§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many statutory instruments have been(a) introduced, (b) removed and (c) amended by his Department since 1 January; and what the (i) cost and (ii) saving has been in each case. [64628]
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§ Jane KennedyThe Northern Ireland Office has introduced one Statutory Instrument since January 2001; the Criminal Injuries Compensation (NI) Order was introduced on 1 May 2002.
The approximate spend to March 2002 is £1,700,000, the forecast cost is expected to be around £1,900,000. This figure includes approximately £900,000 for the computer system for Compensation Agency to support the Tariff scheme. It must be note that a part of this system was to be introduced in the Compensation Agency anyway.
As the Order has only recently been introduced, it is too early to provide any figure relating to savings on the compensation budget.