HC Deb 04 December 1995 vol 268 cc114-5W
Mr. Worthington

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on how many occasions representatives of Planning, Industrial and Economic Development Advisers met representatives of the university of Ulster in the evaluation of the Springvale campus project on behalf of the Government; and whom they met and when. [1773]

Mr. Moss

[holding answer 27 November 1995]: Representatives of PIEDA met with officials from the university of Ulster on five occasions. Details of the names of the university of Ulster officials and dates of the meetings are listed:

University of Ulster officials Dates of meeting
Vice Chancellor and Senior Academic Officials 16 December 1994
B. Osborne 16 December 1994
Professor Wallace Ewart 16 December 1994
P. Donnelly 5 January 1995
Professor Wallace Ewart 13 June 1995

Mr. Worthington

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland which representatives of the local community representatives of PIEDA met in their evaluation of the Springvale campus project on behalf of the Government; and on what dates they met. [1774]

Mr. Moss

[holding answer 27 November 1995]: PIEDA did not meet local community representatives as part of its assignment.

Mr. Worthington

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland which representatives of the Government representatives of PIEDA met in their evaluation of the Springvale campus project on behalf of the Government. [1775]

Mr. Moss

[holding answer 27 November 1995]: PIEDA met senior officials at grade 5 level from the Departments of Education, of Finance and Personnel and of the Environment and the Northern Ireland Office in its evaluation of the Springvale campus project. These officials make up the steering group which was chaired by T. McCusker from Making Belfast Work.

  • T. Quinn, P. Hewitt: Department of Finance and Personnel
  • J. Cowan: Department of the Environment (NI)
  • P. Holmes, R. Davison: Department of the Education (NI)
  • D. Gibson: Department of Economic Development
  • D. Brown: Northern Ireland Office.
Mr. Worthington

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much PIEDA's evaluation of the Springvale campus project has cost; and if there will be further cost. [1776]

Mr. Moss

[holding answer 27 November 1995]: To date PIEDA' s evaluation of the Springvale campus project has cost £82,263. A further payment of £40,000 will be made shortly.