Public Bodies (Funding) David Simpson To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much was allocated to the (a) Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, (b) Northern Ireland Equality Commission, (c) Northern Ireland Parades Commission and (d) Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland in each year since the inception of each. Mr. Hanson For the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and the Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland, this financial information can be found in the Cabinet Office annual publications “Public Bodies 1999 to 2005”, all of which can be accessed online at: www.civilservice.gov.uk/other/agencies/public_bodies/index.asp “Public Bodies 2006” is in preparation and will be published later this year. Since its inception, similar information for the Parades Commission for Northern Ireland has appeared in its annual reports, copies of which are held in the Library. From 2005, it has also been published in Cabinet Office’s “Public Bodies”. Information for all four bodies for 2004-07 are as follows: ------------------------------------------------------------- | |Government funding| ------------------------------------------------------------- |Public body/NDPB |2004-05 |2005-06|2006-07| ------------------------------------------------------------- |Equality Commission for Northern Ireland|6,779,490 |6,806,000|6,515,000| ------------------------------------------------------------- |Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission|0,970,000 |1,450,000|1,475,000| ------------------------------------------------------------- |Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland |7,150,000 |7,636,000|7,923,000| ------------------------------------------------------------- |Parades Commission for Northern Ireland |1,154,000 |1,273,000|1,335,500| -------------------------------------------------------------