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Northern Ireland
Burglary
Mr. Dodds: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many business premises were burgled in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years; how many persons were convicted of burglaries in each year; and what average sentence they received. [207742]
Paul Goggins: Table 1 gives the number of non-domestic burglary offences recorded from 2003-04 to 2007-08. Table 2 gives the number of convictions, the number sentenced to immediate custody and the average custodial sentence length (in months) for all burglary offences.
It is not possible to give the total number of convictions for burglary offences that related to burglary of a business as the court conviction datasets do not specify this information in relation to the type of premises/building involved. It is only possible to give the number of convictions for those offences which refer to a non-dwelling, figures for which are documented in table 3.
Conviction data cover the calendar years 2002 to 2006 (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.
Recorded crime data cannot be routinely reconciled with prosecution and conviction data as the former relates to the number of offences whereas the latter relates to the number of offenders brought before the courts. In addition, recorded crime data denote each offence as it has been initially recorded and this may differ from the offence for which a suspect or suspects are subsequently proceeded against in the courts.
| Table 1: number of non-domestic burglary offences recorded 2003-04—2007-08 | |
| Number recorded | |
| Source: PSNI Central Statistics Unit | |
| Table 2: number convicted of all burglary offences, the number sentenced to immediate custody and the average custodial sentence length (in months) 2002-06 | ||||
| Number convicted | Number sentenced to immediate custody | Number for which sentence length data are available( 1) | Average custodial sentence length (months) | |
| (1) The difference in the number sentenced to immediate custody and number for which sentencing data are available relates to the number sentenced to Juvenile Justice Centre orders. Data on sentence lengths for this type of disposal are not available. In 2006, there is one additional offender for whom the sentence length is not available. Source: NIO Statistics and Research Branch | ||||
| Table 3: number convicted of burglary in a non-dwelling, the number sentenced to immediate custody and the average custodial sentence length (in months) 2002-06 | ||||
| Number convicted | Number sentenced to immediate custody | Number for which sentence length data are available( 1) | Average custodial sentence length (months) | |
| (1) The difference in the number sentenced to immediate custody and number for which sentencing data are available relates to the number sentenced to Juvenile Justice Centre orders. Data on sentence lengths for this type of disposal are not available. Source: NIO Statistics and Research Branch | ||||
Departmental Computers
Mr. Peter Ainsworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether he has issued guidance to staff in his Department to switch off personal computers when not in use; and if he will make a statement. [208088]
Paul Goggins: Northern Ireland Office staff are requested to minimise energy waste by turning off their computers and monitors at the end of each working day. Guidance on closing down personal computers correctly has been issued to staff via the NIO Intranet.
Departmental Disclosure of Information
Dr. Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether it is his policy to release the home addresses of (a) senior and (b) middle-ranking officials in his Department, if requested under the Freedom of Information Act 2000; and what assessment he has made of the implications for personal security resulting from the release of such data. [207438]
Paul Goggins: Departments deal with requests for information on a case-by-case basis, applying exemptions where it is necessary and appropriate to do so. Any request for officials' home addresses would be handled in this way.
Departmental Manpower
Mr. Dodds: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) how many staff were employed in his Department in each year since 1978, broken down by grade; [207747]
(2) how many staff in his Department were members of the (a) Home Civil Service and (b) Northern Ireland Civil Service in each year since 1978; [207748]
(3) how many staff in his Department worked part-time or on a job-share basis in each of the last 10 years. [207749]
Mr. Woodward: The information requested is available for the last six years and is set out in the following table. It could be obtained for earlier years only at disproportionate costs.
| Number | ||||||
| Staff type | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
Departmental Pay
Dan Rogerson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) what the cost was of (a) salaries paid in respect of permanent Civil Service posts, (b) salaries paid in respect of permanent non-Civil Service posts and (c) payments to temporary or agency workers in his Department in each month since May 2005; [199883]
(2) how many (a) permanent Civil Service posts, (b) permanent non-Civil Service posts and (c) temporary or agency workers there were in his Department in each month since May 2005. [199884]
Mr. Woodward: Information on the number of staff within the Northern Ireland Office in each month since May 2005 is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
The following tables provide a snapshot of the position in specific months for which figures are available. The information supplied in relation to temporary staff does not include agency staff as they are not paid via the Northern Ireland Office payroll.
No staff have been employed within the Northern Ireland Office as (b) permanent non-civil servants within the timescales specified.
| Table A | |
| Permanent civil services posts (full-time equivalent posts) | |
| Source: Figures taken from monthly manpower figures. | |
| Table B | |
| Posts fill ed by temporary staff | |
| Table C | |
| Salaries paid to permanent and temporary staff (£) | |
Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much was paid in end-of-year performance bonuses to (a) all staff and (b) staff at senior civil service level in his Department in the 2007-08 financial year; and how many payments were made. [207477]
Mr. Woodward: The information is as follows:
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