{"value":{"id":1678042,"memberId":3977,"member":null,"memberRole":"Secretary of State for Northern Ireland","uin":"HCWS135","dateMade":"2023-12-14T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":21,"answeringBodyName":"Northern Ireland Office","title":"Establishing the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery","text":"<p>Following the passage of the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation)<br>Act 2023, I am today establishing the Independent Commission for Reconciliation<br>and Information Recovery.</p><p><br>I hereby give notice of the Northern Ireland Office’s intention to seek a repayable<br>cash advance from the Contingencies Fund. The Department requires an advance of<br>£13,266,000 to meet the initial costs of the Independent Commission for<br>Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR) on its full establishment. These<br>costs were included in the Northern Ireland Office’s budget for 2023/24 so this does<br>not represent additional spending. Accessing the Contingencies Fund will allow<br>ICRIR to undertake expenditure independently of the Department prior to<br>Parliamentary approval of changes to the Department’s Ambit at Supplementary<br>Estimate to recognise the full establishment of ICRIR.</p><p><br>Parliamentary approval for resources of £4,650,000 and capital of £10,088,000 for<br>this new expenditure will be sought in a Supplementary Estimate for Northern Ireland<br>Office. Pending that approval, urgent expenditure estimated at £13,266,000 will be<br>met by repayable cash advances from the Contingencies Fund.</p>","house":"Commons","noticeNumber":14,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":false,"linkedStatements":null,"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/1678042","method":"GET"}]}