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10 Jan 2008 : Column 764W—continued
Departmental Redundancies
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the cost was of redundancies in his Department in the 12 months preceding (a) 30 June 2004, (b) 30 June 2005 and (c) 30 June 2006. [175324]
Mr. Woodward: There have been no redundancies in each of the 12 months preceding 30 June 2004, 30 June 2005 and 30 June 2006.
Members’ Correspondence
Mr. Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many letters his Department received from hon. Members and peers in each session of Parliament since 1997. [174940]
Mr. Woodward: The Cabinet Office, on an annual basis, publishes a report to Parliament on the performance of Departments in replying to Members/peers correspondence. Information relating to 2007 will be published as soon as it has been collated. The report for 2006 was published on 28 March 2007, Official Report, columns 101-04WS. Reports for earlier years are available in the Library of the House.
Police Stations: Closures
Mr. Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland which police stations in Northern Ireland he expects to have closed by the end of 2009. [175641]
Paul Goggins: The current PSNI estate strategy identifies 61 police stations for potential closure and to date the Northern Ireland Policing Board have approved 20 closures and these stations are now closed.
The PSNI are currently reviewing district police facilities with a view to developing a schedule of potential closures during 2009. It is anticipated that these reviews will be completed by March 2008.
Prisoners: Foreigners
Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland pursuant to the answer of 6 December 2007, Official Report, columns 1473-74W, on prisoners: foreigners, what provision has been made for interpreting services for foreign prisoners by the Prison Service in each of the last 12 months; and what the cost was of such services. [175824]
Paul Goggins: Over the last 12 months interpreting services have been provided on an ad hoc basis based on individual prisoner need, largely through a telephone interpreting service. As part of the development of a specific strategy to meet the needs of foreign national prisoners in custody, the service issued a tender earlier in the year to secure interpreting and translation services and two service providers have now been appointed.
Prison Service records do not currently provide a breakdown between translation and interpreting costs except for the costs of the telephone interpreting service.
The following table shows the costs in each of the last 12 months for telephone interpreting and other interpreting and translation costs (i.e. written translations and face to face interpreters).
| £ | |||
| Telephone interpreting | Written translation and face to face interpreting | Total | |
Prisons: Education
Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland pursuant to the answer of 6 December 2007, Official Report, column 1474W, on prisons: education, what the earliest anticipated date is that infrastructure could be in place to process those sentenced to imprisonment for public protection sentences in Northern Ireland. [175825]
Paul Goggins: Infrastructure is already in place within Northern Ireland prisons to undertake risk assessments, provide programmes and work directly with dangerous offenders to reduce their risk. The impact of the proposed legislation on the Prison Service will increase over time and additional infrastructure will be in place when it is required.
Rape: Victims
Mr. Dodds: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many persons in Northern Ireland have been victims of rape in each of the last 10 years, broken down by (a) age and (b) sex. [174858]
Paul Goggins: The following table shows the number of recorded rape offences (including attempted rape) from 1998-99, categorised by age group and gender.
Until the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003, males could not be designated as victims of rape.
| Age under 18 | Age 18-64 | Age 65+ | Age unknown | All ages | |
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