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Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much was spent by his Department on newspapers and magazines in the last 12 months. [153062]
Mr. Woodward: The Northern Ireland Office, excluding its Agencies and Executive NDPBs, spent £68,510 on newspapers in 2006-07 (this is the last 12 months for which audited expenditure figures are available).
Information on magazine expenditure is not easily available as it is grouped with other general publication expenditure. It would not be possible to extract the magazine spend from these figures except at disproportionate cost.
Departments: Redundancy Pay
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much was spent by his Department on redundancy payments in the last 12 months. [153057]
Paul Goggins: There have been no redundancy payments made within the last 12 months.
Departments: Stationery
Mr. Carmichael: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much his Department spent on stationery in each of the last five years. [152834]
Mr. Woodward: The following table shows the amount the Northern Ireland Office (NIO), excluding its agencies and NDPBs, has spent on stationery in each of the last five years.
| Stationery expenditure | |
| £ | |
Departments: Training
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much was spent by his Department on staff away days in the last 12 months. [153058]
Paul Goggins: The Northern Ireland Office spent a total of £81,520.24 on staff development days in the financial year 2006-07.
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much was spent by his Department on (a) staff training and (b) communication training in the last 12 months. [153059]
Paul Goggins: The Northern Ireland Office spent a total of £1.54 million on staff training and development during the 2006-07 financial year.
Police Service of Northern Ireland: Criminal Investigation
Mr. Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate he has made of the proportion of police time expended on (a) historical criminal activity and (b) current criminal activity committed since the Belfast Agreement. [155071]
Paul Goggins: It is not possible to provide an estimate of police time expended on historic criminal activity and current criminal activity since the Belfast Agreement. Calculating this would involve considerable time and resources and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
The Historic Enquiry Team (HET), which includes not only the PSNI but also the Police Ombudsman, PPS and the Forensic Science Agency was established to re-examine all 3,268 murders related to the security situation during the period from 1968 until the signing of the Belfast Agreement and has been allocated £34 million over six years.
Police Service of Northern Ireland: Manpower
Mr. Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the establishment is of the Police Service of Northern Ireland Full Time Police Officers; how many officers are serving; how many are to be retained; and how many will be recruited over the next three years. [155075]
Paul Goggins: The information requested is contained in the following table.
| PSNI regular | |
| Number | |
| (1) Per year. | |
The figure for recruitment has been calculated to maintain the establishment at 7,500, taking into account reductions due to natural wastage and through officers leaving under the voluntary severance scheme.
Police Service of Northern Ireland: Reserve Forces
Mr. Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the current establishment is of the Police Service of Northern Ireland Part Time Police Reserve; how many officers are currently serving; how many are to be retained; and how many will be recruited over the next three years. [155073]
Paul Goggins: The information requested is contained in the following table.
| PSNI part-time reserve | |
| Number | |
| (1) Sufficient to maintain established strength | |
Mr. Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the establishment is of the Police Service of Northern Ireland Full Time Police Reserve; how many officers are serving; how many are to be retained; and how many will be recruited over the next three years. [155074]
Paul Goggins: The future establishment of the Full Time Reserve is an operational matter for the Chief Constable. He has advised that he will make an announcement on this shortly.
The information requested is contained in the following table.
| PSNI full time reserve | |
| Number | |
| (1) To be determined by the chief constable. | |
Police: Finance
Mr. Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the budget was for the Police Service of Northern Ireland and the RUC in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [150932]
Paul Goggins: The Police Service of Northern Ireland and RUC budgets for the period 1997-98 to 2006-07, excluding budgets for police pension schemes which are treated separately to other GB forces, are set out in the following table.
| Police Service for Northern Ireland budget allocations 1997-98 to 2006-07 | |
| Allocation (£ million) | |
| Note: Prior to the financial year 2004-05 the PSNI budgeted on a cash basis. From 2004-05 PSNI budgets were allocated on a resource basis. | |
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Floods: Worcestershire
Peter Luff: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assistance has been given to rural communities in Worcestershire to assist them following the July floods, with particular reference to support for (a) Worcestershire County Cricket Club and (b) Evesham Rowing; and what arrangements have been made to help Worcestershire's farming community. [155054]
Mr. Dhanda [holding answer 10 September 2007]: I have been asked to reply.
In total £1,349,500 in Flood Recovery Grant, paid by the Department for Communities and Local Government to support flood affected communities, has been awarded to the district councils in Worcestershire county council. The details of these payments are set out as follows:
| £ | |||||
| District council | Original FRG Round 1 13 July 2007 | Original FRG Round 2 20 July 2007 | Extended FRG Round 1 16 August 2007 | Extended FRG Round 2 24 August 2007 | Total |
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