---

Northern Ireland Office

Answer

Mr. Dodds: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland which posts, not including Housing Executive staff, are funded by the Housing Executive to assist local communities and residents' groups in each Northern Ireland constituency; who the occupants are of each post; what the length of service is in each case; and what the remuneration for each post is. [216845] Mr. Spellar: The name of the post holders and their length of service is personal data and constitutes exempt information under section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and as such it would inappropriate to release it with out the consent of the postholder. However the following table provides the name of the organisation funded or partly funded by the Housing Executive during the 2004-05 financial year and the amount of funding paid by the Housing Executive. When organisations approach the Housing Executive for funding this normally covers more than just the salary. The amount of funding shown only includes costs paid by the Housing Executive that were associated with the post. The organisations are grouped by constituency based on the name of the group and/or the known area where it operates and compared with the names of the wards in that constituency. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Constituency/group name Housing Executive funding level (2004-05) Amount of Housing Executive funding (£) (percentage) Belfast, West Lenadoon 50 12,751 Upper Springfield Resource Centre 50 10,250 West Belfast Partnership Board 100 18,582 Whiterock/Westrock 62 9,143 Greater Shankill 100 18,200 Tudor Renewal Residents Association 100 18,886 Twadell/Woodvale 100 10,250 Belfast, North New Lodge Housing Forum 100 21,100 Ardoyne 100 17,000 Lower North Belfast Community Council 50 11,400 Concerned Residents Upper Ardoyne1 100 25,561 Belfast, South Markets Development Association 50 5,640 Greater Village Regeneration Trust 50 10,600 Strangford Glen Ward Community Association 50 10,000 Foyle Bogside/Brandywell Community Housing project 100 18,417 Belfast, East Mersey Street Area Residents Association2 50 2,397 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 The post has yet to be filled. 2 Current postholder has left employment and funding has been sought to fill the post in the 2005-06 year.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

216845; 431 c568-70W;431 c564-6W

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Finance Northern Ireland Pay Public appointments Northern Ireland Housing Executive Local communities

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk