HC Deb 11 November 1999 vol 337 cc743-4W
Mr. William Ross

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what sums were budgeted for in respect of RUC overtime in each of the last five years and the current year; how much was expended on overtime in each of these years and the current year to date; what was the number of hours provided for in each of these years and the current year; and how many of these hours were actually used by the RUC. [97376]

Mr. Ingram

The information requested is shown in the table.

Sub-division 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–100
Antrim 110,492 87,929 87,705 82,709 73,131 25,499
Antrim Road 127,067 67,562 94,485 89,759 66,410 26,512
Armagh 197,958 114,862 213,049 144,645 172,834 71,968
Ballymena 79,889 56,903 76,409 73,504 66,759 28,513
Ballymoney 56,772 42,557 88,208 54,889 53,842 25,443
Banbridge 67,786 44,148 82,661 72,864 93,491 31,896
Bangor 90,405 67,380 132,415 97,123 90,912 35,977
Carrickfergus 61,989 43,843 48,727 43,436 41,600 18,210
Castlereagh 92,790 57,609 95,371 98,310 63,229 26,874
Coleraine 94,267 71,085 96,038 83,190 79,047 36,069
Cookstown 127,193 78,753 147,882 99,669 90,231 34,162
Donegall Pass. 144,746 93,326 86,622 81,572 66,663 24,291
Downpatrick 88,747 55,533 92,456 84,514 80,009 27,782
Dungannon 199,184 135,869 178,781 127,463 143,925 58,288
Dunmurry 135,069 88,957 92,312 78,338 63,005 24,719
Enniskillen 176,074 112,503 174,659 132,214 125,719 49,787
Grosvenor Road 270,348 142,314 209,257 179,117 146,764 68,731
Larne 55,431 41,407 50,877 46,343 46,679 17,551
Limavady 60,104 38,337 58,205 55,735 45,298 18,621
Lisburn 182,235 110,702 145,343 126,615 101,561 44,257
Lisnaskea 152,386 92,586 143,078 123,559 100,764 43,312
Lurgan 109,538 69,044 107,205 111,453 135,101 46,948
Magherafelt 106,873 68,209 113,544 97,138 80,955 41,948
Mountpottinger 104,875 60,413 75,296 74,942 68,098 29,832
Musgrave Street 173,871 113,312 111,276 87,506 77,329 26,737
Newcastle 68,804 40,860 59,212 53,856 69,317 22,811
Newry 383,381 182,427 359,088 236,005 234,766 108,977
Newtownabbey 89,304 53,860 72,782 70,398 69,655 37,267
Newtownards 95,088 73,064 111,780 99,089 120,130 48,280
North Queen Street 121,301 76,358 100,802 107,384 85,096 35,016
Omagh 153,947 95,845 144,250 113,580 112,682 37,700
Portadown 70,235 50,947 73,340 69,118 92,050 40,425
Stormont 120,771 64,850 62,879 80,230 46,407 17,302
Strabane 127,890 97,865 142,770 102,023 84,279 27,836
Strand Road 223,987 127,743 171,788 116,450 102,718 38,744
Strandtown 88,482 59,371 71,108 87,134 69,519 32,952
Tennent Street 112,561 53,703 64,837 52,690 46,438 13,599
Waterside 84,176 46,228 94,752 71,840 54,675 24,710
Woodbourne 145,612 99,828 137,453 138,444 114,978 47,691

Year Original budget provision (£ million) Actual expenditure (£ million) Number of hours provided in budget man hours (million) Number of hours actually worked man hours (million)
1994–95 81.77 75.66 6.18 5.72
1995–96 54.65 51.09 3.97 3.68
1996–97 37.25 68.63 2.57 4.65
1997–98 61.90 64.93 4.29 4.37
1998–99 51.47 61.44 3.41 3.93
1999–2000 42.26 30.87 2.58 1.93

Note:

7 month period from April to October 1999

Mr. William Ross

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what sums were allowed in the RUC budget in each police subdivision in each of the last five years and the current year, for police overtime; how many hours these sums represented; and how many of these hours were actually used in each sub-division. [97559]

Mr. Ingram

The information is not available in the form requested, i.e. no budgeted hours and costs at Sub-Divisional level. However, the following table shows the number of hours of overtime paid in each Sub-division in each of the last five years and for seven months of the current financial year.