Question follow-through · 61585

Murder of Patrick Finucane Independent Inquiry: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much funding he has allocated to the Finucane Inquiry.

answeredNorthern Ireland Office

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Answering body
Northern Ireland Office
Tabled
20 Jun 2025
Target answer date
25 Jun 2025
Answer
25 Jun 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 20 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much funding he has allocated to the Finucane Inquiry.

  2. 25 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 25 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    As I outlined in my oral statement of 11 September 2024, I considered the likely costs and impact of the Patrick Finucane Inquiry on public finances. It is the Government’s expectation that the Inquiry will avoid unnecessary costs given all the previous r...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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