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Sudan

Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will instruct the UK representation in Sudan to investigate why the National Security Agency of Sudan confiscated all copies of the Al-Mushahid sports paper. [211894]

Mr. MacShane: We regularly highlight the importance of press freedom with the Government of Sudan, and our Embassy in Khartoum will be raising this case at the first opportunity.

West Papua

Mr. Simmonds: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations the Government has made to representatives of UK companies with operations in West Papua with respect to the companies' human rights protection, monitoring and reporting policies in the territory. [209004]

Mr. Alexander: The Government has a dialogue with UK companies operating in Papua on a wide range of issues, including human rights. We are not aware of any British company in Papua acting against Indonesian law. We continue to monitor the human rights situation in Papua. We have made our position clear on several occasions, that Papua should be handled according to the Special Autonomy Law 2001, which takes into account the aspirations of the Papuan people and Indonesia's territorial integrity.

NORTHERN IRELAND

MRSA

Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether children have contracted MRSA in Northern Ireland. [212172]

Angela Smith: The information requested is set out in the following table.
 
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Number of children in Northern Ireland by age with MRSA isolated from laboratory blood cultures 2000–04

Age	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	Total
0–1	5	4	1	4	1	15
1–2	—	—	—	—	—	—
2–3	1	—	1	1	—	3
3–4	—	—	—	—	—	—
4–5	—	—	—	1	—	1
5–6	—	—	—	—	—	—
6–7	—	—	—	—	—	—
7–8	—	—	—	—	—	—
8–9	—	—	—	—	—	—
9–10	—	1	—	—	—	1
10–15	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	6	5	2	6	1	20

Note:
2004 results should be regarded as provisional as not all laboratory returns are in for 2004.
Source:
Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre Northern Ireland

NHS Staff (Recorded Attacks)

David Burnside: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) physical and (b) verbal attacks were recorded on (i) doctors, (ii) nurses, (iii) auxiliary staff and (iv) administrative staff (A) in hospitals and (B) throughout the NHS in the Province in each year since 2000. [214175]

Angela Smith: The information is not available in the format requested. However, the number of recorded attacks (both verbal and physical) on Health and Personal Social Services staff in all disciplines, during the financial years for which figures are currently available, is detailed in the following table:

	Number
2000–01	1956
2001–02	2438
2002–03	5056

 
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North/South Implementation Bodies

Mr. Donaldson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the costs have been of maintaining each of the North/South implementation bodies since the suspension of the Northern Ireland Assembly. [210878]

Mr. Paul Murphy: The British Government's expenditure in respect of each North/South Implementation Body for the financial years 2002–03 and 2003–04 is set out in the following table. Separate information is not available for the post-suspension period of 2002–03. Details of expenditure in the current financial year are not yet available.

Body and year	Cost (£000)
Foyle Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission
2002–03	1,005
2003–04	675
Waterways Ireland
2002–03	2,348
2003–03	3,135
Trade and Business Development Body
2002–03	1,088
2003–04	2,103
Special European Programmes Body
2002–03	671
2003–04	1,080
The North/South Language Body
2002–03	3,622
2003–04	3,754
Food Safety Promotion Board
2002–03	1,251
2003–04	1,592

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