§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what are the financial estimates for(a) cost to completion and (b) the monthly breakdown of running costs and programme expenditure by main spending items since April 1998 for (i) the Independent Commission on Policing and (ii) the Review of Criminal Justice. [87168]
§ Mr. IngramThe following table shows the spending profile of the Criminal Justice Review from April 1998 to March 1999. In effect the cost of the Review for the 1998–99 financial year is £390,262. The budget from April 1999 until the completion of the Review is £572,000, bringing the total cost to £962,000.
Costs of the Criminal Justice Review £ Costs from April 1998 to March 1999 Month Running costs Programme costs Total April 1998 0 0 0 May 1998 0 0 0 June 1998 109 0 109 July 1998 8,094 20,593 28,687 August 1998 306 26,640 26,946 September 1998 81 2,181 2,262 October 1998 1,990 44,468 46,457 November 1998 8,438 28,224 36,662 December 1998 270 6,048 6,317 January 1999 2,827 56,723 59,550 February 1999 10,658 25,940 36,598 March 1999 20,106 126,566 146,671 Totals 52,881 337,380 390,262 Note:
Totals may differ as a result of rounding
With regard to the Independent Commission on Policing, the cost to completion is £2.874 million. The following is a table showing the breakdown of running costs and programme expenditure per month:
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£ Month Running costs Programme costs Total June 1998 14,382.85 27,790.83 42,173.68 July 1998 50,202.37 113,647.89 163,850.26 August 1998 22,178.71 93,594.02 115,772.73 September 1998 33,341.14 56,252.76 89,593.90 October 1998 34,478.57 113,645.15 148,123.72
£ Month Running costs Programme costs Total November 1998 61,520.10 44,798.52 106,318.62 December 1998 33,592.72 89,111.74 122,704.46 January 1999 30,459.07 179,083.51 209,542.58 February 1999 34,608.66 145,632.27 180,240.93 March 1999 54,679.21 113,035.06 167,714.27 Totals 369,443.40 976,591.75 1,346,035.15