To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on how many occasions in the last 12 months the Head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service has met leaders of (a) the Presbyterian Church, (b) the Roman Catholic Church, (c) the Church of Ireland, (d) the Methodist Church, (e) the Baptist Union of Ireland, (f) the Free Presbyterian Church, (g) the Elim Pentecostal Church, (h) the Reformed Presbyterian Church (i) the Congregational Union of Ireland, (j) the Evangelical Alliance (k) Evangelical Continuation in Northern Ireland and (l) the Caleb Foundation. (132888)

The Head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service has had no formal meetings with the leaders of these churches and organisations in the last 12 months. He has met once with the Churches Forum, which has representatives from the Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, Church of Ireland and Methodist Church, and he also attended a number of other events with church leaders, including a dinner to mark the retirement of Archbishop Robin Eames and the enthronement of Archbishop Alan Harper. He would be willing to meet representatives of any of the churches and organisations listed, if requested.