HC Deb 29 November 2001 vol 375 cc1071-3W
Mr. McNamara

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was the attendance at the RUC policing and human rights conference broken down by(a) perceived community background, (b) gender and (c) occupation; and what was the cost of (i) organising and (ii) promoting this event. [17760]

Jane Kennedy

Approximately 230 delegates attended the policing and human rights conference on each of the two days on which the event took place (1 and 2 October). Community background information was not sought from delegates, nor were records kept of gender and occupation breakdown. However, the organisations invited to attend the conference are as listed.

  • Age Concern
  • Alliance Party
  • Amnesty International
  • Amsterdam Police
  • An Garda Síochána
  • Asylum Seekers
  • Bar Council of Northern Ireland
  • Belfast Islamic Society
  • Bramshill Police College
  • British Deaf Association
  • British Irish Rights Watch
  • British Telecom
  • Catholic Church
  • Chinese Welfare Association
  • Church of Ireland
  • Committee on the Administration of Justice
  • Community Development Centre
  • Community Safety Centre
  • Council of Europe
  • Danish Centre for Human Rights
  • Danish National Police Academy
  • Deaf Senior Citizens Northern Ireland
  • Democratic Unionist Party
  • Director of Public Prosecutions
  • Disability Action
  • Equality Commission for Northern Ireland
  • Evangelical Alliance
  • Finnish Police
  • Gendarmerie Nationale (France)
  • Greater Belfast Community Network
  • Greater East Belfast Partnership
  • Greater Shankill Alternatives
  • Guide Dogs Association
  • Home Office
  • Human Rights Commission, Republic of Ireland
  • Independent Commission on Policing
  • Indian Community Centre
  • Inner East Youth Project
  • International Red Cross
  • Law Society of Northern Ireland
  • Malta Police
  • Mediation Network
  • Men's Advisory Project
  • Methodist Church
  • Metropolitan Police
  • Muti-cultural Resources Centre
  • National Police Academy (Norway)
  • Northern Ireland Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders
  • Northern Ireland Association for Community Restorative Justice
    • 1073W
  • Northern Ireland Council for Ethnic Minorities
  • Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Activity
  • Northern Ireland Gay Rights Association
  • Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
  • Northern Ireland Office
  • Northern Ireland Women's Aid
  • Northern Ireland Youth Centre
  • Office of the First and Deputy First Ministers
  • Oversight Commissioner's office
  • Parades Commission for Northern Ireland
  • Police Authority for Northern Ireland
  • Police Federation for Northern Ireland
  • Police Ombudsman's Office
  • Presbyterian Church
  • Progressive Unionist Party
  • Queen's University Belfast
  • Rainbow Project
  • Rape Crisis Centre
  • Royal National Institute for the Blind
  • Royal National Institute for Deaf People
  • RUC
  • School of Police (Catalonia)
  • Short Strand Community Forum
  • Sinn Feín
  • Social and Democratic Labour Party
  • Tenants Action Group (Ballymena)
  • Tenants Action Group (Belfast)
  • The Blind Centre for Northern Ireland
  • Travellers Movement Northern Ireland
  • Ulster Unionist Party
  • United Kingdom Unionist Party
  • University of Essex
  • University of Ulster
  • Victim Support Northern Ireland
  • Women's Coalition Party.

In addition, community representatives from 97 per cent. of district command areas also attended.

The total cost of the conference was £57,880.