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Table 6: Number of convictions, number sentenced to immediate custody and average sentence length (in months) for 'breach of occupation order' for Northern Ireland 2000-06.
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Number of convictions	26	34	48	36	37	25	21
Number sentenced to immediate custody	3	3	3	2	4	3	3
Average sentence length (in months)	3.0	2.3	1.3	1.3	1.5	1.7	2.3

Table 7: Number of convictions, number sentenced to immediate custody and average sentence length (in months) for 'breach of exclusion requirement5 for Northern Ireland 2000-06( 1)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Number of convictions	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Number sentenced to immediate custody	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Average sentence length (in months)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
(1) There were no convictions for this offence in Policing Districts A or B

Driving Under Influence

Mr. Dodds: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many persons were convicted of drink-driving offences in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years, broken down by (a) age and (b) sex. [207743]

Paul Goggins: Tables 1 and 2 give the number convicted for drink/drug related driving offences by age group and gender respectively.

Data cover the calendar years 1997 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.

Table 1: number of convictions for drink/drug related driving offences( 1) by age group 1997-06
	Age group
	10 to 17	18 to 24	25 to 29	30 to 39	40 to 49	50 to 59	60 and over	Missing( 2)	Total
1997	18	463	402	715	456	204	76	16	2,350
1998	19	512	398	725	459	159	88	19	2,379
1999	20	598	452	780	450	242	77	19	2,638
2000	22	582	384	720	446	249	77	1	2,481
2001	15	469	300	588	438	223	80	0	2,113
2002	19	509	330	611	483	209	91	1	2,253
2003	14	533	352	722	554	272	121	0	2,568
2004	21	533	341	733	640	287	124	0	2,679
2005	29	556	404	723	614	338	137	6	2,807
2006	13	563	420	752	632	312	111	6	2,809
(1) It is not possible to separate out drug-related offences from alcohol-related offences for the offences of ‘driving when unfit through drink or drugs’, ‘driving while under the influence of drink or drugs’, ‘attempting to drive while under the influence of drink or drugs’ and ‘in charge of a vehicle when under the influence of drink or drugs’. These data are included in the table. (2) Missing data relate to those offenders for whom age information is not available.

Table 2: number of convictions for drink/drug related driving offences( 1) by gender 1997-06
	Male	Female	Total
1997	2,127	223	2,350
1998	2,120	259	2,379
1999	2,388	250	2,638
2000	2,223	258	2,481
2001	1,857	256	2,113
2002	1,971	282	2,253
2003	2,229	339	2,568
2004	2,346	333	2,679
2005	2,418	389	2,807
2006	2,447	362	2,809
(1) It is not possible to separate out drug-related offences from alcohol-related offences for the offences of ‘driving when unfit through drink or drugs’, ‘driving while under the influence of drink or drugs’ ‘attempting to drive while under the influence of drink or drugs’ and ‘in charge of a vehicle when under the influence of drink or drugs’. These data are included in the table.

Hillsborough Castle: Official Residences

Mr. Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the cost to the public purse was of food and drink provided in Hillsborough Castle as a consequence of its use as a ministerial residence in the last 12 months. [193183]

Mr. Woodward: It is not possible to separately identify the cost of food and drink consumed by Ministers when residing at Hillsborough Castle from the overall departmental expenditure for hospitality.

Mr. Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many times he has used his official ministerial residence in Hillsborough Castle since his appointment. [193184]

Mr. Woodward: Accommodation in Hillsborough Castle is made available to me as a residence while in Northern Ireland. The Castle is also Her Majesty the
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Queen's residence in the province, is used as a conference centre, hosts charity fund raising events and is open to the public.

Official residences are assigned to Ministers by the Prime Minister either on grounds of security or in order to allow them to perform better their official duties. Rules on the use of official residences are set out in the "Ministerial Code".

Police Service of Northern Ireland: Sick Leave

Mr. Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many days off work due to stress-related illnesses there were on average among police personnel in Northern Ireland in (a) 2002 and (b) 2007. [206251]

Paul Goggins: The Chief Constable has provided the following answer.

The average number of working days lost for stress related illnesses in 2002-03 and 2007-08 can be found in the following table.

	Average working days lost in 2002-03	Average working days lost in 2007-08
Police officers	5.42	2.25
Civil servants (police staff)	2.2	1.3
Direct recruits (police staff)	1.1	1.3

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