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Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what categories of personal information on members of the public will be held on each database expected to become operational in the next five years and which will be managed by his Department or one of its agencies; what estimate he has made of the likely number of individuals' details each such database will hold when fully operational; and if he will make a statement. [286141]

Paul Goggins: Details of the databases which will be managed by the Northern Ireland Office or its agencies and are expected to become operational in the next five years together with the categories of personal information held on members of the public and the estimated number of records are listed in the following table.

Any personal data which will be stored in these databases will be subject to the Data Protection Act and to the Northern Ireland Office data protection policy. Also following the publication of the cross-Government data handling review in June 2008, new projects and programmes that hold significant amounts of personal data are obliged to conduct privacy impact assessments.


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Database name Categories of personal information Estimated number of records

2009

Replacement Visitor to Inmate Recognition and Bookings System (VIRBS)

Name, prison number, address, visitor number, DOB, phone/fax numbers

125,000 over five years

Replacement Secure Image Processing System (SIPS)

Name, prison number, address, visitor number, DOB, phone/fax numbers

125,000 over five years

Juvenile Justice Centre Incidents Database

Name, address, DOB, details of incident, physical restraints, single separations, self harm, sanctions imposed, injuries, Section 75 data

Not known

2010

Youth Justice Agency Case Management System

Name, address, gender, DOB, Section 75, risk assessment, criminal record, offence referral, medical notes, educational attainments, referral programme, review notes, incident reporting

Currently 2,350 individuals referred to YJA per annum

2011

Nil

-

-

2012

Nil

-

-

2013

Nil

-

-


Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what databases which will be managed by his Department or one of its agencies and which will contain personal information are (a) under construction and (b) expected to become operational in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement. [286507]

Paul Goggins: Details of databases which will be managed by the Northern Ireland Office or one of its agencies which will contain personal information currently under construction or expected to become operational in each of the next five years are listed in the following table.

Any personal data which will be stored in these databases will be subject to the Data Protection Act and to the Northern Ireland Office data protection policy. Also following the publication of the cross-Government data handling review in June 2008, new projects and programmes that hold significant amounts of personal data are obliged to conduct privacy impact assessments.


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Database name Under construction/Expected to go live

2009

Replacement Visitor to Inmate Recognition and Bookings System (VIRBS)

The Northern Ireland Prison Service is currently looking for a replacement for the existing VIRBS system-it will go live in 2009 or 2010 depending on the chosen solution

Replacement Secure Image Processing System (SIPS)

The Northern Ireland Prison Service is currently looking for a replacement for the existing SIPS system-it will go live in 2009 or 2010 depending on the chosen solution

Juvenile Justice Centre Incidents Database

Expected to go live over the next three months

2010

Youth Justice Agency Case Management System

This project is at an early stage and will not go live before 2010

2011

Nil

-

2012

Nil

-

2013

Nil

-


Departmental Electronic Equipment

Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) photocopiers, (b) scanning devices and (c) fax machines, excluding multi-function devices, there are in his Department; how many there were in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. [286168]

Mr. Woodward: My Department currently has (a) 82 photocopiers, (b) 50 scanning devices, and (c) 149 fax machines. Figures are not available for previous years.

A pilot scheme is currently running aimed at increasing the use of multifunctional printing devices in line with the Department's Green IT strategy.

Departmental Internet

Mr. Crabb: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the maintenance and development costs of his departmental website were in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07. [285410]

Mr. Woodward: A review of the Northern Ireland Office website was conducted in March 2007 to optimise the site and improve performance and download speed. Maintenance and development costs for 2006-07 were £15,677.44. For the period 2005-06 the costs were £10,293.50.

Mr. Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) pursuant to the answer of 13 July 2009, Official Report, column 39W, on departmental internet, what the (a) names and (b) versions are of the web browsers used on the (i) desktop machines and (ii) laptop computers used by his Department's (A) Permanent Secretary, (B) chief information officer, (C) head of communications and (D) head of finance; [288989]

(2) pursuant to the answer of 9 July 2009, Official Report, columns 918-19W, on departmental internet, what the (a) names and (b) versions are of the web browsers used on the (i) desktop machines and (ii) laptop computers used by his Department's (A) Permanent Secretary, (B) chief information officer, (C) head of communications and (D) head of finance. [288999]


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Paul Goggins: The information requested in relation to web browsers currently used by staff in the Northern Ireland Office is listed in the following table.

(i) Desktop machines (ii) Laptop computers

(A)

Permanent Secretary

(a) Internet Explorer

(a) Internet Explorer

(b) V6 (to be compatible with corporate applications)

(b) V6 and V7

(B)

Chief Information Officer

(a) Internet Explorer

(a) Internet Explorer

(b) V6 (to be compatible with corporate applications

(b) V6 and V7

(C)

Head of Communications

(a) Internet Explorer

(a) Internet Explorer

(b) V6 (to be compatible with corporate applications

(b)V6andV7

(D)

Head of Finance

(a) Internet Explorer

(a) Internet Explorer

(b) V6 (to be compatible with corporate applications

(b)V6andV7


Departmental Manpower

Mr. Crabb: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many staff are based at each of his Department's buildings. [285409]

Mr. Woodward: The number of staff based at each of my Department's buildings is detailed in the following table.

Buildings Staff

Annexe A, Dundonald House

13

Ballymena Chambers

64

Belfast Chambers/Laganside

177

Castle Buildings

133

Foyle Chambers

43

Hillsborough Castle

24

Hillview Buildings

28

Knockview Buildings

88

Lagan House

38

Linum Chambers

133

Lisburn Chambers

93

Massey House

79

Millbank

70

Millenium House

34

Omagh Chambers

59

Royal Courts of Justice, Belfast

79

Stormont House

29

Stormont House Annexe

55

Stormont House Bungalow

21

Unit 2 Walled Garden

19

Windsor House

55

Other buildings occupied by less than five staff

5


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Departmental Public Consultation

Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what consultations have been carried out by his Department since July 2007; and at what cost. [279345] [Official Report, 9 September 2009, Vol. 496, c. 33-34MC.]

Mr. Woodward: Since July 2007 my Department, excluding Agencies and non-departmental public bodies, conducted the consultations set out in the following table. The table includes the cost where applicable.

Name of Consultation Cost )

Anonymous Registration - Protecting voters at risk in Northern Ireland -February 2008

0

Improving the Administration of Elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly-July 2008

0

Consultation on proposed draft Criminal Damage (Compensation) (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 - June 2008

2,235.83

Proposed Northern Ireland Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2009

2,681.22

Proposed draft of Sexual Offences (NT) Order - November 2007

2,171.26

Draft Guidance on Public Protection Arrangements Northern Ireland -May 2008

240.00

Proposed draft Criminal Justice Order 2007

5,984.39

Investigation Code of Practice issued under POCA 2002

0

Search Code of Practice issued under POCA 2002

0

Mentally Disorder Offenders Victim Information Scheme

0

Fine default in NI

2,088.09

Proposals for the reform of the law on murder, manslaughter and infanticide

2,126.77

Equality Impact Assessment and Guideline Principles for the Test Purchase of Alcohol

0

Pre Policy Consultation Special Measures: an evaluation and review 2009

70

Alternatives to Prosecution: A Discussion Paper

109.30

Draft Strategy for the Management of Women Offenders (inc consultation workshop)

1,545

Government's Proposals for the Safety of Older People took place between 14 June and 30 November 2007

8,094.78

Consultation on Community Safety in Northern Ireland took place between 27 October 2008 and 9 February 2009

28,771.62

The Explosive Amendment Regulations (NI) 2008

356.54

Manufacture and Storage of Explosives (Amendment) Regulations (NI) 2009

92.52


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