HC Deb 28 April 1995 vol 258 cc760-1W
Mr. Morley

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many cases of TB in cattle were reported in each county in each year since 1985. [20552]

Mr. Ancram

Statistics on the number of cases of TB in Northern Ireland are recorded on a divisional veterinary office basis and are not available by county. The number of animals in which TB has been detected in Northern Ireland since 1985 in each DVO area is shown below:

number of persons employed in such offices in Craigavon borough council in (a) January 1992, (b) January 1993 (c) January 1994 and (d) January 1995. [20459]

Sir John Wheeler

The information requested is as follows:

Offices January 1992 January 1993 January 1994 January 1995
NIO
Civil Representatives
Magowan House — — — 9
DHSS
Lurgan Social Security Office 85 88 86 81
Portadown Social
Security Office 60 70 62 59
Contributions1 Unit Area
Office — 20 20 —
DANI
Watercourse
Management Division
Seagoe Industrial Estate 30 30 28 27
DFP
Valuation and Lands
Agency Marlborough

Offices January 1992 January 1993 January 1994 January 1995
House 234 33 31 35
DED
IDB Regional Office3 5 4 3 6
Portadown Training and Employment Agency 19 21 20 21
Lurgan Training and Employment Agency 18 18 13 12
Craigavon Training Centre 49 46 39 30
DOE
Central Claims Unit
Craigavon 6 7 7 6
Countryside and Wildlife Oxford Island
Craigavon 2 2 2 1
Driver and Vehicle Testing Craigavon 15 15 14 14
Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland Craigavon 14 14 14 13
Planning, Craigavon 47 49 51 48
Rate Collection Agency Portadown 15 14 14 14
Roads Service Marlborough House
Craigavon 140 137 137 134
Carn, Craigavon 58 47 47 52
Transport Licensing and Enforcement Craigavon — 4 2 4
Water Executive Craigavon 81 86 84 87
Portadown 97 93 97 93
Works Service Portadown 4 4 4 4
1 The Contributions Unit Area Office was set up on 7 December 1992 and was originally based in Lurgan SSO. The Unit Area moved to its own location in Banbridge on 18 April 1994.
2 Figure from April 1992.
3 Until end March 1995, IDB had a Regional Office in Craigavon, this is now closed along with the other Northern Ireland Regional Offices in Londonderry and Antrim.