HC Deb 30 November 1994 vol 250 c767W
Mr. Corbyn

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will provide(a) the annual remuneration paid to the Independent Commissioner for the Holding Centres in Northern Ireland and that of the Staff under his supervision, (b) the total annual cost to the public purse of the office of the Independent Commissioner for the Holding Centres in Northern Ireland and (c) a list of any meetings, conferences or functions outside of the United Kingdom which the commissioner has attended in his official capacity since taking up office.

Sir John Wheeler

The information is as follows:

  1. (a)The annual remuneration paid to the Independent Commissioner for the Holding Centres in Northern Ireland is £30,000; that for his Deputy is £10,000. The support staff comprise two civil servants on secondment who also serve the independent assessor of military complaints procedures from the same office premises. The portion of annual remuneration specific to their support work for the independent commissioner totals £24,000.
  2. (b)The total annual cost to the public purse of the office of the Commissioner in Northern Ireland is £107,000.
  3. (c)Since his appointment in December 1992, the independent commissioner has, to date, made three visits in that capacity outside the United Kingdom.