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| Government funding police college | Government funding police college |
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| The government plans to provide all the funding for a new policing college, Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain has announced. | |
| The £130m college is to be built at a site in Cookstown, County Tyrone. | The £130m college is to be built at a site in Cookstown, County Tyrone. |
| However, it has been delayed because the government was not prepared to commit all the money needed. | However, it has been delayed because the government was not prepared to commit all the money needed. |
| Mr Hain's proposal, which needs Treasury approval, means police officers, firefighters and prison officers will train on the same site. | Mr Hain's proposal, which needs Treasury approval, means police officers, firefighters and prison officers will train on the same site. |
| Until now, each service had wanted to build its own training centre. | Until now, each service had wanted to build its own training centre. |
| The new college will be built on a 210-acre site beside a food science centre at Desertcreat on the outskirts of Cookstown. | The new college will be built on a 210-acre site beside a food science centre at Desertcreat on the outskirts of Cookstown. |
| Change of plan | Change of plan |
| The police college would have cost around £130m, the fire service had planned a centre costing around £30m and the prison service hoped to build new facilities costing up to £10m. | The police college would have cost around £130m, the fire service had planned a centre costing around £30m and the prison service hoped to build new facilities costing up to £10m. |
| That would have been a total cost of £170m - but the integrated college could be built for about £130m. | That would have been a total cost of £170m - but the integrated college could be built for about £130m. |
| An integrated college is not what the Policing Board had originally planned, but government sources have said it will be state-of-the art and among the best of its kind in Europe. | An integrated college is not what the Policing Board had originally planned, but government sources have said it will be state-of-the art and among the best of its kind in Europe. |
| After more than three years of waiting, the board is likely to give the announcement a warm welcome. | After more than three years of waiting, the board is likely to give the announcement a warm welcome. |
| The project still needs final approval from the Treasury - but discussions have already taken place and Mr Hain is believed to be expecting a positive response. | The project still needs final approval from the Treasury - but discussions have already taken place and Mr Hain is believed to be expecting a positive response. |
| If he gets it, work could finally start next year. | If he gets it, work could finally start next year. |
| It is envisaged the complex would have accommodation for more than 300 people, 40 classrooms and purpose built villages to train officers in a variety of real life situations. | It is envisaged the complex would have accommodation for more than 300 people, 40 classrooms and purpose built villages to train officers in a variety of real life situations. |
| The college was a key recommendation in the Patten Report on police reform. | The college was a key recommendation in the Patten Report on police reform. |