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31 Oct 2006 : Column 286W—continued
Best Practice Scheme
David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland pursuant to the answer of 23 October 2006, Official Report, columns 1544-5W, on the best practice scheme, what steps he is taking to encourage more staff in (a) each Department in Northern Ireland, including the Northern Ireland Office and (b) the voluntary and community sectors to participate in the Northern Ireland best practice scheme. [98001]
Mr. Hanson: Staff in all Northern Ireland Departments, including the Northern Ireland Office are invited to attend all best practice events. Some of these are targeted at staff at particular grades or working in specific areas. While attendance at events is free, numbers are limited by available space with some events allowing for greater numbers than others.
The scheme is actively supported by the Northern Ireland Civil Service Permanent Secretaries Group and Permanent Secretaries lead events and encourage staff to attend and feel empowered to apply the learning.
Voluntary and community sector organisations have been invited to participate in learning activities through the Chief Executive’s Forum, the Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action (NICVA) and the Association of Chief Officers of Voluntary Organisations (ACOVO).
Departmental Expenditure
Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many staff were employed in the Department of Agriculture in Northern Ireland in each Northern Ireland county in each of the last three years. [97692]
David Cairns: The information requested is not routinely collected or available in the format.
However I can advise, from current information available, based on location at which staff are headquartered, the number of staff employed in each Northern Ireland county is as follows as at 26 October 2006:
| County | Staff numbers |
Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the administrative costs of running the Department of Agriculture headquarters at Dundonald House were in the last year for which figures are available; and what the staffing levels at that location were in each of the last five years. [97693]
David Cairns: The information requested is not routinely collected or available in the format requested.
However I can advise that current staffing levels for Dundonald House and estimated administrative costs as of 26 October 2006 are as follows:
Staff headquartered at Dundonald House—808
Administrative costs—£30.8 million
District Command Units
David Simpson:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the average number of police officers was in each district command unit in Northern Ireland in each of the last two years. [96438]
Paul Goggins: I have been advised by the Police Service of Northern Ireland of the following details in respect of the number of police officers deployed across each district command unit over the last two years.
| Regular | FTR | PTR | ||||
| District command unit | 2005( 1) | 2006( 1) | 2005( 1) | 2006( 1) | 2005( 1) | 2006( 1) |
| (1) As at October each year. | ||||||
David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what method the Police Service of Northern Ireland uses to record average response times across its district command units. [96439]
Paul Goggins: I have been advised by the Police Service of Northern Ireland that average response times to calls are not routinely recorded.
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