§ Lord Lairdasked Her Majesty's Government:
How much they have paid to paramilitary prisoners' support groups in each year since 1999. [HL2010]
§ The Lord President of the Council (Baroness Amos)Records show that the support detailed in the table below has been paid to ex-prisoners' groups and to organisations providing assistance to ex-prisoners since 1999. Ex-prisoners' groups may apply for funding from any programme or scheme for which they can satisfy the relevant eligibility criteria.
Year Funding Provided 1999–2000 5,082,980 2000–01 1,136,182 2001–02 1,797,533 2002–03 3,198,544 2003–04 2,729,679 13,944,918 In some cases groups offer support to both victims and ex-prisoners and it has not been possible to disaggregate the amount directed to support ex-prisoners alone. The total figure has therefore been used in these cases. Paramilitary prisoners' support groups are not identified as a specific category for the purposes of recording financial support.
Services have also been purchased from the Northern Ireland Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders to support serving prisoners families. Details are provided in the table below.
Year NIACRO 1997–98 37,500 1998–99 82,420 1999–00 56,300 2000–01 87,238 2001–02 82,322 2002–03 104,451 2003–04 139,313 589,544
§ Lord Glentoranasked Her Majesty's Government:
How much public money has been given to ex-prisoners' welfare organisations in Northern Ireland since 10 April 1998; which such organisations have been in receipt of public funds; and how much each has received. [HL3079]
§ Baroness AmosRecords show that the support detailed in the table below has been paid to ex-prisoners' groups and to organisations providing assistance to ex-prisoners since April 1998.
38WAEx-prisoners' groups may apply for funding from any programme or scheme for which they can satisfy the relevant eligibility criteria. In some cases groups offer support to both victims and ex-prisoners and it has not been possible to disaggregate the amount directed to support ex-prisoners alone. The total figure has therefore been used in these cases.
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Assistance Provided to Organisations Providing Support to Ex-Prisoners £ AAI Construction 126,315 Amach Agus Isteach 109,497 An Eochair 247,788 An Loiste Uir 92,227 Ar Ais Aris 252,421 Arais Aris ar an Omaigh 44,000 Aras Tar Abhaile 492,832 Ard Eoin Amach Agus Isteach 100,280 Belfast Unemployed Resource Centre 100,970 Boyne/Prisoners Enterprises 53,325 CAIRDE 36,428 Cairde Strabane Republican Ex-prisoners Group 212,124 Clare Ex-Prisoners Association 3,750 Coiste na larchimi 15,000 Coiste na n-larchimi 910,569 Committee on the Administration of Justice 2,000 Cumann na Fuiseoige 22,500 Cumann na Meirleach Ard Mhaca Tueas 907,088 CUNAMH 7,000 East Belfast Prisoners Aid PCRG 66,196 Educational Trust 369,112 EPIC 1,142,053 EPIC (Belfast) 12,000 Epic (East Ulster) 60,000 EPIC (Mid Ulster Branch) 26,500 EPIC (North Ulster Branch) 71,300 EPIC (W Belfast) 32,400 Epic East 103,600 EPIC Mid-Ulster 84,500 EPIC North 90,560 EPIC Northwest 38,707 EPIC South Belfast 96,753 Ex-pac 40,857 Extern 29,977 Fermanagh Prisoners Dependants Association 84,000 Gae Lairn 698,259 Glencairn Peoples Project 25,578 Goitse 249,871 Greater St James Ex-Prisoners Group 2,750 Highfield Prisoners in Partnership 126,021 Iarchimi Fhear Manach 41,819 Innis Toide 10,000 Innis Toide Crafts Ltd 1,000 INTERCOMM (Inter Community Development Project) 1,000 Lagan Valley Ex-Prisoners Support Group 9,535 Larchimi Fhear Manach 92,149 Lame Associated Enterprise Development Ltd (LAED) 120,000 LINC 195,645 Linc Resource Centre 2,830 Lisburn Enterprise Organisation 10,000 Lisburn Prisoners Support Group 392,348 Lisburn Prisoners Support Project 504,943 Media Training Services (PANG) 18,750 Monkstown Community Resource Centre 68,847 New Lodge Forum 49,772 Newhaven Trust 10,746 Newtownabbey Prisoners Resettlement Group 81,300 NIACRO 2,226,234 NIACRO Employment Services 44,504 NIVT 1,123,324 North Belfast Prisoners Aid 163,126
Assistance Provided to Organisations Providing Support to Ex-Prisoners £ Oganaigh Le Cheile 1,500 Portadown Irish Prisoners 3,000 Prison Arts Foundation 60,807 Prisoners Aid (East Belfast) 4,500 Prisoners Aid (North Belfast) 85,958 Prisoners Aid (Shankill) 83,500 Prisoners Aid and Post Conflict Resettlement Group 141,096 Prisoners Aid and Post Conflict Resettlement Group (East Belfast) 91,870 Prisoners Aid and Post Conflict Resettlement Group (North Belfast) 97,158 Prisoners Aid and Post Conflict Resettlement Group (Shankill) 144,650 Prisoners Aid Networking Group 6,000 Prisoners Enterprise Project 383,825 Prisoners Enterprise Project (South Belfast) 50,000 Prisoners Enterprise Project (South) 58,783 REACT (Derry) 14,073 Strabane Ex-Prisoners Group 78,979 Support for Non-Aligned Prisoners 4,916 Tar Abhaile 447,017 Tar Anall 1,398,504 Tar Anall—Iuir Cinn Tra 156,433 Tar Isteach 294,488 Teach na Failte 575,501 Welfare Unit (Maze) 100,840 Tra Chearr 67,063 Tra Chearr/BIFHE 16,600 Tra Ghear Prisoners Support Development Plan 149,416 Tus Nua 170,659 Ulster Prisoners Aid 116,869 Ulster Quaker Service Committee 103,007 Venture International (PANG) 35,000 Total 17,296,992