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| Table 2: Over 24 months fallen bovines tested for BSE in Northern Ireland | |
| Number of bovines tested | |
Female Employment
Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate he has made of the number of women employed in Northern Ireland doing low-paid work on a part-time basis; and if he will make a statement. [74715]
Maria Eagle: It is not possible to provide estimates of the number of women employed in Northern Ireland doing low-paid work on a part-time basis using minimum wage definitions. This is because the sample size of the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) used for this purpose is too small to provide reliable estimates. For information, ASHE estimates that the lowest paid 10 per cent. of part-time female employees (approximately 12,000) earned less than £4.85 per hour(1), excluding overtime, in April 2005.
(1) This estimate is for part-time female employees of all ages on adult rates of pay, and with no loss of earnings during the survey reference period. The estimate does not reflect compliance with the national minimum wage levels which vary by age group.
Former Police Officers
David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on what grounds the contracts of employment in the Northern Ireland Police Fund of (a) Mr. Desmond Clayton and (b) Mr. Thomas Hale were terminated; what the total cost was of the severance package for each; and what budget the severance packages were paid from. [75085]
Paul Goggins: The employment and termination of employment for staff members of the Northern Ireland Police Fund is a matter for the Board of Directors of the Police Fund.
Gaelic Athletic Association
David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much public money has been made available to support the Gaelic Athletic Association in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years. [53149]
Mr. Hanson: These figures have been placed in the Library of the House.
Glenshane Pass
Mr. Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many vehicles per day on average used the Glenshane Pass in either direction between Dungiven and Maghera in the latest period for which figures are available. [74213]
David Cairns: The Chief Executive of Roads Service (Dr. Malcolm McKibbin) has been asked to write to the hon. Gentleman in response to this question.
Letter from Malcolm McKibbin, dated 30 May 2006:
You recently asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland a Parliamentary Question regarding how many vehicles per day on average used the Glenshane Pass in either direction between Dungiven and Maghera in the latest period for which figures are available.
As this issue falls within my responsibility as Chief Executive of Roads Service, I have been asked to reply.
By way of background I should explain that Roads Service collects traffic volume data by means of 270 automatic census points strategically located throughout the Northern Ireland road network. The information is recorded for one week in each
quarter during the year and an annual average calculated. The results are published in Roads Service’s annual Traffic and Travel Information Report, which presents the traffic volumes in a variety of formats for each site.
Roads Service have a counter on the A6 Castledawson to Dungiven road, west of Maghera at Ranaghan. The latest data on the average daily number of vehicles using the Glenshane Pass in either direction between Dungiven and Maghera is shown in the table below.
| Location | Average daily flow |
General Practitioners
Mrs. Iris Robinson:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many GP retainer places are
provided in the Province; and what plans there are to increase the number of places. [74577]
Paul Goggins: There are currently 45 GP retainer places in the Province. All those that have applied to enter the scheme have been accommodated. There are no plans to increase the number of places.
Health Trusts
Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much each health trust in the Province spent on adminstration in each of the last five years; and what percentage of overall budget this represented in each case. [74634]
Paul Goggins: The information requested is provided in the following tables.
| Analysis of total trust expenditure on administration, from 2000-01 to 2004-05 | |||||
| £000 | |||||
| NI HSS Trust | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 |
| Notes: 1. Total administration includes chairman’s and non-executive members’ remuneration, executive board members, administration and clerical and agency staff working on administration. 2. Senior clinical professionals on management contracts, can not be separately identified and excluded from administration costs. | |||||
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