Lords Hansard text for 6 Jul 200606 July 2006 (pt 0004)

Prisons: Population

Lord Ramsbotham asked Her Majesty's Government:

What contingency plans they have made for when the prison population exceeds 80,000.[HL6461]

The Minister of State, Home Office (Baroness Scotland of Asthal): We have developed long-term strategic plans and, in support of this, we are reviewing contingency plans, which include a range of options to deal with short-term population pressures. We will ensure that places are available for those

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prisoners committed by the courts. We continue to actively investigate options for providing further increases in capacity.

Public Bodies: Chairmen

Lord Lee of Trafford asked Her Majesty's Government:

What are the salary and time requirements for the chairmen of public bodies appointed by the Secretary of State for Transport.[HL6591]

Lord Davies of Oldham: The remuneration and time commitment for the chairs of the Department for Transport's non-departmental public bodies are set out in the table below. The information is correct as at 31 March 2006, except for the current chair of the Strategic Rail Authority, who was appointed on1 April 2006.

Public Body	Remuneration per annum	Time commitment
Commission for Integrated Transport	£5,431¹	5 days a month
Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Council	Unpaid	2 days a month
Civil Aviation Authority	£120,550	3.5 days per week
Rail Passenger Council (operates as Passenger Focus)	£25,000	8 days a month
Railway Heritage Committee	Unpaid	None specified
Northern Lighthouse Board	£17,028	40 days per annum
Trinity House Lighthouse Service	£102,235	Full time (chair and chief executive)
British Transport Police Authority	£25,800	60 days per annum
Senior Traffic Commissioner Traffic Commissioners	£93,483² £84,135	Full time Full time
Strategic Rail Authority	£20,731	4 days per month
¹The current chair of the Commission for Integrated Transport chooses to receive a reduced level of remuneration for this post.
² The traffic commissioners are classed as a tribunal NDPB but they are appointed by the Secretary of State separately and in their own right.

Railways: Late Arrivals

Lord Greaves asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether, in future train operating franchises, inter-city train operating companies will be prevented from adding substantial amounts of recovery time between the last intermediate station and the final destination in order that trains which have been consistently late at intermediate stops may arrive at the final station on time, or within

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the permitted number of minutes late to qualify as on time, thus avoiding penalties for lateness.[HL6602]

Lord Davies of Oldham: Responsibility for producing the national rail timetable lies with Network Rail. New passenger franchises which are let by the department include provisions for maximum journey times. Timetable changes should ensure the best balance between what time is actually required for sections of a journey, and the need to offer the shortest reliable end-to-end journey times.

Schools: Northern Ireland

Lord Kilclooney asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many pupils will transfer from Saints and Scholars Integrated Primary School, Armagh City, for the next academic year, commencing in autumn 2006; and how many of them have selected each secondary or grammar school as their first preference.[HL6614]

Lord Rooker: There are 32 pupils transferring under the open enrolment arrangements from Saints and Scholars Integrated Primary School, Armagh

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City, to post-primary education in September 2006. A breakdown of the pupils’ first preference schools is set out below.

Armagh Integrated College	20
Integrated College, Dungannon	*
St Patrick's High School, Keady	*
St Catherine's College, Armagh	*
Royal School, Armagh	7
St Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh	*

* Data relating to fewer than five pupils have been treated so as to meet the confidentiality guarantee listed in National Statistics Code of Practice (Protocol on Data Access and Confidentiality).

Lord Laird asked Her Majesty's Government:

What primary schools have been rebuilt by the Western Education and Library Board of Northern Ireland in the past five years; and, of these, how many were (a) controlled schools; and (b) maintained schools.[HL6641]

Lord Rooker: The Western Education and Library Board is responsible for the controlled schools estate. The information requested for controlled and maintained schools is set out below.

*Details of primary school projects completed in the last five years in the Western Education and Library Board area*
School name	Management type	Details of project	Completion date
Florencecourt Primary School	Controlled	New replacement school	May 2001
Gibson Primary School, Omagh	Controlled	New replacement school	September 2003
Edwards Primary School, Castlederg	Controlled	New replacement school	November 2004
Bready Primary School and Sandville Primary School, Strabane	Controlled	Amalgamation in a new replacement school	September 2004
Dervaghroy Primary School/Hutton Primary School/Sixmilecross Primary School	Controlled	Amalgamation in a new replacement school	January 2005
Maguiresbridge Primary School	Controlled	New replacement school	December 2005
St Mary's Primary School, Killyclogher	Maintained	New replacement school	July 2002
St Dympna's Primary School, Dromore	Maintained		January 2006
St Ninnidh’s Primary School, Derrylin	Maintained	New replacement school	July 2005

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*Details of primary school projects in the Western Education and Library Board area, for which capital funding has been announced and which are currently under construction or in planning*
School name	Management type	Details of project	Estimated completion date
Kesh Primary School	Controlled	New replacement school	October 2006
Burnfoot Primary School/Dungiven Primary School/Largy Primary School	Controlled	Amalgamation in a new replacement school	September 2007
Killen Primary School, Castlederg	Controlled	New replacement school	June 2007
Lisbellaw Primary School	Controlled	New replacement school	October 2007
Lisnagelvin Primary School	Controlled	New replacement school	April 2008
St Eugene's Primary School, Londonderry	Maintained	Extension and refurbishment	February 2008
Coranny Primary School and Cornagague Primary School, Enniksillen	Maintained	Amalgamation in a new replacement school	August 2008
Columbkille's Primary School, Carrickmore	Maintained	New replacement school	November 2008
St Paul’s Primary School, Irvinestown	Maintained	New replacement school	March 2009
Omagh Integrated Primary School	Grant Maintained Integrated	New replacement school	June 2008
Enniskillen Integrated Primary School	Grant Maintained Integrated	New replacement school	July 2007

Lord Laird asked Her Majesty's Government:

Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Rooker on 21 June (WA 112) concerning St Joseph's High School in Plumbridge, County Tyrone, when the two-month period of consultation about its possible closure begins; and how many representations have been made to date.[HL6662]

Lord Rooker: The statutory two-month objection period began on 27 April 2006, the date of publication of the development proposal to allow for the closure of the school and ended on 28 June 2006. Twenty-two letters of objection have been received by the Department of Education as well as a petition in support of the retention of the school, with 3,166 signatures.

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