{"value":{"id":1696331,"askingMemberId":1388,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2024-03-14T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2024-03-28T00:00:00","uin":"HL3277","questionText":"To ask His Majesty's Government how much of the money allocated for the construction of border control posts in Northern Ireland is for (1) agricultural food inspections, and (2) customs.","answeringBodyId":53,"answeringBodyName":"Cabinet Office","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4284,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2024-03-27T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The funding allocated for SPS facilities in Northern Ireland to deal with goods moving into the EU through the red lane - as the Government had also committed to do under the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill - is a maximum funding envelope. The figure is in line with a business case which was being prepared when that Bill was in Parliament.</p><p>The facilities will fulfil a number of functions and it is not possible to provide a breakdown of costs in the manner described.</p><p> </p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Import Controls: Northern Ireland","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1696331","method":"GET"}]}