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Written Question
Hillsborough Castle: Operating Costs
Monday 26th March 2018

Asked by: Tommy Sheppard (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh East)

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate she has made of the running costs of Hillsborough Castle in each of the past 10 years.

Answered by Shailesh Vara

The Northern Ireland Office holds the following details in relation to Hillsborough Castle running costs. Details for the years preceding are not retained by the department.

2010/11 £1,700,358

2011/12 £1,678,727

2012/13 £1,627,827

2013/14 £1,185,637

2014/15 £ 462,472

2015/16 £ 338,659

2016/17 £ 311,328

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