§ Lady HermonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much funding has been made available to the Organised Crime Taskforce since its introduction in September 2000. [129816]
§ Jane KennedyWith the exception of an annual publicity budget of £50,000 to meet the cost of publishing the annual Organised Crime Task Force (OCTF) Threat Assessment and Strategy Documents and to promote the role of the OCTF, no specific funding has been allocated to the Organised Crime Task Force. Costs for administering the OCTF are met from the overall resources allocated to the Security Policy and Operations Division of the Northern Ireland Office. Individual constituent members of the OCTF are responsible for funding their involvement from within their overall organisational budgets.