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Lord Laird asked Her Majesty’s Government:
Further to the Written Answer by Lord Rooker on 7 July (WA 66) concerning the Northern Ireland Parades Commission’s payments to consultants, on what basis the consultants are paid on an approximate basis. [HL4939]
Lord Tunnicliffe: The consultants were not paid on an approximate basis; rather, the figures provided in response to the noble Lord’s Question were rounded and were therefore referred to as “approximately”. This is standard accounting practice.
Lord Laird asked Her Majesty’s Government:
How the chairman of the Northern Ireland Parades Commission was selected; after what process; how and when the job was advertised; who made the selection; and what qualification they had to make the selection. [HL4954]
Lord Tunnicliffe: The chairman was appointed to the Parades Commission on 1 January 2006 after an appointments process that began on 25 July 2005. The appointments process was regulated by the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments. In accordance with Schedule 1, paragraph 2(1), the chairman of the Parades Commission is appointed by the Secretary of State.
Lord Laird asked Her Majesty’s Government:
Further to the Written Answer by Lord Rooker on 14 July (WA 121), who were the individuals on whom the £1,200 was spent on hospitality by the Northern Ireland Parades Commission in 2007. [HL5011]
Lord Tunnicliffe: It would not be appropriate to provide the names of individuals.
Lord Laird asked Her Majesty’s Government:
Further to the Written Answer by Lord Rooker on 14 July (WA 120-21), who have been used as monitors by the Northern Ireland Parades Commission since its creation. [HL5012]
Lord Tunnicliffe: It would not be appropriate to provide the names of individual monitors.
People Trafficking: OperationPentameter 2
Lord Hylton asked Her Majesty's Government:
How many prosecutions they anticipate will be brought following the arrests made in Operation Pentameter II; and what are the main lessons learnt from that operation. [HL4761]
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord West of Spithead): Of the 528 arrests made under Operation Pentameter II, we would anticipate
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The results of Pentameter II are currently being analysed in depth by the United Kingdom Human Trafficking Centre in order to inform future work to combat this crime.
Planning: Eco-towns
Lord Taylor of Holbeach asked Her Majesty’s Government:
Further to the Written Answer by Baroness Andrews on 1 July (WA 34), why they did not include Thurrock Council and Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council on the list of areas with potential to become eco-towns. [HL4748]
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government (Baroness Andrews): Neither of the two locations mentioned met the demanding criteria for eco-towns as published by this department in the eco-towns prospectus of 23 July 2007. Summaries of the assessment of all the eco-town submissions can be found on the department website at: www.communities.gov.uk/publications/housing/Eco-townsassessmentsummaries.
Police: Northern Ireland
Lord Browne of Belmont asked Her Majesty’s Government:
What is the average attendance at public meetings convened by the district policing partnerships in Northern Ireland. [HL3774]
Lord Tunnicliffe: The following table sets out the average attendance at public meetings convened by district policing partnerships (DPPs) in Northern Ireland for 2007-08. Each DPP held six public meetings. The figures for Belfast DPP represent the average attendance at 18 public meetings, as it also includes public meetings held by its four sub-groups.
| DPP | Total attendance | Average |
| * Due to a change in DPP manager, the figures for attendance were recorded only for one meeting. | ||
The figures for 2007-08 show a 46 per cent increase from 2006-07 in the numbers of members of the public attending DPP meetings. With effect from 1 April 2008, a standard approach to collating information on attendance has been adopted as part of the revised DPP effectiveness framework.
Lord Laird asked Her Majesty's Government:
How many members of the Police Service of Northern Ireland are resident outside the United Kingdom. [HL4433]
Lord Tunnicliffe: The chief constable has provided the following answer:
“There are 15 members of the Police Service of Northern Ireland who are recorded as being resident outside the United Kingdom; this figure includes regular, full-time reserve and part-time officers.”
Schools: Statements of Educational Need
Lord Bradley asked Her Majesty’s Government:
What is (a) the average cost and (b) the average length of time undertaken to prepare a statement of educational need for children in each of the 10 districts of Greater Manchester. [HL5015]
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Children, Schools and Families (Lord Adonis): A statement of special educational needs (SEN) is prepared following a statutory assessment of the child’s needs. Information on the cost of carrying out statutory assessments is not collected centrally.
The average length of time to prepare a statement is also not collected centrally. However, the Audit Commission monitors the proportion of draft statements issued within 18 weeks of a request for statutory assessment as best value performance indicator (BVPI) 43.
The indicator values for the 10 local authorities of Greater Manchester from 2006-07 (the most recent year for which figures have been published) are given in the table below.
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