September 25, 2025 | Operational Policing, Investigations and Events , Events and Public Order
Request Number: FOI/15642
Category: Operational policing, Investigations and Events - Events and Public Order
Subject: Annual Spend on Policing Orange Order and Apprentice Boys Marches
Request and Answer:
Your request for information has now been considered. In respect of Section 1(1)(a) of the Act we can confirm that the Police Service of Northern Ireland does hold information to which your request relates. The decision has been taken to disclose the following.
Request
I request to know how much money is spent annually policing orange order marches, apprentice boy marches and all events surrounding these groups
Clarification requested:
Could you provide the years in which you are seeking this information?
Clarification received:
I am seeking information for the annual spending relating to these events year by year from the dates of 1st January 2018 until the present day, 4th September 2025
Answer
Please see the below table in response to your request, up to September 2024.
The information you have requested for 2025 is not yet available.
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orange Order 12th July | £1,484,727 | £1,248,491 | £0 | £879,161 | £1,300,948 | £1.376,487 | £1,401,765 |
| Apprentice Boys of Derry, province wide | £399,863 | £294,288 | £0 | £150,047 | £328,588 | £289,254 | £357,218 |