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Police
David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how frequently the list of organisations of which members of the Police Service Northern Ireland must notify the authorities of their membership is reviewed. [84588]
Paul Goggins: Section 51(2) of the Police (NI) Act 2000 provides the Chief Constable with the power to give guidance to officers on any membership which a police officer believes he has, or not, of an organisation which may be regarded as affecting that officer’s ability to discharge his duties effectively and impartially. 1 am advised by the PSNI that all General Orders are reviewed on an annual basis and that during this annual review, the list of organisations will also be revisited. This review of the list of organisations will then be placed before the Chief Constable’s Forum for final decision.
Mr. Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many police officers in Northern Ireland have been suspended from duty as a result of investigations by the policing ombudsman in each of the last three years. [70429]
Paul Goggins: The PSNI has advised that two police officers in Northern Ireland have been suspended from duty as a result of investigations by the Police Ombudsman in 2003 and three officers were suspended in 2004. No officers were suspended in 2005 or 2006 as of 7 July 2006.
Post Office Contracts
Danny Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland for which services (a) his Department and (b) its associated public bodies hold contracts with the Post Office; and what the (i) start and (ii) termination date is of each contract. [81538]
Mr. Hanson: The following table lists all current contracts with Post Office Ltd held by Northern Ireland Departments and their associated public bodies.
| Department | Service | Start date | End date |
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“Presstream” and “Mailsort” services for delivery of weekly LMC bulletin. | |||
Rates
Dr. McCrea: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what formula is used to calculate the average rate for households in Northern Ireland. [82598]
Mr. Hanson: The average domestic rate for households in Northern Ireland consists of the average of the 26 district council domestic rates plus the domestic regional rate.
The formula for calculation of the average rate for households is as follows: Each year, district councils' estimated net expenditure is reduced by anticipated general grant payments and any balance that councils have indicated they wish to apply, to determine the net amount to be raised from district rates. This figure is divided by the total penny product (the income from one penny in the rates) to give the average non-domestic rate. The average non-domestic rate is then multiplied by the Northern Ireland growth factor to determine the average domestic rate. The average domestic rate for 2006-2007 is 157.33 pence
The regional domestic rate is a single rate applied uniformally across Northern Ireland. It is determined by dividing the domestic rate revenue required in the Budget by the domestic tax base, currently defined in rental values.
The average domestic rate in 2006-07 is 355.50 pence, which is the sum of the uniform regional domestic rate of 198.17p and the average district rate of 157.33p.
Redundancy
David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how redundancy packages are calculated for (a) the Northern Ireland Office and (b) Northern Ireland Police Fund staff. [82990]
Paul Goggins: All benefits payable on redundancy terms which apply to staff in the Northern Ireland Office who are members of the Home Civil Service are determined under the Civil Service Compensation Scheme.
All benefits payable on redundancy terms which apply to staff in the Northern Ireland Office who are members of the Northern Ireland Civil Service are determined under the Civil Service Compensation Scheme (Northern Ireland).
The terms and conditions for the employment of staff in the Northern Ireland Police Fund are a matter for the fund.
Road Improvements
Mr. Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when the major planned roadworks on the A2 between Limavady and Coleraine will (a) begin and (b) be concluded. [85726]
David Cairns: The acting chief executive of roads service Mr. Geoff Allister has written to the hon. Gentleman in response to this question.
Letter from Geoff Allister, dated 17 July 2006:
You recently asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland a Parliamentary Question about when the major planned roadworks on the A2 between Limavady and Coleraine will (a) begin and (b) be concluded. As this issue falls within my responsibility as Acting Chief Executive of Roads Service, I have been asked to reply.
It is assumed that you are referring to the planned improvements for the A37, the main route between Limavady and Coleraine.
Roads Service plans to carry out a major improvement scheme to provide a 2.3 kilometre long climbing lane to improve overtaking opportunities for Coleraine-bound traffic on the A37 west of Keady mountain.
It was expected to commence construction work on this scheme during this financial year, however this has had to be deferred because of land acquisition difficulties. We are hopeful that construction will commence in 2007/2008.
We are mindful of the elevation of the site and propose to programme the works to commence in the spring and be completed by the autumn to avoid the need to divert traffic onto other less suitable mountain roads during winter conditions.
Sectarian Attacks
Dr. McCrea: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many sectarian attacks there were in each parliamentary constituency in Northern Ireland in each of the first four months of 2006. [71214]
Paul Goggins: The statistics have been split by police District Command Unit and have been provided for the months of Jan, Feb and Mar 2006-April 2006 statistics are not yet available.
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