§ Mrs. Iris RobinsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the religious affiliation is of those employed in the Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland; which groups were consulted prior to the creation of the Office; what the breakdown is by postcode of where complaints were made from since the creation of the Office; and what costs were incurred by the Office in the last year. [20371]
§ Jane KennedyThe religious affiliation of the Police Ombudsman's office which currently employs 108 staff is 46.2 per cent. Protestant, 34.6 per cent. Catholic and 19.2 per cent. others.
Before the Office of the Police Ombudsman was set up, the Northern Ireland Office set up a steering group which was representative of all the main stakeholders, including the police, police staff associations and the Police Authority.
The costs incurred by the Police Ombudsman's Office January 2001 to October 2001 are £3.74 million.
573WThe table shows the breakdown by postcode of complaints received to date:
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Postcode Number of complaints BT1 56 BT2 1 BT4 46 BT5 86 BT6 38 BT7 90 BT8 40 BT8 92 BT10 12 BT11 85 BT12 183 BT13 130 BT14 262 BT15 169 BT16 20 BT17 80 BT18 28 BT19 66 BT20 44 BT21 8 BT22 27 BT23 100 BT24 30 BT25 9 BT26 3 BT27 23 BT28 67 BT29 13 BT30 119 BT31 7 BT32 34 BT33 20 BT34 62 BT35 39 BT36 87 BT37 36 BT38 76 BT39 25 BT40 48 BT41 80 BT43 75 BT44 19 BT45 34 BT46 8 BT47 95 BT48 128 BT49 45 BT51 38 BT52 58 BT53 18 BT54 2 BT55 7 BT56 15 BT57 2 BT60 34 BT61 38 BT62 91 BT63 34 BT64 4 BT65 42 BT66 33 BT67 24 BT70 20 BT71 42 BT74 1 BT75 3 BT76 2 BT77 56 BT78 61 BT79 63
Postcode Number of complaints BT80 10 BT81 87 BT82 54 BT92 18 BT93 7 BT94 21 Outside Northern Ireland 5 Unknown 220