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Ambulance Stations
Lady Hermon:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the answer of 16 January 2007, Official Report, column 1089W, on ambulance stations, what assessment he has made of whether the current coverage at Castlederg Ambulance Station is adequate. [120379]
Paul Goggins:
The Accident and Emergency ambulance based in Castlederg answers an average of 350 calls per annum. Based on call frequency, current coverage is deemed appropriate. Day-to-day deployment is managed by the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service and resources are deployed as appropriate to meet call priority.
Consultants
Mr. McGrady:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the answer of 12 December 2006, Official Report, column 945W, on consultants, if he will break the figures on spending down by Northern Ireland department; and say what the cost of each contract extension was, broken down by Northern Ireland department. [110249]
Mr. Hanson:
Expenditure on consultants broken down by Northern Ireland department is detailed in the table as follows.
| £ million |
| Department | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | ( 1) 2006-07 |
|
Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
|
0.85
|
1.80
|
1.82
|
0.34
|
0.489
|
|
Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure
|
1.16
|
0.65
|
0.43
|
0.32
|
2.10
|
|
Department of Education
|
0.66
|
1.04
|
1.75
|
0.70
|
1.296
|
|
Department for Employment and Learning
|
0.41
|
0.43
|
0.42
|
0.62
|
0.64
|
|
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment
|
1.47
|
2.11
|
1.22
|
1.29
|
1.14
|
|
Department of the Environment
|
0.40
|
0.48
|
0.31
|
0.45
|
1.14
|
|
Department of Finance and Personnel
|
1.66
|
2.53
|
2.65
|
2.35
|
4.50
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Department of Health and Social Services and Public Safety
|
0.84
|
1.50
|
1.85
|
2.564
|
3.10
|
|
Department for Regional Development
|
0.43
|
1.04
|
2.18
|
1.37
|
4.90
|
|
Department for Social Development
|
1.81
|
1.59
|
0.62
|
0.48
|
0.82
|
|
Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister
|
0.82
|
1.28
|
0.70
|
0.87
|
1.403
|
|
Northern Ireland Office
|
2.42
|
2.17
|
3.33
|
5.16
|
4.937
|
|
Total
|
12.93
|
16.62
|
17.28
|
16.514
|
26.465
|
(1) Estimated expenditure
Note:
Two Departments have revised their previously reported figures to rectify inconsistent treatment of guidance.
|
The following table provides the cost of each contract extension broken down by Department. Departments that are unable to provide the required information due to excessive cost are marked as disproportionate cost under the column “Extension Duration”.
| Department | Extension duration | Extension value (£000) |
|
Department for Social Development
|
Disproportionate cost
| |
|
Department of Health and Social Services and Public Safety
|
Disproportionate cost
| |
|
Department for Regional Development
|
4 months
|
6
|
| |
2 months
|
71
|
|
Department of Education
|
3 months
|
2
|
| |
10 months
|
4
|
| |
4 days
|
3
|
| |
35 days
|
15
|
| |
7 days
|
4
|
| |
159 days
|
44
|
|
Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure
|
5 days
|
1
|
| |
3 days
|
2
|
| |
16.5 days
|
12
|
| |
6 months
|
8
|
|
Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
|
3 days
|
3
|
| |
6 months
|
3
|
| |
18 months
|
5
|
|
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment
|
Disproportionate cost
| |
|
Department of the Environment
|
8.5 weeks
|
0
|
| |
17.5 weeks
|
0
|
| |
3 weeks
|
0
|
| |
15 weeks
|
0
|
| |
12 days
|
0
|
| |
8 days
|
0
|
| |
1.5 years
|
531
|
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| |
5 months
|
3
|
| |
1 year
|
36
|
| |
6 months
|
12
|
| |
6 months
|
5
|
|
Department for Employment and Learning
|
3 months
|
0
|
| |
46 day
|
29
|
| |
1 month
|
0
|
| |
5 days
|
7
|
| |
1 day
|
0
|
|
Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister
|
7 months
|
44
|
| |
9 months
|
0
|
| |
7 months
|
0
|
| |
4 months
|
0
|
| |
2 months
|
0
|
| |
11 months
|
0
|
| |
8.5 days
|
5
|
|
Department of Finance and Personnel
|
2 months
|
0
|
| |
3 months
|
2
|
| |
3 months
|
0
|
| |
8 months
|
90
|
| |
11 months
|
1,200
|
| |
11 months
|
75
|
|
Northern Ireland Office
|
2 months
|
0
|
| |
3 months
|
10
|
| |
still ongoing
|
2
|
Departmental Computers
Mr. Lidington:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many laptops and computers were stolen from each of the Northern Ireland departments in each of the last nine years; and what the total value was of such stolen computers. [119433]
Mr. Hanson:
A total of 55 laptop/pc computers valued at £61,092 were stolen from Northern Ireland departments during the last nine years. A breakdown by department is given in the following tables.
| DARD |
| | Items | Cost (£) |
|
2001
|
3 laptops
|
3,600
|
|
2002
|
4 laptops
|
4,100
|
|
2003
|
3 laptops, 1 Pocket PC
|
2,000
|
|
2004
|
2 laptops, 1 PC
|
2,100
|
| DCAL |
| | Items | Cost (£) |
|
2002
|
1 laptop
|
2,277
|
| DEL |
| | Items | Cost (£) |
|
2001
|
1 laptop
|
575
|
|
2006
|
1 laptop
|
575
|
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| DETI |
| | Items | Cost (£) |
|
2001
|
2 laptops
|
2,820
|
|
2004
|
1 laptop
|
1,020
|
|
2005
|
1 laptop
|
825
|
|
2006
|
2 laptops
|
1,500
|
