§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the annual budget is for the Police Oversight Commissioner; if he will break down the costs into the main budget heads; and what representations he has received regarding the moneys allocated for this purpose. [142319]
§ Mr. IngramThe Government have been in discussion with Mr. Constantine, the Oversight Commissioner, regarding the resources he requires. Mr. Constantine identified costs for the work of the Commission, and I have set aside £739,000 for this financial year and £737,000 for the 2001–02 financial year. The figures are broken down as follows:
£000 Year one—June 2000-March 2001 Establishment Costs 149 General Office Expenditure 48 Commissioner's Costs 91 Staff and Associated Costs 451 Year one total 739 Year two—2001–02 General Office Expenditure 61 Commissioner's Costs 91 Staff and Associated Costs 585 Year two total 737 Costs for the 2002–03 financial year have yet to be finalised.
Table 2: Percentage benefit accuracy across benefits agency area directorates Income Support (IS) Jobseekers Allowance (JSA) Short Term Benefits (STB) Long Term Benefits (LTB) Area Directorate (AD) 1996–97 1999–2000 1996–97 1999–2000 1996–97 1999–2000 1996–97 1999–2000 1. East London and Anglia 76.07 84.32 — 86.52 87.57 92.66 94.79 92.22 2. Chilterns 76.22 82.20 — 86.13 — 94.73 91.63 85.58 3. London, South 77.25 85.79 — 86.72 87.79 94.18 89.17 94.71 4. West Country 80.08 86.26 — 91.63 90.91 94.86 94.15 94.38 5. Mercia 81.57 87.66 — 80.23 — 94.95 98.44 96.30 6. West Midlands 86.17 84.95 — 91.44 90.84 95.14 92.50 92.78 7. Wales 85.14 88.21 — 90.89 91.18 94.93 92.76 94.83 8. North West Coast 80.69 87.99 — 89.52 90.91 94.10 93.36 97.88 9. Greater Manchester 81.69 86.67 — 90.51 90.67 95.63 94.30 96.13 10. Yorkshire 81.49 87.08 — 88.02 90.35 93.84 93.30 95.95 11. Tyne Tees 84.23 90.50 — 88.85 93.37 96.49 94.43 96.32 12. West of Scotland 83.97 90.28 — 92.16 93.36 95.10 92.46 92.09 13. East of Scotland 84.82 92.88 — 93.21 92.84 94.70 92.21 93.60 National 80.81 86.79 87.10 89.38 90.41 94.62 93.28 94.75 Notes:
1. Short Term Benefits (STB) incorporates results for Incapacity Benefit, Severe Disablement allowance and Maternity Allowance. STB results in 1996–97 were based on a re-performance of local checks. Where there are no entries in the columns this designates that a check by the Quality support teams was not undertaken in that Area Directorate in that year.
2. Long Term Benefits (LTB) consists of Retirement Pension and Widows Benefit.
3. Jobseekers Allowance was introduced in October 1996 and Quality Support checks were undertaken to provide a national result.