Northern Ireland Office: Lanyards
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its public bodies has spent on lanyards since 4 July 2024; what designs of lanyards have been purchased; and what the cost and number of each lanyard design purchased was.
Answered by Hilary Benn
The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) spent £714.00 (inc VAT) on lanyards for staff since 4 July 2024. The design features NIO branding. 100 lanyards were purchased at a cost of £5.95 each.
In the same time period, the NIO’s public bodies made the following purchases:
Crown Solicitor’s Office: £33.50 for 50 lanyards printed with the word ‘staff’;
Electoral Office for Northern Ireland: £7.46 for 10 lanyards printed with the word ‘staff’;
Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission: £225.60 for 100 lanyards printed with the NIHRC logo; and
Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery: £844 on 400 lanyards printed with the word ‘staff’.
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