Written question asked by David Burnside (Ulster Unionist Party) on Monday, 4 April 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 7 April 2005. It was answered by Lord Murphy of Torfaen (Labour) on Thursday, 7 April 2005 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.

Northern Ireland Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many days each Minister in his Department has spent on duty in the Province in the last 12 months.

Answer: David Burnside: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many days each Minister in his Department has spent on duty in the Province in the last 12 months. [224819] Mr. Paul Murphy: The number of days that each Northern Ireland Minister was on duty in Northern Ireland in each of the last 12 months was as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Paul Murphy John Spellar Ian Pearson Angela Smith Barry Gardiner March 10 13 15 16 -- April 16 8 9 11 9 May 13 12 13 12 7 June 13 11 16 5 11 July 10 8 15 11 6 August 8 6 10 11 6 September 15 14 13 5 7 October 8 9 11 10 12 November 15 12 14 16 10 December 14 7 4 8 6 January 14 7 12 4 10 February 13 9 9 10 13 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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