FOI 03-25: Information regarding funding for community peace-building programs

Information Standards Freedom of Information Response

30 January 2025

Our Ref: FoI 03-25

Freedom of Information Act 2000

I am writing to confirm that the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission (Assembly Commission) has processed your request dated 2 January 2025 in line with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). In your request, you asked for the following information:

"Funding for Community Peace-Building Programs

  • Details of funding allocations for community peace-building programs from 2020 to 2024.
  • Please include:
    • A breakdown of funding by community background (e.g., religious, ethnic, or other community classifications).
    • The total amount allocated each year during the specified period.
    • Any available reports or evaluations of the impact of these programs."

 

Our response

The Assembly Commission holds some information relevant to your request. Documents received by the Committee for Justice from the Department of Justice in April and May 2024 contain information relevant to your request. These are annexed to this letter.

Further information on funding for community peace-building programs may be available from the Executive Office (foi@executiveoffice-ni.gov.uk), the Department for Communities (foi@communities-ni.gov.uk) and the Department of Justice (foi@justice-ni.x.gsi.gov.uk)

 

Further Information

You have the right to request an internal review of this decision by the Assembly Commission. If you wish to request such a review, please write to me at the above address. If, after that review, you are dissatisfied with the way in which the Assembly Commission has handled your request for information, you may complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.

Your request for information and our response may be published in the disclosure log maintained by the Assembly Commission under a publication scheme agreed with the ICO. The request and our response will be anonymised.

Yours faithfully

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