§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the annual cost of monitoring the religious affiliation of the employees of the Fire Authority for Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. Atkins£25,000.
§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the annual cost of monitoring the religious affiliation of the employees of the Standing Advisory Commission on Human Rights.
§ Mr. MatesMonitoring of the religious affiliation of Northern Ireland civil service employees of the Standing Advisory Commission on Human Rights is undertaken centrally by the equal opportunities unit in the Department of Finance and Personnel. I therefore refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer I gave him on 23 March.
The cost of monitoring home civil service employees is negligible.
§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the annual cost of monitoring the religious affiliation of the employees of the Probation Board for Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. MatesI am informed by the Probation Board for Northern Ireland that, at current costs and based on598W current practice, it estimates, to the nearest £500, the annual cost to the board representing the input of staff to monitoring work in relation to religious affiliation, gender and disability, to be £4,500. The board is not able to disaggregate the respective proportions of the total accounted for by these three components.