland. [80293]
Paul Goggins: The amount of land held by Invest Northern Ireland in each of the 26 district councils in Northern Ireland is set out in the following table. It amounts to 2,803 acres (1,134 hectares).
| Council area | Acres | Hectares |
| (1 )Figures do not add precisely due to founding | ||
Lung Cancer
Mark Durkan: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many cases of lung cancer have been diagnosed in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. [80957]
Paul Goggins: Table 1 details information on the incidence of lung cancer (ICD-10 C33 and C34) in Northern Ireland for the last five years for which data was available.
| Table 1: Lung cancer incidence in Northern Ireland: 1999 to 2003 | |||||
| 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | |
This information has been provided by the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry and is the most up to date currently available.
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