Diamond Jubilee 2012
Northern Ireland
Lady Hermon (North Down, Independent)
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what funding his Department has allocated for the celebration of HM The Queen's Diamond Jubilee in Northern Ireland.
Owen Paterson (Secretary of State, Northern Ireland; North Shropshire, Conservative)
National celebrations were financed mainly from private sponsorship so there was no requirement or expectation for Departments of State to incur expenditure to celebrate the diamond jubilee of Her Majesty the Queen. Many events to celebrate the jubilee were held across Northern Ireland and I was of course delighted to light the beacon at Hillsborough to commemorate Her Majesty's 60 years of service and dedication to our nation.