Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost to the public purse was of the (a) Human Rights Commission and (b) Equality Commission in each of the last ten years.

In line with the requirements of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) and the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland (ECNI) provide the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland with a copy of their Annual Report and Accounts which are laid in the House.

These accounts are publicly available and the honourable Member may view these via the NIHRC and ECNI’s websites which I have detailed below.