Question follow-through · 81262

Connect Fund: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many applications were received for the first round of the Connect Fund.

answeredNorthern Ireland Office

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Answering body: Northern Ireland Office
Tabled: 13 Oct 2025
Target answer date: 16 Oct 2025
Answer: 16 Oct 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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

Recorded timeline

13 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many applications were received for the first round of the Connect Fund.
16 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Oct 2025
Answer published
The Connect Fund has received a very positive reaction from the civic and voluntary sector and in its inaugural month received a total of 24 applications.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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