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Written question asked by Sammy Wilson (Democratic Unionist Party) on Monday, 16 March 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 18 March 2009. It was answered by Paul Goggins (Labour) on Monday, 30 March 2009 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.

Forensic Science NI: Finance

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what budget was allocated to Forensic Science NI in each of the last five years.
Answer

Forensic Science NI is primarily funded to carry out its business from income it generates from its customers, with the remainder provided by the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) centrally.

£000
NIO funding 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09
Customer income 7,369 8,182 8,429 9,090 9,373
NIO Resource DEL 1,217 1,446 1,437 1,927 1,535
Total 8,586 9,628 9,866 11,017 10,908
NIO Capital DEL 381 371 1,260 1,524 1,343
Note:
Customers include PSNI, State Pathologist's Department, Police Ombudsman, Private customers etc.

The agency in 2008-09 had £10,908,000 resource and £1,343,000 capital in monies to fund activities.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
490 c853W;490 c849W; 264741
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Finance Forensic Science Northern Ireland
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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