To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much his Department has spent on events to mark (a) St. Patrick's Day and (b) the Twelfth of July in each of the last five years. (325428)

The Northern Ireland Office (NIO), including its arms length bodies and the Public Prosecution Service Northern Ireland but excluding its agencies and NDPBs, has not incurred any spend in the past five years on marking either St. Patrick's Day or the Twelfth of July.