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Written Question
Parades Commission: Compensation
Monday 9th September 2019

Asked by: Lord Swire (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the compensation of £10,000 granted to the now Commission Secretary and Accounting Officer of the Northern Ireland Parades Commission was paid (a) in instalments and (b) tax-free.

Answered by Julian Smith

Given the need to comply with Data Protection legislation, the Northern Ireland Office is not able to comment on personnel matters.

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