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Written question asked by Lady Hermon (Ulster Unionist Party) on Thursday, 10 November 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 16 November 2005. It was answered by Shaun Woodward (Labour) on Monday, 21 November 2005 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.

Police Service of Northern Ireland

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland pursuant to the answer of 3 November 2005, Official Report, column 1378W, on police, how many members of the Police Service of Northern Ireland Diving Unit have been available for operational duties in each month in 2005; and what the unit's budget allocation was in each of the last five years.
Answer

The funding of the unit is provided from central budgets and costs are not readily available.Listed in the following table are the duties of the Underwater Search Unit in 2005. Seventeen members were on training days when called out.

Month Call-outs Training days Members
January 1 4 7
February 7 3 6
March 11 1 6
April 4 2 7
May 9 3 7
June 13 2 6
July 9 — 5
August 6 4 5
September 11 3 6
October 13 1 6
Note: Total number of days for Underwater Search Unit duties is 107.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
439 c1644-5W;439 c1646-7W; 28994
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Finance Northern Ireland Police Police Service of Northern Ireland Divers
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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