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Nurses: Training
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether nurses receive (a) pre-registration and (b) post-registration education and training in the provision of continence services. [283981]
Ann Keen: Education and training for all nurses is the responsibility of their employers in light of local priorities and local assessment of training needs. Nurses receive training in continence services during their preparation for registration, and as part of their continuing professional development.
Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to page 219 of his Department's Annual Report 2009, whether the projections for prescription charge income take account of his Department's proposals in relation to the exemption from prescription charges of people with long-term illnesses. [283875]
House of Commons Commission
Security Guards: Parliament
Tom Brake: To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission how many days sickness absence have been taken by security officers of each category working on the Parliamentary estate in each year since 2000. [283823]
Nick Harvey: The following data has been provided by the Palace of Westminster Head of Security:
Working days lost due to sickness absence—security staff only:
2000-01
Security Officers: 1,391
Security Officer Managers: 50
2001 - 02
Security Officers: 1,271
Security Officer Managers: 25
2002-03
Security Officers: 1,808
Security Officer Managers: 101
2003-04
Security Officers: 1,951
Security Officer Managers: 34
2004-05
Security Officers: 1,849
Security Officer Managers: 44
2005-06
Security Officers: 2,719
Security Officer Managers: 131
2006-07
Security Officers: 3,071
Security Officer Managers: 36
2007-08
Security Officers: 2,701
Security Officer Managers: 61
2008-09
Security Officers: 3,781
Security Officer Managers: 154
International Development
Kenya: Overseas Aid
Mr. Crabb: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department is taking to build capacity to support democratic institutions in Kenya. [283150]
Mr. Thomas: The Department for International Development (DFID) has provided consistent support to the political reform agenda in Kenya, through the national reconciliation process led by Kofi Annan, and support to parliamentary reform, public sector reform, land reform, police reform, public financial management reform and empowerment of civil society. In 2008-09 this support amounted to £3.6 million.
Other DFID programmes are helping to tackle some of the underlying causes of conflict and political tension, such as social and regional inequalities.
I and other Ministers, including the Prime Minister, maintain a dialogue with Kenyan politicians on the need to accelerate political reform in Kenya.
Mr. Crabb: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assistance his Department is providing to the government of Kenya for the promotion and implementation of the National Accord. [283151]
Mr. Thomas: The UK Government are the leading donor to the process led by Kofi Annan to co-ordinate international support to the National Accord, which has included the Kriegler and Waki Commissions on elections and post-election violence; constitutional, judicial, police and electoral reforms, and the issue of impunity.
We have provided £1.4 million (£200,000 in 2007-08 and £1.2 million in 2008-09). All support has jointly
been managed by the Department for International Development and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, through the Africa Conflict Prevention Programme. This money is provided through a trust fund rather than directly to the Government of Kenya, but it supports and stimulates the Government's leadership.
Mr. Crabb: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent steps his Department has taken to assist the development of civic society in Kenya. [283166]
Mr. Thomas: Since 2000 the Department for International Development (DFID) has supported civil society in Kenya principally through its £7.5 million Political Empowerment Programme. Areas of support have included the National Civic Education Programme, gender, and anti-corruption and accountability work through NGOs such as Transparency International Kenya and the National Taxpayers Association. A further £1.2 million has been provided in 2008-09 to civil society organisations working on the peace and reform agenda following the post-election violence.
DFID is currently designing a new governance programme with Canada and Denmark which would increase our support to civil society in Kenya. Details will be finalised later this year.
In addition to the above, several civil society organisations working in Kenya have received funding from DFID's centrally-managed Governance and Transparency Fund and Civil Society Challenge Fund.
Pakistan: Overseas Aid
Mr. Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what projects his Department funded in the Federally-Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07, (c) 2007-08 and (d) 2008-09; which organisations were involved in the delivery of each such project; and how much funding was allocated to each such project. [284185]
Mr. Michael Foster: Since 2005, the Department for International Development (DFID) has provided direct support to one programme in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA)—the FATA Secretariat Capacity Building Programme. Our funding allocation totals £1 million, and delivery is being implemented by the FATA Secretariat over the period 2008-10.
DFID has provided £22 million of humanitarian support since September 2008 to help those displaced by conflict in both the FATA and the North West Frontier Province, which has been channelled through the United Nations, the International Committee of the Red Cross and non-governmental organisations.
In addition, since 2005 DFID has supported the following nationwide programmes, which have helped provide services in the FATA as well as other parts of Pakistan:
| Pakistan | ||
| Programme | Implementing agency | Commitment (£ million) |
Mr. Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much bilateral aid his Department provided to Pakistan in each of the last five years; and on what projects such aid was spent. [284186]
Mr. Michael Foster: The Department for International Development (DFID) provided the following bilateral aid to Pakistan over the last five years.
| Pakistan | Commitment (£ million) |
| (1) Estimate | |
A table showing the main aid projects supported by DFID in this period will be placed in the Library of the House.
Justice
Departmental Flags
Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much money has been spent on maintaining flags owned by his Department in the last year. [278120]
Mr. Straw: The expenditure on flag maintenance by the Ministry in the financial year 2008-09 is stated in the following table:
| £ | |
| (1) Of the £35,743 for HM Courts Service, £24,052 was incurred on the provision and removal of flags, as well as flag maintenance. It is not possible to separate the two elements without a detail review of invoices that would incur disproportionate cost. | |
Flag maintenance expenditure includes the testing, inspection and surveying of the flags to ensure that they are in full operating condition.
Data on the operation and maintenance of flags by the National Offender Management Service at held locally by prisons and probation boards/trusts and can be collated only at disproportionate cost.
Departmental Food
Tim Farron: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what percentage of the (a) meat, (b) fruit and (c) vegetables procured by his Department in the last 12 months was produced in the UK. [281939]
Claire Ward: Percentages of (a) meat, (b) fruit and (c) vegetables used by the Ministry of Justice that were produced in the UK are shown in the following table.
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