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Written Answers
Thursday, 10 June 2004.
Northern Ireland: Ex-prisoner support groups
Lord Laird asked Her Majesty's Government:
The Lord President of the Council (Baroness Amos): Records show that the support detailed in the table below has been paid to ex-prisoners' groups and to organisations providing assistance to ex-prisoners since 1999. Ex-prisoners' groups may apply for funding from any programme or scheme for which they can satisfy the relevant eligibility criteria.
| Year | Funding Provided |
| 1999–2000 | 5,082,980 |
| 2000–01 | 1,136,182 |
| 2001–02 | 1,797,533 |
| 2002–03 | 3,198,544 |
| 2003–04 | 2,729,679 |
| 13,944,918 |
In some cases groups offer support to both victims and ex-prisoners and it has not been possible to disaggregate the amount directed to support ex-prisoners alone. The total figure has therefore been used in these cases. Paramilitary prisoners' support groups are not identified as a specific category for the purposes of recording financial support.
Services have also been purchased from the Northern Ireland Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders to support serving prisoners families. Details are provided in the table below.
| Year | NIACRO |
| 1997–98 | 37,500 |
| 1998–99 | 82,420 |
| 1999–00 | 56,300 |
| 2000–01 | 87,238 |
| 2001–02 | 82,322 |
| 2002–03 | 104,451 |
| 2003–04 | 139,313 |
| 589,544 |
Lord Glentoran asked Her Majesty's Government:
How much public money has been given to ex-prisoners' welfare organisations in Northern Ireland since 10 April 1998; which such organisations have been in receipt of public funds; and how much each has received. [HL3079]
Baroness Amos: Records show that the support detailed in the table below has been paid to ex-prisoners' groups and to organisations providing assistance to ex-prisoners since April 1998.
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Ex-prisoners' groups may apply for funding from any programme or scheme for which they can satisfy the relevant eligibility criteria. In some cases groups offer support to both victims and ex-prisoners and it has not been possible to disaggregate the amount directed to support ex-prisoners alone. The total figure has therefore been used in these cases.
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Northern Ireland: Childcare
Baroness Blood asked Her Majesty's Government:
What is the ratio of registered childcare places to children under eight years old in Northern Ireland. [HL2698]
Baroness Amos: At 31 March 2003 (the latest date for which such information is currently available) there was one registered childcare place with childminders or in day nurseries, playgroups, out of school clubs or holiday schemes per 3.7 children under eight years old in Northern Ireland.
Ulster-Scots Agency
Lord Laird asked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answer by the Lord President on 23 April (WA 63) concerning the budget of the Ulster-Scots Agency, who calculated the budget for 2004; on what basis it was calculated; after what consultation; and with whom. [HL2703]
Baroness Amos: I refer the noble Lord to the answer given on 22 March (WA 73).
The 2004 budget calculation for the Ulster-Scots Agency was based on the approved actions in the agency's business plan, together with associated staffing costs.
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Lord Laird asked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answer by the Lord President on 23 April (WA 63) concerning the budget of the Ulster-Scots Agency, on what date in 2001 the agency acquired the premises in Donegal. [HL2704]
Baroness Amos: There was a factual error in the Written Answer given to the noble Lord on 23 April (WA 63). At its board meeting on 7 December 2001 the Ulster-Scots Agency agreed to accept a five-year lease of the Donegal premises. However, the agency acquired the premises in Donegal when its lease commenced on 1 July 2002.
Lord Laird asked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether the corporate plan and the business plans of the Ulster-Scots Agency have been agreed by the appropriate Northern Ireland departments and by the North/South Ministerial Council. [HL2817]
Baroness Amos: The Ulster-Scots Agency's draft corporate plan for 2005–07 and the draft business plan for 2005 have not been agreed by the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure. The draft plans are presently under consideration by the sponsor departments, North and South.
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