To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what funds were allocated to the (a) Police Service of Northern Ireland Historic Enquiries Team, (b) Public Prosecutions Service, (c) Forensic Science Service and (d) Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland (i) in total and (ii) for investigating deaths occurring during the troubles; and what funds have been allocated to each body in total and for this purpose for (A) 2006 and (B) 2007. (106967)

The Government are committed to dealing with the past in Northern Ireland in order to help the whole community to move forward. Reviewing unresolved deaths as a result of the security situation is one way of helping to achieve this. A significant amount of money has been allocated to the task and all the organisations involved in the work are committed to working together to ensure the overall benefits are maximised. PSNI HET has an individual budget of £24.2 million, of which the budget for 2005-06 was£4.4 million, with an actual spend of £3.95 million. The budget for 2007 is £4.7 million. The project is scheduled to last six years and the following table details the expenditure of each organisation in relation to HET work.