Question follow-through · 40

Northern Ireland Office: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many Irish citizens are employed in his Department.

answeredNorthern Ireland Office

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Answering body
Northern Ireland Office
Tabled
17 Jul 2024
Target answer date
22 Jul 2024
Answer
25 Jul 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Jul 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many Irish citizens are employed in his Department.

  2. 22 Jul 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 25 Jul 2024

    Answer published

    The Northern Ireland Office does not hold data on citizenship held by staff. As per the terms of the 1998 Agreement, this Government recognises the right of all people of Northern Ireland to identify themselves and be accepted as Irish or British, or both...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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