To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Baroness Royall of Blaisdon on 12 October (WA 16) concerning the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission obtaining funding from Atlantic Philanthropies, what other Northern Ireland non-departmental public bodies have received outside funding in the past three years. [HL5705]

Details on the Northern Ireland Office non-departmental public bodies that have received outside funding in the past three years, and the amounts received, are listed below.

The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (in addition to funding from Atlantic Philanthropies):

2008-09—£6,000 from the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland towards a joint research project into human trafficking.

2007-08—£5,124 income from a conference organised by the commission in partnership with the Irish School of Ecumenics, entitled “Rights and Righteousness”, to consider the relationship between faith and human rights. The income relates to delegate fees and a contribution to the costs of the event from the Irish School of Ecumenics.

2006-07—£53,480 grant from the United Nations to host an International round table on “The Role of National Human Rights Institutions in Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations”.

The Northern Ireland Policing Board:

Financial assistance towards a pilot programme to develop the capacity of the district policing partnerships to engage with the community, received from the International Fund for Ireland as shown in the following table.