§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if the Social Services Inspectorate report into the case of Frederick McLernon will be taken into account in determining performance-related bonuses for senior management of Homefirst Community Trust. [56284]
§ Mr. Paul MurphyThe Social Services Inspectorate report into the case of Frederick McLernon acknowledged that good community care policies and procedural guidelines are in place in Homefirst Community Trust but identified a number of deficiencies in the way his case was handled.
Decisions on performance-related bonuses for Senior Management in Trusts are still a matter for Trust Remuneration committees and Trust Boards but I would expect the findings of the report to be considered by Homefirst Community Trust's Board in deciding performance-related bonuses in 1998–99.
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§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was the cost of the production and distribution of the new Homefirst Community Trust(a) diary and (b) report. [56285]
§ Mr. Paul MurphyThe term "diary" is a generic description of a publication which includes not only a diary but also a copy of the Trust's annual report, a handbook for staff and a Homefirst telephone directory. The cost of production and distribution of the new diary to each of the 4,800 staff in the Trust was £21,886.50.
It is not possible to calculate separately the cost of the annual report section of the diary, as it was printed as part of the complete project. However, in order to comply with the statutory requirement to publish its annual report, the Trust made arrangements to reproduce separately that section of the diary containing its annual report. This was distributed to interested bodies and organisations at a cost of £168.