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Street Lighting
Mr. Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what criteria are used by the Road Service when deciding on requests from those living in rural areas to have street lighting installed on main roads where there are several homes in the vicinity. [81671]
David Cairns: The Acting Chief Executive of Roads Service (Mr. Geoff Allister) has been asked to write to the hon. Gentleman in response to his question.
Letter from Mr. Geoff Allister, dated 3 July 2006:
You recently asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland a Parliamentary Question regarding what criteria are used by the Road Service when deciding on requests from those living in rural areas to have street lighting installed on main roads where there are several homes in the vicinity.
As this issue falls within my responsibility as Acting Chief Executive of Roads Service, I have been asked to reply.
The following criteria is used by Roads Service in considering requests for street lighting in rural areas:
where there is development density of at least 10 properties within a contiguous 200 metre road length;
where investigation of night-time injury accident statistics indicates that the provision of road lighting would contribute to a reduction in the number of accidents; and
where a “community” can be identified: A community would be regarded as a location which as well as having a number of residential properties within a defined length of road, also has 2 or more public buildings or amenities and which can be established as a centre where the local community gathers (each public building or amenity established as having a significant level of community gathers (each public building or amenity established as having a significant level of regular use in the evening period will be counted as the equivalent of 2 properties in assessing the justification for road lighting).
The current criteria is aimed at balancing the demand for more rural lighting against the effects of increased urbanisation of the countryside, the environmental impact on plants, insects and wildlife and the financial costs of providing and maintaining additional public lighting installations.
Terrorist Prisoners
Mr. Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland pursuant to the answer of 16 June 2006, Official Report, column 1514W, on terrorist prisoners, how many prisoners are located in the separated accommodation in Roe House at Maghaberry Prison; and how many of them are perceived to be members of paramilitary organisations. [80235]
Paul Goggins: At 26 June there were 33 prisoners with perceived paramilitary affiliations in separated accommodation in Roe House.
Tourism
Mark Durkan: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what local government financial support there was for tourism in (a) rural and (b) urban areas in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. [80975]
David Cairns: No records are held centrally to distinguish between expenditure on tourism in rural and urban areas. However, figures have been extracted from the annual accounts of each of the 26 district councils, covering the period 2000-01 to 2004-05, for which some assessment of the rural/urban split may be made.
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| District council | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 |
Ulster Scots Culture
Mr. Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps the Department of Education is taking to increase Ulster Scots cultural awareness in schools in Northern Ireland. [59945]
Maria
Eagle: The Department of Education has provided specific
funding for the distribution of
Ulster-Scots materials for primary schools, at the request of the
Ulster-Scots Agency. The Department has also offered to provide similar
support for post-primary materials when these are ready. Each
school’s curriculum has to promote the cultural development of
its pupils. The proposed revised curriculum includes the theme of
Citizenship in which pupils can learn about their own cultural
traditions and heritage, as well as that of others. The Council for
Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment has been asked to ensure that,
in the implementation of the revised curriculum, Ulster-Scots cultural
heritage is appropriately reflected in exemplars or guidance materials
for schools.
Under-age Drinking
Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many under-age drinkers have been charged with drunkenness in a public place in each divisional command unit in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. [80098]
Paul Goggins: The information requested is not available as the Police Service of Northern Ireland do not record statistics on the specific offence referred to.
Vandalism
Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the total cost was of vandalism on educational establishments in each of the last three years, broken down by education and library board area. [80111]
Maria Eagle: The cost of repairing vandalism met by each education and library board for controlled and maintained schools in the last three years is as follows:
| Board Area | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 |
The information for voluntary grammar and grant maintained integrated schools is not readily available and is being requested. I will write to the hon. Lady with the information as soon as possible.
Institutions of further and higher education and universities would claim for damages from their insurers and the Department for Employment and Learning does not hold details of insurance cover or claims.
Young Carers
Mark Durkan: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many children in Northern Ireland are identified as young carers. [80949]
Mr. Hanson: In the 2001 census, there were 398,056 children aged under 16 in Northern Ireland, of whom 5,377 were providing care to family members, friends, neighbours or others because of long-term physical or mental ill-health or disability or problems related toold age.
Health
Administration Spending
Steve Webb: To ask the Secretary of State forHealth how much was spent on (a) administration and (b) management costs by each primary care trust in England in the last year for which figures are available, expressed (i) as a percentage of their total budget and (ii) as the cost per head of population in areas they cover. [34206]
Andy Burnham [pursuant to the reply, 27 April 2006, Official Report, c. 1295W]: I regret that due to a clerical error the table placed in the Library in the previous reply is incorrect.
The administration costs (both “as a percentage of net operating costs” and “expenditure per head”) for two primary care trusts (St. Helens and Teignbridge) were shown incorrectly, and this also affected the England administration costs “expenditure per head” total figure.
The correct table will be placed in the Library.
Alzheimer's Disease
Mr. Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what answers her Department has received from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) to each of the six questions asked by her Department on 13 February 2006, Gateway reference 6185, in relation to the NICE appraisal of Donepezil, Rivastigmine, Glanatmine and Memantine for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. [81674]
Andy Burnham: The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence's (NICE) responses to comments received on its appraisal of these drugs have been published on NICE'S website at www.nice.org.uk.
Anaemia
Dr. Alasdair McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence will affect the treatment of anaemia, with particular reference to patients suffering from cancer-related exhaustion; and if she will make a statement. [79793]
Andy Burnham: We expect national health service organisations and clinicians to take full account of appraisals issued by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). NICE has not yet issued its final guidance on Erythropoeitns for cancer-induced anaemia.
Breastfeeding
Annette Brooke: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much her Department has spent per baby born on the promotion of breastfeeding in each of the last three financial years. [82290]
Caroline Flint: National health service primary care trusts are responsible for the provision of breastfeeding support services at a local level, for example, through the development of local area action plans. As a result, the majority of expenditure on breastfeeding is at a local level. Figures relating to local spend on breastfeeding are not available.
The following table shows the cost of breastfeeding promotion at a national level in relation to the number of live births in England.
| Financial year | Departmental spend on promotion of breastfeeding and infant nutrition( 1 ) (£) | Number of live births in England( 2) |
| (1)
These figures do not include the cost of local services and local
promotional activity. (2) These figures are for women
who are normally resident in
England. | ||
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