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Friday 20 July 2012 Written Answers District Councillors Mr Weir asked the Minister of Finance and Personnel, pursuant 12192/11-15, whether the paid leave is in addition to the annual allowance paid to all councillors. (AQW 13386/11-15) Mr Wilson: No, if payment, other than for reimbursement of expenses is offered, civil servants should choose to either accept the payment and apply for special leave without pay to enable them to carry out the required duties or decline the payment and apply for special leave with pay. Public Finances Linked to the London Inter-bank Offered Rate Dr McDonnell asked the Minister of Finance and Personnel what aspects of public finances are linked to, or influenced by, the London Inter-bank Offered Rate. (AQW 13443/11-15) Mr Wilson: The London Inter-bank Offered Rate, or LIBOR, is a key factor which impacts on the rate at which banks are willing to lend to both businesses and individuals. While the availability of finance at affordable terms is strategically a very important issue, and vital to our economic recovery, Northern Ireland’s public finances are not directly linked to or influenced by LIBOR. People on Secondment Mr McNarry asked the Minister of Finance and Personnel to detail the number of people on secondment by grade (i) into each Department; (ii) out of each Department; (iii) the length of the secondment; and (iv) the purpose of each secondment, over the last ten years. (AQW 13469/11-15) Mr Wilson: The information requested is not held centrally by Departments and to access and collate it would incur disproportionate cost. Under departmental disposal schedules, many related files have been destroyed. It would not, therefore, be possible to provide information for the full ten year period. Average Annual Costs of Secondments Mr McNarry asked the Minister of Finance and Personnel to list the average annual cost of each secondment into and out of each Department over the last ten years. (AQW 13470/11-15) Mr Wilson: The information requested is not held centrally by Departments and to access and collate it would incur disproportionate cost. Under departmental disposal schedules, many related files have been destroyed. It would not, therefore, be possible to provide information for the full ten year period. 2011 Census Mr Allister asked the Minister of Finance and Personnel when the 2011 Census will be published. (AQW 13519/11-15) Mr Wilson: Because of the breadth of information to be provided, the results from the 2011 Census will be published in a number of releases over the coming months. The first output, which will provide a breakdown of the usually resident population of Northern Ireland on Census Day by age and sex, will be published on 16 July 2012. A detailed release schedule for all of the planned outputs is available in the Census Output Prospectus which is published on the website of the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (www.nisra.gov.uk). WA 546
Friday 20 July 2012 Written Answers Cost of Defending Proceedings Taken by Security Staff in Relation to Guaranteed Overtime Mr Allister asked the Minister of Finance and Personnel (i) for an estimate of the legal costs to his Department of defending proceedings taken by security staff in relation to guaranteed overtime; and (ii) why his Department defended the proceedings given that its own documentation established that such overtime was built into the contract. (AQW 13532/11-15) Mr Wilson: No information is yet available in relation to the total legal costs for this case. The Department took the decision to defend the claims on the basis of legal advice and the fact that, following the withdrawal of the first case at hearing, the second case had, previously, been dismissed by the County Court. Legal Proceedings Taken by Security Staff in Relation to Guaranteed Overtime Mr Allister asked the Minister of Finance and Personnel for an estimate of (i) the number of security staff who will benefit from the recent successful legal proceedings taken by security staff in relation to guaranteed overtime; (ii) the cost of compensation and back payments. (AQW 13533/11-15) Mr Wilson: A judgement has been issued in respect of an individual Plaintiff and the Department is considering the wider impact, if any, for other staff. Until such issues have been finally determined information on the numbers of staff affected or the cost of compensation and back payments is not available. Empty Premises Relief Scheme Mr Rogers asked the Minister of Finance and Personnel how many applications for Empty Premises Relief have been received for the (i) Newry and Mourne; (ii) Down; and (iii) Banbridge Council areas to date; how many of these applications have been approved. (AQW 13560/11-15) Mr Wilson: At 9th July 2012, applications for Empty Premises Relief have been received by Land & Property Services for the requested areas are as follows: Newry & Mourne 7; Down 2; and Banbridge 1. Two applications from the Newry & Mourne council area met the criteria, however, the applications from both Down and Banbridge were not successful. Unoccupied Non-Domestic Properties Mr Weir asked the Minister of Finance and Personnel to detail the number of unoccupied non-domestic properties in each of the last three years, broken down by council area. (AQW 13581/11-15) Mr Wilson: The number of vacant non-domestic properties in each Council area as at 31st March 2010, 31st March 2011 and 31st March 2012 is given in the table overleaf. District Council Vacant Non-Domestic Properties as at 31 March 2010 WA 547 Vacant Non-Domestic Properties as at 31 March 2011 Vacant Non-Domestic Properties as at 31 March 2012 Antrim 375 386 395 Ards 542 561 582 Armagh 541 532 533 Ballymena 441 456 485
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