Written question asked by Lord Laird (Crossbench), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Rooker (Labour) on Wednesday, 1 March 2006.

Urban Regeneration: Northern Ireland

Question: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Rooker on 25 January (WA 183) concerning Making Belfast Work and the Londonderry Regeneration Initiative, why it would be a special administrative exercise to supply the records of public funding provided for a parliamentary Answer.

Answer: A special administrative exercise to obtain this information is required as this information is not readily available electronically. Supplying this information involves searching files and obtaining data from a number of different sources which will necessarily take time.Since this Question was initially raised in December, my officials have been working on providing the information requested and, with the exception of the action plan element of Making Belfast Work (MBW) funding which involves a separate exercise of interrogating files and IT systems having to be carried out across all departments and entails disproportionate costs, we are now in a position to respond. I will make this information available in the Library.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 3738; 679 c81WA
Session: 2005-06
Related items: Northern Ireland: Making Belfast Work and the Londonderry Regeneration Initiative
Wednesday, 25 January 2006
Written questions
House of Lords
Subjects: Belfast Grants Regeneration Londonderry Making Belfast Work
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk