Departments: Buildings

Mr. Dodds
To ask the Solicitor-General what the (a) rental and (b) other accommodation costs were for premises occupied by the (i) Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission and (ii) Public Prosecutions Service in 2006-07.

The Solicitor-General
The costs for the Public Prosecution Service for the year in question were as follows:

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|              |£        |
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|Rent          |1,917,014|
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|Rates         |412,029  |
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|Shared Charges|275,282  |
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|Electricity   |151,228  |
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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.

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|                                   |2003-04|2004-05|2005-06|2006-07|
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|Premises Rental                    |114    |250    |251    |272    |
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|                                   |       |       |       |       |
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|Other Accommodation Costs:         |147    |245    |251    |265    |
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|Cleaning                           |11     |27     |30     |30     |
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|Other Building Costs               |31     |11     |8      |23     |
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|Service Charges                    |43     |63     |61     |97     |
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|Electricity                        |15     |27     |29     |32     |
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|Rates                              |47     |117    |123    |83     |
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|                                   |       |       |       |       |
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|Other                              |       |       |       |       |
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|Telephone Costs                    |8      |26     |19     |23     |
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|Insurance                          |10     |23     |8      |3      |
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|Equipment and furniture            |11     |7      |6      |11     |
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|Rental and maintenance of equipment|0      |2      |21     |23     |
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|Total                              |290    |553    |556    |596    |
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Mr. Dodds
To ask the Solicitor-General what the (a) rental and (b) other accommodation costs were for premises occupied by the (i) Department of the Director of Public Prosecutions and (ii) Police Central Process Offices in the last five financial years.

The Solicitor-General
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:

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|£             |
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|2006-07       ||
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|Rent          |1,917,014|
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|Rates         |412,029|
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|Shared Charges|275,282|
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|Electricity   |151,228|
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|              ||
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|2005-06       ||
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|Rent          |1,463,368|
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|Rates         |391,098|
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|Shared Charges|235,579|
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|Electricity   |126,702|
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|              ||
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|2004-05       ||
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|Rent          |1,084,031|
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|Rates         |379,165|
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|Shared Charges|207,140|
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|Electricity   |101,604|
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|              ||
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|2003-04       ||
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|Rent          |891,946|
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|Rates         |355904|
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|Shared Charges|324,371|
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|Electricity   |74,351|
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|              ||
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|2002-03       ||
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|Rent          |467,344|
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|Rates         |184,835|
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|Shared Charges|314,830|
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|Electricity   |31,174|
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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.