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Written question asked by Dai Davies (Independent (affiliation)) on Thursday, 26 March 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 30 March 2009. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Monday, 20 April 2009 on behalf of the Home Office.

Research, Information and Communication Unit

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the budget of the Research, Information and Communication Unit (a) has been in each year since it was established and (b) is planned to be in each of the next three years.
Answer

RICU costs were not separately identified until the 2008-09 financial year; formative team (salary) costs from June 2007 to March 2008 were counted against PREVENT. The RICU budget allocations for the CSR period are currently:

£ million
2008-09 2009-10
HO 0.66 1.2
FCO 2.00 3.0
CLG 1.00 1.5

In 2008-09 the FCO and CLG budget allocations were subsequently reduced in line with 2008-09 forecasts to £0.8 million and £0.7 million respectively; an outturn figure for 2008-09 is not yet available. Funding levels for 2010-11 have not yet been settled by FCO, HO and CLG. The current CSR period runs to 2010-11, funding for Departments outside this period has not been confirmed.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
491 c225W; 268062
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Counter-terrorism Finance Terrorism
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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