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Departmental Television
Mr. Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland with reference to the answer of 24 November 2008, Official Report, columns 885-6W, on television, what the makes were of the televisions purchased by his Department; and how many of each make were bought. [243456]
Paul Goggins: The Northern Ireland Office, excluding its Agencies and Executive NDPBs, purchased six televisions in the year 2007-08 at a total cost of £2,415.
Panasonic (4),
Bush (1)
and Toshiba (1).
Departmental Travel
Mr. Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland with reference to the answer of 24 November 2008, Official Report, column 882W, on departmental travel, how much has been spent on hotels used by his staff in the last 12 months; and if he will list the hotels used. [243240]
Paul Goggins: The Northern Ireland Office (NIO), excluding its agencies and executive NDPBs, spent £200,601 on hotels during 2007-08.
Other miscellaneous expenditure which may have been incurred during hotel stays, such as business related telephone calls, are reclaimed as expenses and costs could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Information on the names of hotels regularly used by NIO staff has not been provided in the interests of staff security.
All expenditure has to be incurred in accordance with the principles of Managing Public Money and the Treasury handbook on Regularity and Propriety. In doing so the NIO always seeks to obtain the best value hotels available, that are within a reasonable travelling distance of the destination, obtaining the best prices for hotels rooms at the time of booking and making use of Government rates where available.
Departmental Visits Abroad
Mr. Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) how many members of staff of his Department travelled abroad on official business in each of the last 12 months; [243237]
(2) with reference to the answer of 24 November 2008, Official Report, column 882W, on departmental travel, how many members of staff had their international travel paid for by his Department in the last 12 months. [243239]
Mr. Woodward: The number of staff who travelled abroad in each of the last 12 months is shown in the following table.
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| (1) Five of these staff travelled on the Eurostar. (2) Journeys made to the Republic of Ireland by staff using their private car cannot be identified except at disproportionate cost. | ||||||||||||
All official business travel undertaken by staff is paid for by the Department.
Immigrants
David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) EU and (b) non-EU foreign nationals have been resident in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. [243979]
Mr. Woodward: The Government’s information on the number of European economic area and non-European economic area nationals within the UK is not broken down by region of residence.
The collation of Northern Ireland demographic statistics, along with the provision of official information on Northern Ireland’s population, is a devolved matter which is the responsibility of the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), an Executive agency within the Northern Ireland Department of Finance and Personnel.
Police: Training
Mr. Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the latest estimate of the cost of (a) construction and (b) operation is of the new Police and Emergency Services Training facility at Cookstown in its first year of operation. [245139]
Paul Goggins: The Desertcreat college will provide education and training for operational and support staff within the police, prison and fire and rescue services.
The current estimated construction cost of the college is £150 million. The current estimated running cost in the first year of operations is £6-£8 million.
Prisoners Transfers
Mr. Burrowes: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many prisoners were removed from Northern Ireland under prisoner transfer agreements in the last year for which figures are available. [244461]
Paul Goggins: In the 12-month period commencing 1 November 2007, nine prisoners were removed from Northern Ireland under prisoner transfer agreements—eight to establishments in England and Wales, and one to the Irish Prison Service.
Queen Elizabeth II: Anniversaries
Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans his Department has to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in 2012. [243976]
Mr. Woodward: My Department has not, at this stage, developed plans on how mark the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty the Queen in 2012.
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is in discussions with the Royal Household about how to mark the Diamond Jubilee.
Reoffenders
Mr. Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland with reference to the answer of 13 November 2008, Official Report, column 1321W, on reoffenders, what assessment he has made of how the reoffending rates for Northern Ireland compare to (a) the UK and (b) other parts of the UK. [243438]
Paul Goggins: With reference to the answer given on 13 November 2008, published reoffending rate cohorts for those discharged from custody in England and Wales are compared with similar Northern Ireland reoffending rate cohorts in the following tables.
| 2004 q uarter 1 cohort (England and Wales) | 2004 calendar year cohort (Northern Ireland) | ||||
| Age (discharged from custody) | Number of offenders | One year reoffending rate (percentage) | Age (discharged from custody) | Number of offenders | One year reoffending rate (percentage) |
| 2005 q uarter 1 cohort (England and Wales) | 2005 calendar year cohort (Northern Ireland) | ||||
| Age (discharged from custody) | Number of offenders | One year reoffending rate (percentage) | Age (discharged from custody) | Number of offenders | One year reoffending rate (percentage) |
| 2006 quarter 1 cohort (England and Wales) | 2006 calendar year cohort (Northern Ireland) | ||||
| Age (discharged from custody) | Number of offenders | One year reoffending rate (percentage) | Age (discharged from custody) | Number of offenders | One year reoffending rate (percentage) |
Mr. Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) with reference to the answer of 13 November 2008, Official Report, column 1321W, on reoffenders, if he will provide updated figures for the categories of information given in the answer; [243440]
(2) with reference to the answer of 13 November 2008, Official Report, column 1321W, on reoffenders, if he will provide a breakdown by relevant offence of the reoffending rates within (a) 12 months and (b) three years; and what percentage of offenders in each category were aged (i) between 16 and 21, (ii) between 22 and 25, (iii) between 26 and 30, (iv) between 31 and 40, (v) between 41 and 50, (vi) between 51 and 65 and (vii) over 65 years; [243441]
(3) what percentage of all former prisoners in Northern Ireland had reoffended following release from custody on the latest date for which figures are available. [243442]
Paul Goggins: The information requested is as follows:
(a) During the calendar year 2006, there were 437 prisoners released from adult or juvenile custody in Northern Ireland who were aged 16 to 25 on the date they were given a custodial sentence. During the twelve months following the date of their release, 225 of these ex prisoners committed a proven offence. This represents a one year reoffending rate of 51.5 per cent.
(b) During the calendar year 2004, there were 406 prisoners released from adult or juvenile custody in Northern Ireland who were aged 16 to 25 on the date they were given a custodial sentence. During the three years following the date of their release, 304 of these ex prisoners committed a proven offence. This represents a three year reoffending rate of 74.9 per cent.
(c) Table 1 gives breakdowns of reoffending rates within 12 months by age and index offence for the 2006 cohort and Table 2 the equivalent figures within three years for the 2004 cohort.
| Table 1 | |||||||||
| Age | |||||||||
| Index offence | Less than 16 | 16-21 | 22-25 | 26-30 | 31-40 | 41-50 | 51-65 | Over 65 | Total |
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