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Olympics 2012
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Minister for the Olympics what the timetable is for a decision on whether the Lee Valley Regional Parking Authority will take over as the legacy vehicle for the Olympics. [176501]
Tessa Jowell: Decisions on the long-term ownership and management arrangements for the Olympic Park will be taken during 2008. In the meantime, the London Development Agency is acting as interim legacy client for the Park.
Northern Ireland
Crimes of Violence: Belfast
Mr. Dodds: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many persons have been arrested in connection with the incident in which two young men were publicly paraded with placards on the Shankill road, Belfast, on 11 January 2008; and what assessment he has made of whether there was a paramilitary involvement in that incident. [182412]
Paul Goggins: I have been advised by the PSNI that no persons have as yet been arrested in connection with this incident and inquiries into this matter continue. An assessment as to the possibility of paramilitary involvement is still being considered. All acts of criminality should be dealt with through the proper authorities and the criminal justice system and I urge anyone with information in relation to this incident to contact the PSNI.
Police Service of Northern Ireland: Emergency Calls
Mr. Dodds: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the average time taken by the Police Service of Northern Ireland in each district command unit was to respond to (a) emergency and (b) routine calls from members of the public in each of the last five years. [180862]
Paul Goggins: As the PSNI does not record average response times for emergency and non-emergency calls for each DCU, the information requested is not available.
The Northern Ireland Policing Board target is for the PSNI to record the percentage of emergency calls responded to within a 15 minute baseline target.
As at the 18 January 2008 for the financial year to date, the number of emergency response calls where arrival time was available, responded to within 15 minutes, was 79.5 per cent.
The Northern Ireland Policing Board is committed to working with the PSNI to improve response times to emergency calls—the 2007-10 Policing Plan contains a target to increase the percentage of emergency calls responded to within 15 minutes by 2 per cent. points.
An important aspect of improving performance in this area will be the development of an automated system utilising the Barracuda Radio System to streamline the recording of arrival on site for both emergency and non-emergency calls and work is currently ongoing.
Public Expenditure
Mr. Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the fiscal deficit in Northern Ireland was in each of the last three years for which figures are available; what it is projected to be for the next three financial years; and if he will make a statement. [182457]
Mr. Woodward: The Department of Finance and Personnel published their Draft Regional Economic Strategy for Northern Ireland in January 2007. That document contains estimates of the fiscal deficit for Northern Ireland and can be found at:
No centrally collated data is available for the fiscal balances for Northern Ireland.
Rape
Mr. Dodds: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will provide a break-down by age of persons convicted of rape or attempted rape in Northern Ireland in the last 10 years. [180632]
Paul Goggins: The following table gives the number convicted of rape or attempted rape broken down by age group.
Data cover the calendar years 1996 to 2005 (the latest available years) and are collated on the principal offence rule; so only the most serious offence with which an offender is charged is included.
| Number convicted of rape or attempted rape by age group 1996-2005 | |||||||||
| Age group | |||||||||
| 10-17 | 18-24 | 25-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-59 | 60 and over | Missing( 1) | Total | |
| (1) Missing data relate to those offenders for whom age information is not available. | |||||||||
Culture, Media and Sport
Departmental ICT
Susan Kramer: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many (a) male and (b) female members of staff in his Department were issued with personal digital assistants in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. [181353]
Mr. Sutcliffe: 86 people in my Department are currently issued with personal digital assistant devices. Of these, 36 are female and 50 are male. We do not hold this information broken down by year.
Of the 86 people issued with personal digital devices, 14 are based in the Government Olympic Executive, of which five are female and nine are male.
Departmental Travel
Mr. Jeremy Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much his Department spent on travel (a) within and (b) outside the UK for officials in each of the last 10 years; and what percentage of his Department’s overall expenditure was spent on such travel in each such year. [181526]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The travel and subsistence costs within and outside UK incurred by the Department’s officials in each of the last 10 years is set out in the table.
The costs are expressed as a percentage of the Department’s gross administration cost.
| Financial year | Officials’ UK travel and subsistence cost s (£) | Percentage of gross administration cost | Officials’ overseas travel and subsistence cost s (£) | Percentage of gross administration cost |
Departmental Visits Abroad
Mr. Jeremy Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many overseas visits by officials in his Department took place in each of the last 10 years; which countries were visited; and how much was spent on such visits in each such year. [181610]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The Department’s management information systems does not routinely collect information about the number of overseas visits and countries visited by officials. The data relating to these can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
The overseas travel and subsistence costs incurred by the Department’s officials in each of the last 10 years is set out in the table.
| Financial year | Officials’ overseas travel and subsistence costs (£) |
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