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To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his Answer of 13th July, 353 c646W, regarding lords lieutenant, what expenditure was incurred by his Department in support of each lord lieutenant for the financial year 1999-2000. - Inc table.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

23 October 2000

For answer on

15 November 2000

Answered on

15 November 2000

Mr. Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his answer of 13 July 2000, Official Report, column 646W, regarding Lord-Lieutenants, what expenditure was incurred by his Department in support of each Lord-Lieutenant for the financial year 1999-2000. [134858] Mr. Mandelson: The information requested is contained in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Expenditure Antrim 741.37 Armagh 506.82 Belfast 987.09 Down 822.54 Fermanagh 507.85 Londonderry 2,899.49 Tyrone 635.68 Grand total 7,100.84 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The Lord-Lieutenancy of County Londonderry is higher than that for other counties because that amount comprises two Lord-Lieutenants--Londonderry City, and Londonderry County. Pursuant to this, it may be helpful if I provide some further information to put the figures in their proper context. Lord-Lieutenants are appointed under current legislation by Her Majesty the Queen on the advice of the Prime Minister, following consultations locally and, where appropriate, with the First Minister. Lord-Lieutenants are much appreciated in their counties and areas, particularly as a link with the royal family and for their support of a wide range of local voluntary and community work. Lord-Lieutenants are unpaid. They may however claim expenses from central Government for certain items such as travel and other reasonable non-entertainment expenses incurred in carrying out their official duties. Amounts claimed will clearly vary according to, for example, levels of activity in each county, size and dispersal of populations, and the personal circumstances of each Lord-Lieutenant. Some choose not to claim any expenses. In addition most counties provide varying levels of administrative support, as do some Government Departments in respect of functions carried out by Lord-Lieutenants on their behalf.

Date

15 November 2000

Reference

356 c662-3W; 134858

House

House of Commons

Northern Ireland Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made in investigating options for premises to be used by the RUC Widows Association; where these premises are located; what funding he has agreed to contribute towards the financing of the Widows Association; how many (a) full-time...

Asked by

Kevin McNamara (Labour)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 October 2000

Reference

355 c21-2W;355 c21W; 133527

House

House of Commons

Northern Ireland Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many press officers were employed in his Department in (a) May 1997, (b) January 1998, (c) January 1999 and (d) January 2000; and what the total expenditure on press officers by his Department was in each of the years concerned....

Asked by

Lord Lansley (Conservative)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

27 July 2000

Reference

354 c803-4W; 132769

House

House of Commons

Northern Ireland Office

Statement on when he will respond to the report made by Sir Kenneth Bloomfield following his review of criminal injuries compensation in Northern Ireland, published in July 1999.

Asked by

Margaret Moran (Labour)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

25 July 2000

For answer on

26 July 2000

Answered on

26 July 2000

Ms Moran: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he will respond to the report made by Sir Kenneth Bloomfield following his review of criminal injuries compensation in Northern Ireland, published in July 1999. [133348] Mr. Mandelson: After careful consideration of Sir Kenneth Bloomfield's detailed report on the fitness for purpose of criminal injuries compensation arrangements in Northern Ireland, I am today able to announce the Government's broad proposals for the future of the scheme. The detail will be published next year for consultation in the form of a draft Order in Council. I must first place on record my gratitude and thanks to Sir Kenneth Bloomfield and his colleagues on the review for a most diligent and thorough investigation into the legislation and workings of the current criminal injuries compensation scheme. Their terms of reference asked them to advise the Government on: the fitness for purpose of criminal injuries compensation arrangements in Northern Ireland in the light of the experiences of victims of terrorist violence . . . and their research led them to consider many harrowing accounts of death and injury from victims of criminal violence, and to judge the extent to which the compensation scheme met their needs. The review team submitted their report last July when Sir Kenneth said that it would be difficult to argue that the statutory scheme in Northern Ireland is ungenerous, taken as a whole. As a result, the main thrust of their recommendations is designed to re-prioritise the scheme. Before addressing the report I must stress this Government's commitment to the provision of fair and equitable compensation for innocent and deserving victims of violent crime, and their particular desire to ensure proper arrangements to recognise the additional suffering of victims of terrorist violence and civil unrest in Northern Ireland. The major structural change proposed by the review team is the introduction of a tariff-based scheme with the tariff calculated on the average value of awards in Northern Ireland. This will provide a more transparent and straightforward system, and will allow claims to be settled more quickly. I have decided to accept this recommendation and extend it to apply to all claims and not just to those arising from less serious injuries, as recommended by the review. This will provide for consistency in the value of awards. The review also recommended that a tariff approach would largely make legal assistance in the making of claims unnecessary, and I have accepted this conclusion. Legal costs will therefore no longer be met by the scheme. Instead, Victim Support (NI) will be funded to provide assistance along the same lines as they currently do in GB. I have also decided that the right of appeal to the court should, in the future, no longer be necessary as part of a tariff-based scheme. The review recommended retention of court involvement for reasons which were persuasive at the time, but which should prove less so as progress is made across a range of issues on the wider political front. I therefore propose to replace it with an independent appeals tribunal, along the lines of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Panel. This will allow appeals to be processed more quickly, with less formality, and with less potential for retraumatising victims. I have also agreed changes as recommended by the review in eligibility for awards, and in exclusion from or reduction in awards. More flexible arrangements will apply under the new scheme to those claiming as a result of psychiatric illness, there will be more generous bereavement support payments to a wider group of relatives, and the current statutory time limits for lodging a claim will be replaced by a flexible approach which will allow claims to be made, in certain circumstances, long after the incident. Future cases will also be capable of being reopened for a limited period on strict medical grounds. It is also proposed to introduce a penalty points system to regulate the effect of previous criminal convictions on awards. The same provisions will also apply to convictions for terrorist offences. Finally, to address the concerns raised by Sir Kenneth in his report over inadequate financial assistance to past victims of the Troubles, I am also promising a further commitment of funds from next April to take forward the implementation of his report into victims of the Troubles "We Will Remember Them". In total this will represent a substantial package aimed at alleviating the financial hardships and other suffering inflicted on many by violence during the Troubles. Details of how this money will be dispersed will be announced in due course. In conclusion, I have accepted some two thirds of the 64 recommendations made by Sir Kenneth and his team. I believe these decisions, which were arrived at only after lengthy consideration, represent the best way to ensure for the future a fair and equitable system of criminal injuries compensation which will recognise the suffering of innocent victims of violent crime.

Date

26 July 2000

Reference

354 c672-4W; 133348

House

House of Commons

Northern Ireland Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what annual budget is set aside for the police Oversight Commissioner, broken down into convenient budget heads; what representations he has received regarding the monies to be allocated for this purpose.

Asked by

Kevin McNamara (Labour)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

26 July 2000

Reference

354 c670W; 130421

House

House of Commons

Northern Ireland Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list each departmental initiative requiring bids for funding together with the total resources available, the number of successful bids and the proportion this represents of total bids received; and what data he collects on the average expenditure of...

Asked by

Lynne Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 July 2000

Reference

354 c289W; 131087

House

House of Commons

Northern Ireland Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much money his Department has spent in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available on (a) lords lieutenant and (b) their deputies in Northern Ireland. - Inc table and fact that there is no separate record...

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

4 July 2000

For answer on

13 July 2000

Answered on

13 July 2000

Mr. Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much money his Department has spent in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available on (a) lords-lieutenant and (b) their deputies in Northern Ireland. [129681] Mr. Mandelson: The information is contained in the table. There is no separate record of expenditure on the lords-lieutenant and their deputies. £ _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Outturn expenditure 1999-2000 4,101 1998-99 5,780 1997-98 8,427 1996-97 13,824 1995-96 6,234 1994-95 10,336 1993-94 5,857 1992-93 5,177 1991-92 7,991 1990-91 4,106 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

13 July 2000

Reference

353 c646W;353 c644W; 129681

House

House of Commons

Northern Ireland Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department spent on opinion research in the financial year 1999-2000. - Inc table.

Asked by

Andrew MacKay (Conservative)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

17 May 2000

For answer on

15 June 2000

Answered on

15 June 2000

Mr. MacKay: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much his Department spent on opinion research in the financial year 1999-2000. [123049] Mr. Mandelson: The Government are committed to consulting and involving the public to help inform policy formulation and the delivery of better quality public services. Both are an important part of the Modernising Government initiative. The Government only commission market or opinion research when it is justified by the needs of the policy or programme and is the most economical, efficient and effective way to achieve the purpose. During the financial year 1999-2000, the amount spent on opinion research was £658,521. This information is broken down as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ Department of Agriculture and Rural Development 20,536 Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure 13,000 Department of Education 5,975 Department of Environment 16,590 Department for Regional Development 15,050 Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment 39,695 Department of Finance and Personnel 23,000 Department of Health, Social Services and PS 20,000 Department of Higher and Further Education, TE 346,375 Department for Social Development 56,315 Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister 11,000 Northern Ireland Office 90,985 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Responsibility in respect of research carried out by the Northern Ireland Departments has been devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly and is no longer a matter for the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.

Date

15 June 2000

Reference

123049; 351 c668-9W

House

House of Commons

Northern Ireland Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list opinion research projects undertaken on behalf of the department in the financial year 1999-2000 itemising (a) focus group research, (b) quantitative surveys and (c) other market research surveys, indicating in each case (i) when and (ii) where...

Asked by

Andrew MacKay (Conservative)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 June 2000

Reference

123050; 351 c669W

House

House of Commons

Northern Ireland Office

Answered by

Adam Ingram (Labour)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

17 May 2000

Reference

350 c321-2

House

House of Commons

Northern Ireland Office

Answered by

Adam Ingram (Labour)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

17 May 2000

Reference

350 c321-2

House

House of Commons

Northern Ireland Office

1st supplementary on research and development expenditure.

Asked by

Ben Chapman (Labour)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

17 May 2000

Reference

350 c321-2

House

House of Commons

Northern Ireland Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, What assessment he has made of the impact of the Budget on small and medium-sized enterprises in Northern Ireland. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Ben Chapman (Labour)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

17 May 2000

Reference

350 c321-2; 121146

House

House of Commons

Northern Ireland Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his Answer of 6th April 2000, on the Royal Victoria Hospital, 347 c568W, how much of the Royal Group of Hospital HSS Trust's funding was spent on the new railings and perimeter wall of the hospital. - Inc figure.

Asked by

A Cecil Walker (Ulster Unionist Party)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 May 2000

Reference

349 c288W;349 c287W; 119783

House

House of Commons

Northern Ireland Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department spent (i) directly and (ii) indirectly on asylum seekers in (a) 1995, (b) 1996, (c) 1997, (d) 1998 and (e) 1999; and what estimate has been made of expenditure in the year 2000.

Asked by

Nigel Evans (Conservative)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 May 2000

Reference

119488; 349 c15W

House

House of Commons

Northern Ireland Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what is his estimate of what the final cost will be of the Saville enquiry. - Includes figure. (Holding answer 6 April 2000).

Asked by

Crispin Blunt (Conservative)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 April 2000

Reference

348 c523-4W; 117572

House

House of Commons

Northern Ireland Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what is his estimate of the cost to public funds arising from taking trains out of service because of chassis corrosion problems in the last three years. - Includes figures.

Asked by

A Cecil Walker (Ulster Unionist Party)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 April 2000

Reference

348 c124-5W; 117837

House

House of Commons

Northern Ireland Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many awards were made available, and at what cost, to Northern Ireland students undertaking courses at residential institutions for adult education in Great Britain in each of the last 10 years. - Includes table, figures and fact that figures beyond...

Asked by

Hilary Benn (Labour)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

30 March 2000

For answer on

10 April 2000

Answered on

10 April 2000

Mr. Hilary Benn: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many awards were made available, and at what cost, to Northern Ireland students undertaking courses at residential institutions for adult education in Great Britain in each of the last 10 years. [117581] Mr. Ingram: The number of awards is as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Financial year Number of awards 1990-91 8 1991-92 8 1992-93 8 1993-94 8 1994-95 12 1995-96 12 1996-97 12 1997-98 12 1998-99 12 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The actual expenditure in 1998-99 was £46,104, when only 11 of the awards made available were taken up. Figures beyond this year are not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Date

10 April 2000

Reference

348 c58W; 117581

House

House of Commons

Northern Ireland Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many companies were invited to tender for the development of the 1999 Management Trainee Assessment Centre; to which company the contract was awarded; what use was made of the materials developed by the contractor; what plans he has for future...

Asked by

Eddie McGrady (Social Democratic & Labour Party)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 April 2000

Reference

348 c59-60W; 117316

House

House of Commons

Northern Ireland Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what (a) amount and (b) percentage of money from the education budget was devoted to transport in (i) 1991, (ii) 1995 and (iii) 1999. - Includes table.

Asked by

Roy Beggs (Ulster Unionist Party)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 April 2000

Reference

348 c58W; 117342

House

House of Commons

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