§ Mrs. Iris RobinsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will allocate the Newpin charitable organisation £30,000 to cover core services for the coming year; and if he will make a statement. [157335]
§ Angela SmithNewpin in Northern Ireland is in the process of establishing as a new company. Until the position on the status of the organisation has been resolved, DHSSPS is not in a position to allocate any funding to cover core services for the coming year.
§ Mrs. Iris RobinsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what funding was provided to the Newpin charitable organisation in each year since 1996. [157379]
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§ Angela SmithThe accounts for the Northern Ireland Newpin office are managed centrally by National Newpin in London and it has, therefore, not been possible to provide a breakdown of the separate sources of funding for the Northern Ireland Newpin office.
Details of the funding provided to Foyle Newpin and Rathcoole Newpin since 1996 are as follows.
Source of funding Amount (£) Foyle Newpin 1995–96 Western Health and Social Services Board 20,000 1996–97 Western Health and Social Services Board 20,000 1997–98 Western Health and Social Services Board 44,000 Save the Children Fund 15,000 1998–99 Western Health and Social Services Board 44,000 Children in Need 16,038 EU Childhood Fund 7,573 Save the Children Fund 18,000 1999–2000 Western Health and Social Services Board 66,000 2000–01 Western Health and Social Services Board 68,000 2001–02 Western Health and Social Services Board 70,000 2002–03 Western Health and Social Services Board 72,152 Londonderry Regeneration Initiative 14,800 Community Fund NI 22,763 2003–04 Western Health and Social Services Board 75,000 Rathcoole Newpin 1995–96 Northern Health and Social Services Board 20,000 1996–97 Northern Health and Social Services Board 20,000 International Fund for Ireland 19,200 1997–98 Northern Health and Social Services Board 51,380 International Fund for Ireland 40,800 1998–99 Northern Health and Social Services Board 62,332 International Fund for Ireland 40,000 1999–2000 Northern Health and Social Services Board 70,000 2000–01 Northern Health and Social Services Board 74,500 2001–02 Northern Health and Social Services Board 78,798 2002–03 Northern Health and Social Services Board 83,711 2003–04 Northern Health and Social Services Board 85,700