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Sex Offenders Register
Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will bring forward additional powers for monitoring sex offenders whose names appear on the sex offenders register on their release from prison; and if he will make a statement. [66633]
Mr. Hanson: I believe it is important that we continually review and develop how we manage offenders in the community. This is why I intend introducing legislation later this year which will strengthen the current sex offender management arrangements in Northern Ireland by placing these on a statutory footing and extending the arrangements to include the management of non-sexual violent offenders.
The recent consultation on the sentencing framework in Northern Ireland included a wide range of possible sentencing disposals which would provide for: increased public protection through tougher sentences and post-release supervision; a reduction in crime; and improved rehabilitation of offenders in Northern Ireland. Central to that process was consideration of the issue of protection of the public from dangerous violent and sexual offenders through extended sentences underpinned by robust risk assessment and management.
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I will carefully examine all the options, taking into account recent developments and experience in the rest of the UK, and will of course ensure we have the most comprehensive and effective framework for protecting the public in Northern Ireland from the risk posed by dangerous offenders.
Smoking
Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State forNorthern Ireland what actions he has taken to ensure that the smoking ban in public places will be enforced. [67057]
Mr. Woodward: The draft Smoking (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 is currently the subject of a public consultation exercise. This exercise, which ends on 5 May, seeks views on a number of key areas, including enforcement.
Statemented Children
Mark Durkan: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many children are waiting to be statemented in each education and library board area; and what the longest waiting time was for assessment in each education and library board area in the last five years. [65894]
Angela E. Smith: The following table shows the total number of children at Stage 4 of the Code of Practice. This is where the ELB considers the need for a statutory assessment and if appropriate makes a multi-disciplinary assessment. The table also shows the number of children whose parents have been notified of a proposal to make a statutory assessment, but for whom the assessment process has not yet started. These figures were collated at November 2005.
Teacher Training
Sammy Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many teacher training places were available at (a) Stranmillis College and (b) St. Mary's College in each of the last five years; how many students applied to each college in each year; what the religious background of students at each college was in each year; and how many teacher training students there were at (i) undergraduate and (ii) postgraduate level at each college in each year. [65836]
Angela E. Smith: The information requested is as follows:
Source:
Department of Education
Source:
St. Mary's University College, Stranmillis University College.
Note:
From 2003/04 to 2005/06, St. Mary's University College used the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service to process course applications. Please note that a student may apply for more than one course or to both institutions and may therefore be included more than once.
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| Academic year | Stranmillis University College | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Protestant | Roman Catholic | Other | Not known | Total | |
| 2001/02 | 863 | 163 | 23 | 335 | 1,384 |
| 2002/03 | 930 | 188 | 30 | 243 | 1,391 |
| 2003/04 | 939 | 190 | 34 | 208 | 1,371 |
| 2004/05 | 984 | 205 | 38 | 234 | 1,461 |
Note:
To prevent the identification of individuals, figures less than 5 have been suppressed and are denoted by —. Figures which could allow those figures to be calculated have been replaced by *.
Source:
Higher Education Statistics Agency
| Academic year | Stranmillis University College | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Undergraduate | Postgraduate | Total | |
| 2001/02 | 710 | 35 | 745 |
| 2002/03 | 741 | 41 | 782 |
| 2003/04 | 762 | 40 | 802 |
| 2004/05 | 789 | 42 | 831 |
Source:
Higher Education Statistics Agency.
HESA data for the 2005/06 academic year is not yet available.
Teachers
Mr. Donaldson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many teachers in Northern Ireland have taken early retirement enhanced packages in each of the last five years in the (a) controlled sector, (b) maintained sector, (c) integrated sector, (d) Irish language medium sector and (e) independent sector. [67582]
Angela E. Smith: The information requested is shown in the following table:
(48) Includes FE Colleges, Voluntary Grammar Schools and certain Outside Bodies.
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Mr. Donaldson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many full-time equivalent teachers have been employed in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years in the (a) controlled sector, (b) maintained sector, (c) integrated sector, (d) Irish language medium sector and (e) independent sector. [67586]
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Angela E. Smith: The number of full-time equivalent teachers employed in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years in the (a) controlled sector, (b) maintained sector, (c) integrated sector, (d) Irish Language medium sector is as follows:
| September | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sector | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Controlled | 8,272 | 8,277 | 8,274 | 8,244 | 7,968 |
| Maintained | 7,040 | 6,939 | 6,929 | 6,832 | 6,677 |
| Integrated | 722 | 736 | 748 | 784 | 800 |
| Irish Medium | 63 | 75 | 81 | 80 | 91 |
| Total | 16,097 | 16,027 | 16,032 | 15,940 | 15,536 |
Note:
The Department does not hold any information on the number of teachers employed in the Independent sector.
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