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Sexual Abuse: Northern Ireland
Questions
Asked by Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
To ask Her Majesty's Government when the Police Service of Northern Ireland was first alerted to alleged child sexual abuse by Liam Adams; whether the decision not to seek a European arrest warrant was the responsibility of the Police Service of Northern Ireland or the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland; and whether the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland or any Northern Ireland Office ministers or advisers were alerted to and consulted on the issue by the Police Service of Northern Ireland or the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland. [HL936]
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon: It would be inappropriate for me to comment on any application for a European arrest warrant as this is an ongoing police investigation.
Asked by Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
To ask Her Majesty's Government who was the Chief Constable at the time when the Police Service of Northern Ireland was first alerted to alleged child sexual abuse by Liam Adams; how many subsequent meetings, for any purpose, the Chief Constable had with Gerry Adams; and whether the allegation was raised or discussed between them. [HL937]
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon This is an ongoing police investigation and it would be inappropriate for me to comment further.
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Asked by Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will ask the Northern Ireland Policing Board to conduct a full inquiry into how the Police Service of Northern Ireland dealt with allegations of sexual abuse by Liam Adams. [HL938]
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon: The Government have no plans to ask the Northern Ireland Policing Board to conduct such an inquiry.
Asked by Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions took place between the Police Service of Northern Ireland and An Garda Síochána about the alleged sexual abuse by Liam Adams; whether the issuing of a European arrest warrant was discussed; and what other child security measures were discussed. [HL939]
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon: These are operational matters for the Chief Constable. I have asked him to reply directly to the noble Lord, and a copy of his letter will be placed in the Library of the House.
Asked by Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions about alleged sexual abuse by Liam Adams have taken place between the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, other Northern Ireland Office ministers and advisers, and their counterparts in the Republic of Ireland. [HL940]
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon: This is an ongoing police investigation and it would be inappropriate to comment further.
UK Border Agency: Staff
Question
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the remit of the Central Stakeholder Team of the Communications Directorate of the UK Border Agency; and how many staff are employed in it. [HL1025]
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The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord West of Spithead): The central stakeholder team currently comprises nine full-time and one part-time staff. These staff:
work with stakeholders to promote compliance with immigration and customs requirements and to facilitate legitimate travel and trade;develop ongoing relationships and consult stakeholders in order to inform policy development, services, decision making and planning;facilitate visits to agency facilities and services by parliamentarians, diplomatic visitors and other stakeholders; anddevelop the capacity of staff across the agency to work effectively with our stakeholders.UK: EU Resident Citizens
Question
Asked by Lord Wallace of Saltaire
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many citizens of each other European Union state are resident in the United Kingdom. [HL1090]
Baroness Crawley: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Stephen Penneck, Director-General for Office for National Statistics, to Lord Wallace of Saltaire, dated January 2010.
As Director-General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to respond to your Question asking how many citizens of each other EU states are resident in the United Kingdom. (HL 1090)
The Office for National Statistics collects data on nationality on the Annual Population Survey (APS) which covers residents of the UK. The latest estimates available are for the 12 month period of April 2008 to March 2009. The estimates of the number of UK residents for each other EU member state are given in Table 1 attached.
":" = negligible or rounded to zero
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Estimates are not considered reliable for practical purposes |
Source: Annual Population Survey (APS)/Labour Force Survey (LFS), ONS
1. Standard error is an estimate of the margin of error associated with a sample survey. The coefficient of variation (CV) indicates the robustness of each estimate. It is defined as:
2. Cl+/- is the upper (+) and lower (-) 95% confidence limits. It is defined as: 1.96 x standard error
3. Estimates are based on the Annual Population Survey (APS) which is the Labour Force Survey (LFS) plus various sample boosts.
4. It should be noted that the LFS:
excludes students in halls who do not have a UK resident parent
excludes people inmost other types of communal establishments (for example, hotels, boarding houses, hostels, mobile home sites etc)
is grossed to population estimates of those living in private households that only include migrants staying for 12 months or more.
5. The LFS weighting does not adjust for non-response bias by the nationality variable.
Young Offenders Institutions: Social Workers
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