HL Deb 17 November 2003 vol 654 c235WA
Lord Laird

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Further to the Written Answer by the Lord President on 7 July (WA 1), in the case of the Language Implementation Body budget for 2003, how the assessment of benefits for each jurisdiction was made to allow the setting of proportionality of contribution. [HL4777]

The Lord President of the Council (Baroness Amos)

The assessment of benefits for each jurisdiction in relation to the language body budget was made when the body was established in December 1999, and was on the basis of a number of factors, including the nature and location of activities being undertaken by the language body and the number and location of staff. No factors have arisen since then to merit a change to this assessment.

Lord Laird

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Further to the Written Answer by the Lord President on 7 July (WA 1) concerning funding for Cross-Border Bodies, whether that reply means that pressure on funding in either jurisdiction should only apply to activity in that jurisdiction. [HL4778]

Baroness Amos

No. Budgets for the North/South Implementation Bodies must be agreed on a joint basis north and south, and thus funding pressures in either jurisdiction may have implications for the budget as a whole.