Question follow-through · 69744
Connect Fund: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he plans to undertake a review of the effectiveness of the Connect Fund by the end of the first round of funding.
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- Answering body
- Northern Ireland Office
- Tabled
- 22 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 2 Sept 2025 · 42 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he plans to undertake a review of the effectiveness of the Connect Fund by the end of the first round of funding.
2 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Sept 2025
Answer published
The Connect Fund will award up to £1 million to strengthen civic East-West collaboration on matters of shared interest, including mutual challenges and opportunities across a range of sectors that directly affect communities in Northern Ireland. The Gover...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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