The costs for the Public Prosecution Service for the year in question were as follows:
£ Rent 1,917,014 Rates 412,029 Shared Charges 275,282 Electricity 151,228
I am informed by the Ministry of Justice that the rental and other accommodation costs for premises occupied by the Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission since its establishment are set out in the following table.
2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 Premises Rental 114 250 251 272 Other Accommodation Costs: 147 245 251 265 Cleaning 11 27 30 30 Other Building Costs 31 11 8 23 Service Charges 43 63 61 97 Electricity 15 27 29 32 Rates 47 117 123 83 Other Telephone Costs 8 26 19 23 Insurance 10 23 8 3 Equipment and furniture 11 7 6 11 Rental and maintenance of equipment 0 2 21 23 Total 290 553 556 596
The rental and other accommodation costs for the Department of the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland and then the Public Prosecution Service over the last five years are as follows:
£ 2006-07 Rent 1,917,014 Rates 412,029 Shared Charges 275,282 Electricity 151,228 2005-06 Rent 1,463,368 Rates 391,098 Shared Charges 235,579 Electricity 126,702 2004-05 Rent 1,084,031 Rates 379,165 Shared Charges 207,140 Electricity 101,604 2003-04 Rent 891,946 Rates 355904 Shared Charges 324,371 Electricity 74,351 2002-03 Rent 467,344 Rates 184,835 Shared Charges 314,830 Electricity 31,174
I am informed that as the Police Central Process Office (CPO) use accommodation within the existing Police Estate, the use of this incurs no direct rental or accommodation costs to the CPO and no figures are available.