Question follow-through · 25917
Northern Ireland Protocol: Contracts
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many contracts related to the Northern Ireland Protocol have been (a) awarded and (b) extended without competitive tender since 4 July 2024; what the reason was; and what the total expenditure on those contracts
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 22 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 27 Jan 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Recorded timeline
22 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many contracts related to the Northern Ireland Protocol have been (a) awarded and (b) extended without competitive tender since 4 July 2024; what the reason was; and what the total expenditure on those contracts
27 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Jan 2025
Answer published
No such contracts have been awarded or extended by HM Treasury.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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