§ Mr. FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) if he will set out the criteria by which funds for the Northern Ireland Voluntary Trust are distributed; [139814]
(2) if he will break down the geographical distribution of funds for the Northern Ireland Victims Trust to date. [139813]
§ Mr. IngramThe Core Funding for Victims/Survivors Groups Grant Scheme is administered by the Northern Ireland Voluntary Trust (NIVT) on behalf of the Victims Liaison Unit in the Northern Ireland Office. The criteria used by NIVT are set out in the Guidance for Applicants brochure produced by NIVT. A copy has been placed in the Library of the House.
The geographical distribution of funding is given in the following table by District Council area. In addition, a number of the groups which have received funding provide services on a regional basis.
District council area £ Armagh 2,000 Belfast 576,398 Coleraine 73,660 Cookstown 3,100 Craigavon 80,000 Derry 7,550 Down 87,800 Dungannon 10,000 Fermanagh 81,346 Newry and Mourne 1,070 North Down 88,718 Omagh 44,190 Strabane 86,000 Regional 985,787 Total 2,127.619