Equality/Human Rights Commissions

HC Deb 07 July 2003 vol 408 c592W

Mrs. Iris Robinson

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what costs have been incurred by the(a) Equality Commission for Northern Ireland and (b) Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission in each of the last five years. [120971]

Mr. Spellar

The figures available are given in the tables. It is worth noting that the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission superseded the Standing Advisory Committee for Human Rights (SACHR) in 1999 so there are only full-year figures from 2000–01.

The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
£
	Costs incurred
2000–01	923,942
2001–02	1,304,000
2002–03	1,217,250

The Equality Commission for Northern Ireland
£
	Costs incurred
1999–20001	5,024,000
2000–01	6,116,000
2001–02	7,359,000
2002–03	7,512,000
1 Includes six months costs for previous equality bodies