Written Answers to Questions - Northern Ireland Assembly
Written Answers to Questions - Northern Ireland Assembly
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Friday 20 July 2012 <strong>Written</strong> <strong>Answers</strong><br />
Advice Type Amount paid VAT<br />
Complaints against PSNI £64.11 £12.82<br />
PACE £945.03 £179.58<br />
Criminal Charge £673.20 £132.14<br />
Bail £72.08 £14.42<br />
Judicial Review £88.00 £17.60<br />
Life Sentence Review £409.99 £75.16<br />
Judicial Review £184.55 £31.91<br />
Total £2576.70 £487.46<br />
No “United Nations doc<strong>to</strong>rs” have visited Ms McGlinchey, nor requested <strong>to</strong> do so. A doc<strong>to</strong>r representing<br />
the Irish United Nations Association (which is not part of the United Nations but a voluntary<br />
organisation which aims <strong>to</strong> promote the aims and objectives of the UN in <strong>Ireland</strong>) has visited her: no<br />
legal aid application has been submitted in relation <strong>to</strong> that visit.<br />
Sexual Assaults in Prison<br />
Mr D McIlveen asked the Minister of Justice how many sexual assaults have been reported in prisons<br />
in each of the last five years; and how many of these have resulted in convictions.<br />
(AQW 13368/11-15)<br />
Mr Ford: There have been 45 allegations of sexual assault recorded in NIPS establishments in the past<br />
five years. NIPS do not have access <strong>to</strong> statistics in regard <strong>to</strong> convictions.<br />
Forensic Services <strong>Northern</strong> <strong>Ireland</strong><br />
Lord Morrow asked the Minister of Justice, pursuant <strong>to</strong> AQW 12818/11-15, and his remarks on 6<br />
February 2012, whether he accepts there have been significantly more than four cases delayed due <strong>to</strong><br />
the backlog at Forensic Science <strong>Northern</strong> <strong>Ireland</strong>.<br />
(AQW 13381/11-15)<br />
Mr Ford: My comments on 6 February 2012 referred <strong>to</strong> four cases for which a prosecution could not<br />
proceed due <strong>to</strong> outstanding forensic reports; this was the position at that point. Given that these<br />
figures refer <strong>to</strong> a live caseload, they are subject <strong>to</strong> fluctuation.<br />
Prison Officers Dismissed from the <strong>Northern</strong> <strong>Ireland</strong> Prison Service<br />
Lord Morrow asked the Minister of Justice how many prison officers, who have been dismissed from<br />
the <strong>Northern</strong> <strong>Ireland</strong> Prison Service since 1995, have successfully appealed their dismissal; and what<br />
is the <strong>to</strong>tal amount of compensation paid out in these cases.<br />
(AQW 13387/11-15)<br />
Mr Ford: It is not possible <strong>to</strong> provide details of the number of prison officers who have been dismissed<br />
from the <strong>Northern</strong> <strong>Ireland</strong> Prison Service since 1995 and who have successfully appealed their<br />
dismissal. This information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.<br />
However, I can advise the Member that during the last five years, four operational staff who have been<br />
dismissed on disciplinary grounds, have successfully appealed their dismissal. The <strong>to</strong>tal amount of<br />
compensation awarded <strong>to</strong> date is £44,281.74.<br />
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