§ Lord Kilclooneyasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many meetings of the Northern Ireland Policing Board have been held since 1 January 2002; and how many of these board meetings have been attended by each member of the board. [HL546]
§ Lord Williams of MostynThere were 13 meetings of the Northern Ireland Policing Board held during the period 1 January 2002 to 19 December 2002.
The number of these board meetings attended by each member is as follows:
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Professor Desmond Rea 13 Mr Denis Bradley 13 Mr Alex Attwood 13 Viscount Brookeborough 12 Mr Joe Byrne 12 Mr Fred Cobain 13 Mr Ivan Davis* 2 Mr Brian Dougherty 12 Mr Sam Foster** 10 Mr Barry Gilligan 12 Mr William Hay 13 Mr Tom Kelly 9 Lord Kilclooney 9 Mr James Leslie* 2 Mrs Pauline McCabe 12 Mr Alan McFarland** 11
Mr Eddie McGrady 10 Mrs Rosaleen Moore 12 Mr Ian Paisley Jnr 13 Mr Suneil Sharma 7 Mr Sammy Wilson 13 My Foster** and Mr McFarland** replaced Mr Davis* and Mr Leslie* as Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) political nominees in February 2002.
§ Lord Kilclooneyasked Her Majesty's Government:
What have been (a) the total salary and (b) the total expenses and allowances paid to each member of the Northern Ireland Policing Board since the 1 November 2001; and whether the independent members of the board requested an increase in salaries and allowances. [HL547]
§ Lord Williams of MostynWhile the level of remuneration available to policing board members is set by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, details of the actual remuneration paid to members over a given period of time is a matter for the Northern Ireland Policing Board. My honourable friend the Minister of State for Northern Ireland has written to the chief executive of the Policing Board for Northern Ireland asking that he respond direct to the noble Lord with the information requested.
Regarding the noble Lord's second point, the Government have undertaken a review of the levels of remuneration currently offered to policing board members in light of the board's first year in existence. Both political nominees and independent members of the policing board are being afforded the opportunity to contribute to this review.