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Departmental Publications

Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what his practice is regarding meeting, discussions with and taking into account the views and opinions of (a) private individuals and (b) representatives of organisations when drawing upand framing legislation to be introduced by his Department; and if he will make a statement. [81637]

Mr. Hain: The Northern Ireland Office and the Northern Ireland Departments seek a range of views when drawing up and framing legislation. Consultation is a key part of the policy-making process, both informal and formal. Each department holds regular meetings with its principal stakeholder groups and with relevant experts. Organisations and individuals can also contribute to the departments’ formal consultations which abide by the code of conduct on consultation. Known stakeholders are alerted to the fact that a formal consultation is taking place. As required by the code, the relevant department then gives feedback on the responses received.

Environment and Renewable Energy Funding

Mark Durkan: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will review the eligibility criteria for the Environment and Renewable Energy Funding package to take account of recent representations he has received on their appropriateness. [82018]

Maria Eagle: The Environment and Renewable Energy Fund’s aim of making Northern Ireland an exemplar region in the use of renewable energy is still on course and no considered review of the eligibility criteria is necessary at this time.

Finucane Inquiry

Mark Durkan: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many judges he has appointed for the inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane; and if he will instead hold an independent public inquiry into the murder. [80972]

Mr. Hain: The Government are currently taking steps to facilitate the establishment of an inquiry into the murder of Patrick Finucane under the Inquiries Act 2005. No appointments have yet been made. The Government are clear that an inquiry established under the Inquiries Act 2005 will be fully independent and will also be public to the extent possible.

Foreign Nationals

Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many foreign nationals have set up residence in Northern Ireland in the last two years, broken down by country of origin. [80108]

Mr. Hain: This information is not held. However, the 2001 census provides figures on the country of birth of residents in Northern Ireland. This can be accessed at www.nisranew.nisra.gov.uk/census/excel/ks05dc.xls

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Table KS05: Country of birth
		Percentage of persons born in:
Area	All persons	Northern Ireland	England	Scotland	Wales	Republic of Ireland	Other EU Countries( 1)	Elsewhere
Northern Ireland	1,685,267	91.04	3.66	1.00	0.18	2.32	0.61	1.20
Local Government District
Antrim	48,366	87.04	7.30	1.62	0.48	1.35	0.84	1.37
Ards	73,244	92.25	3.71	1.05	0.20	1.20	0.47	1.12
Armagh	54,263	91.66	2.92	0.64	0.11	3.41	0.53	0.73
Ballymena	58,610	93.88	2.78	0.97	0.11	0.89	0.46	0.91
Ballymoney	26,894	94.97	2.62	0.66	0.08	0.86	0.28	0.54
Banbridge	41,392	93.77	2.87	0.69	0.14	1.30	0.41	0.84
Belfast	277,391	91.36	2.95	0.80	0.14	1.96	0.96	1.82
Carrickfergus	37,659	91.37	4.25	1.21	0.19	0.95	0.57	1.46
Castlereagh	66,488	92.10	3.11	0.96	0.16	1.55	0.45	1.67
Coleraine	56,315	90.21	3.95	1.22	0.21	2.35	0.58	1.48
Cookstown	32,581	94.69	2.33	0.56	0.10	1.18	0.32	0.83
Craigavon	80,671	92.85	3.25	0.77	0.13	1.47	0.57	0.96
Derry	105,066	88.15	3.99	1.03	0.14	5.11	0.65	0.93
Down	63,828	91.32	4.50	0.80	0.23	1.62	0.44	1.10
Dungannon	47,735	93.10	2.58	0.50	0.07	2.48	0.48	0.79
Fermanagh	57,527	87.00	4.05	0.62	0.13	7.13	0.37	0.69
Larne	30,832	93.04	3.34	1.31	0.17	0.92	0.40	0.83
Limavady	32,422	89.28	4.26	2.41	0.71	1.68	0.56	1.10
Lisburn	108,694	90.06	5.02	1.10	0.26	1.45	0.87	1.25
Magherafelt	39,780	95.18	2.03	0.57	0.07	1.12	0.30	0.72
Moyle	15,933	91.87	3.57	1.46	0.14	1.52	0.62	0.83
Newry and Mourne	87,058	90.01	3.26	0.60	0.13	4.58	0.59	0.82
Newtownabbey	79,995	93.15	2.99	0.88	0.15	1.08	0.40	1.36
North Down	76,323	86.14	6.23	2.69	0.32	1.96	0.81	1.85
Omagh	47,952	90.77	4.26	0.66	0.16	2.52	0.58	1.04
Strabane	38,248	89.70	2.40	1.15	0.05	6.05	0.27	0.39
Health and Social Services Board
Eastern	665,968	90.72	3.91	1.11	0.20	1.72	0.78	1.57
Northern	426,965	92.38	3.57	1.03	0.18	1.24	0.48	1.11
Southern	311,119	92.01	3.04	0.65	0.12	2.81	0.53	0.84
Western	281,215	88.70	3.86	1.06	0.19	4.81	0.52	0.85
Education and Library Board
Belfast	277,391	91.36	2.95	0.80	0.14	1.96	0.96	1.82
North Eastern	394,384	92.19	3.67	1.07	0.19	1.25	0.50	1.14
South Eastern	388,577	90.26	4.60	1.33	0.24	1.55	0.64	1.39
Southern	343,700	92.26	2.97	0.64	0.12	2.66	0.51	0.84
Western	281,215	88.70	3.86	1.06	0.19	4.81	0.52	0.85
Parliamentary Constituency
Belfast East	79,261	91.76	3.53	1.07	0.19	1.30	0.57	1.59
Belfast North	86,066	93.62	2.62	0.73	0.11	1.28	0.63	1.01
Belfast South	94,994	86.79	3.97	1.04	0.20	3.43	1.21	3.37
Belfast West	87,610	94.78	1.58	0.38	0.07	1.27	1.12	0.80
East Antrim	84,062	91.83	3.75	1.21	0.19	1.08	0.52	1.43
East Londonderry	88,737	89.87	4.06	1.65	0.39	2.10	0.58	1.34
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	91,127	89.05	3.55	0.58	0.11	5.54	0.42	0.75
Foyle	105,066	88.15	3.99	1.03	0.14	5.11	0.65	0.93
Lagan Valley	101,696	89.74	5.29	1.18	0.28	1.44	0.77	1.31
Mid Ulster	86,496	94.86	2.19	0.56	0.08	1.23	0.33	0.75
Newry and Armagh	100,950	90.35	3.02	0.59	0.11	4.62	0.56	0.75
North Antrim	101,437	93.85	2.86	0.96	0.11	0.98	0.44	0.80
North Down	85,992	86.60	6.07	2.54	0.32	1.91	0.79	1.78
South Antrim	99,810	90.63	4.98	1.19	0.30	1.12	0.57	1.20
South Down	104,658	91.54	3.94	0.73	0.19	2.10	0.50	0.99
Strangford	98,158	92.64	3.39	0.96	0.18	1.19	0.44	1.21
Upper Bann	102,947	92.83	3.29	0.77	0.14	1.48	0.54	0.95
West Tyrone	86,200	90.29	3.44	0.87	0.11	4.09	0.44	0.75
NUTS Level III
Belfast	277,391	91.36	2.95	0.80	0.14	1.96	0.96	1.82
Outer Belfast	369,159	90.42	4.41	1.36	0.22	1.44	0.65	1.50
East of Northern Ireland	396,943	92.05	3.92	0.99	0.20	1.28	0.52	1.03
North of Northern Ireland	274,878	89.80	3.63	1.24	0.20	3.64	0.54	0.94
West and South of Northern Ireland	366,896	91.26	3.16	0.60	0.12	3.59	0.48	0.80
(1) European Union as defined on census day (29 April 2001). ‘Other EU countries’ includes United Kingdom; part not specified and Ireland; part not specified.

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