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Departmental Training
David T.C. Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much his Department spent on external training courses for departmental staff in (a) 2005, (b) 2006, ( c) 2007 and (d) 2008; and which external organisations were paid by the Department to provide such courses in each year. [230491]
Paul Goggins: The following table provides a breakdown of expenditure on external training courses for Northern Ireland Office staff for financial years 2005-06, 2006-07, and 2007-08.
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The external organisations paid by the Northern Ireland Office to provide external courses are listed as follows.
BIC Systems Ltd.
British Telecom
BT Bus Communication
BT Customer Accounts
Business Objects (UK) Ltd.
Centre for Public Policy Seminars
CIPD NI
CIPFA
City Paper Ltd.
CMPS
ECSC Ltd.
Elite Training Services Ltd.
Emergency Planning College
Haymarket Publishing Services Ltd.
Legal Island Ltd.
Mullan Training
National Criminal Intelligence Service
National School of Government
Pricewaterhouse Coopers
Siemens Plc
Skillpath Seminars
St. John Ambulance London
St. John Ambulance NI
Stephen Moore Chartered Accountants
The Beeches Management Centre
The Whitehall and Industry Group
Act Now Training Ltd.
Action Mental Health
AKSAA Ltd.
Belfast Institute of Higher and Further Education
BIC Systems Ltd.
BT Plc
Centre for Applied Learning
Centre for Public Policy Seminars
CESG The Accountant
Chief Executives Forum
CIPFA
Compumaster
PODS Parliamentary Communications
Elite Training Services Ltd.
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Hewlett-Packard Ltd.
Highpoint Adventure Management Ltd.
Law and Order General
Legal Island Ltd.
Mullan Training
National School of Government
Neil Stewart Associates
Parades Commission General
Parity Solutions
Paymaster (1836) Ltd.
Payroll Solutions
PMA Training Ltd.
Qinetiq Ltd.
Reed Learning Plc
Siemens Plc
Skillpath Seminars
St. John Ambulance HQ Worthing
St. John Ambulance NI
The Beeches Management Centre
The Consultation Institute
The White Paper Conference Company Ltd.
University of Wales
White Young Green Consulting Ltd.
Act Now Training Ltd.
Belfast Institute of Higher and Further Education
BIALL
Bill Of Rights Forum General
BT Plc
Chief Executives Forum
CIPFA
Devolution and Legislation Division General
Disability Action Employment and Training
PODS Parliamentary Communications
Elite Training Services Ltd.
EOS Systems Ltd.
Govnet Communications
Health Promotion Agency for NI
Industry and Parliament Trust
Law and Order General
Legal Island Ltd.
Local Government Training Group
McCallum Partnership
Mullan Training
National School of Government
Neil Stewart Associates
Selex Communications Ltd.
Siemens Plc
Skillpath Seminars
South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust
St. John Ambulance NI
Sureskills
Sweet and Maxwell
The Beeches Management Centre
The Consultation Institute
The Royal National Institute for Deaf People
University of Ulster
University of Wales
Homophobia: Crime
Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many incidents of homophobic crime were recorded in each Police Service of Northern Ireland district command unit area in each of the last 12 months; how many successful prosecutions were brought against those responsible; and what sentence was imposed in each case. [228392]
Paul Goggins: Recording of incidents of homophobic crime is a matter for the Chief Constable. I have asked him to reply directly to the hon. Member and a copy of his letter will be placed in the Library of the House and the Official Report.
The information sought on prosecutions and sentences is not available. Prosecution and conviction would be for the simple offence (e.g. assault) without reference to any homophobic motivation. Court data do not contain background information in relation to offences committed, and it is therefore not possible to separate out the number of successful prosecutions and the corresponding sentence imposed for offences with a homophobic motivation.
Office of the Surveillance Commissioner
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether the Government plans to bring forward legislative proposals to allow the Office of the Surveillance Commissioner to inspect local authorities in Northern Ireland. [230792]
Paul Goggins: Legislative provision already exists at section 61 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 for the appointment of an Investigatory Powers Commissioner for Northern Ireland.
Parades Commission: Expenditure
Mr. Dodds: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much was spent by the Northern Ireland Parades Commission on staff (a) salaries and (b) expenses in each year since 2004-05. [232871]
Paul Goggins: This is an operational matter for the Parades Commission. I have asked the Parades Commission Secretary to reply to the hon. Member directly, and will arrange for a copy of the letter to be placed in the Library of the House and the Official Report.
Parades Commission: Public Relations
Mr. Dodds: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what tendering process is followed by the Northern Ireland Parades Commission in the appointment of public relations companies. [232870]
Paul Goggins: This is an operational matter for the Parades Commission. I have asked the Parades Commission Secretary to reply to the hon. Member directly, and will arrange for a copy of the letter to be placed in the Library of the House and the Official Report.
Police Service of Northern Ireland: Equality
Mr. Carmichael: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assessment he made of whether institutionalised sectarianism exists within the Police Service of Northern Ireland. [227411]
Paul Goggins: The PSNI Equality and Diversity Unit is responsible for monitoring incidences of recorded bullying and harassment on the grounds of religious beliefs and or political opinion. From 1 January 2005 to 22 October 2008 there have been four cases raised. The PSNI does not believe that there is any evidence to support a view that it is institutionally sectarian.
Police Service of Northern Ireland: Racial Discrimination
Mr. Carmichael: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assessment he has made of whether institutionalised racism exists within the Police Service of Northern Ireland. [227410]
Paul Goggins: The PSNI Equality and Diversity Unit is responsible for monitoring incidences of recorded bullying and harassment on the grounds of racist behaviour. From 1 January 2005 to 22 October 2008 there have been no recorded complaints of racist behaviour.
The PSNI does not believe that there is any evidence to support a view that it is institutionally racist.
Stun Guns
Mr. Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many incidents have required the use of Taser guns in Northern Ireland since their introduction; and whether there have been any reported instances of injuries requiring hospital treatment as a result of such use. [232838]
Paul Goggins: That is an operational matter for the Chief Constable. I have asked him to reply directly to the hon. Member, and a copy of his letter will be placed in the Library of the House and the Official Report.
Culture, Media and Sport
Archaeology
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport by what date he expects English Heritage to have completed research into local authority archaeological and conservation staffing levels. [231350]
Barbara Follett: Information from English Heritage is that they expect to publish research into local authority archaeological and conservation staffing levels early in 2009, following a period of consultation with the sector.
Arts: Finance
Mr. Ancram: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate he has made of the proportion of expenditure on the arts which was funded by (a) public money, (b) sponsorship and (c) other sources in 2007-08. [227983]
Barbara Follett: The expenditure on arts in the year 2007-08 which was funded by public money (lottery and Exchequer funding) is as follows:
The amount drawn down by the Lottery Arts Distributors, consisting of Arts Council England, the Scottish Arts Council, Arts Council of Wales, and Arts Council of Northern Ireland, according to the un-audited National Lottery Distribution Fund's Annual Accounts in 2007-08 was £198.434 million.
In addition, some grants made by the Big Lottery Fund may have benefited groups related to the arts.
The amount of grant funding provided by Arts Council England was £377.113 million.
My Department does not hold records of the expenditure on arts from either sponsorship or other sources. This information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Mr. Ancram: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much was spent from the public purse per head on the arts in (a) rural areas and (b) urban areas in 2007-08. [227990]
Barbara Follett: We do not draw a distinction between urban and rural areas and the Arts Council do not record allocations by rural, urban or suburban area. A list of Arts Council England's funding for arts in 2007-08, broken down by constituency, will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.
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