§ Lord Lairdasked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answer from the Lord President on 16 October (WA 127), concerning North/South Implementation Bodies, whether they will give these figures as a percentage of each body's total budget for each year, separating the Language Body into the Irish Agency and the Ulster Scots Agency. [HL4977]
§ Baroness AmosThe table below provides the internal staff costs of the North/South Implementation Bodies as a percentage of each body's total expenditure in each year.
Costs relating to the year 2000 relate to the period December 1999-December 2000.
Body 2000% 2001% 2002% Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission 55 86 46 Waterways Ireland 40 39 31 The Trade and Business Development Body 25 31 26 Special EU Programmes Body 51 31 64 Food Safety Promotion Board 8 8 11 Ulster Scots Agency 39 18 11 Irish Language Agency 58 11 10 The year 2000 covers the period 2 December 1999– 31 December 2000.
Exchange rates IR £ = £.8058, effective at 1 January 2002 € = £.
€6854 effective at March 2003.