§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many of those organisations replying to the White Paper, "Partnership for Equality"(a) explicitly supported the establishment of a single Equality Commission and (b) did not mention it in their submission. [51308]
§ Mr. WorthingtonIn total there were 123 responses to the White Paper "Partnership for Equality" and of those 29 or 23 per cent. supported the establishment of a single Equality Commission and 24 or 20 per cent. did not mention it.
§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what are the current annual costs and manpower of those bodies which it is intended to absorb into the Equality Commission. [51309]
§ Mr. IngramThe current annual cost of the Fair Employment Commission, the Equal Opportunities Commission for Northern Ireland and the Commission for Racial Equality for Northern Ireland is £4.8m. The staffing complement of these bodies is 117 full-time equivalents. The Northern Ireland Disability Council has an annual cost of £100,000 and no staff.