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984740

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Marriage: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when she last met organisations campaigning for the introduction of same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	177796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland met the Love Equality campaign group on 1 February 2018.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 15/10/2018 12:06:32 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

984831

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Equality Commission for Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps her Department takes to review the performance of commissioners on the board of Equality Commission.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Paul Girvan
uin	177791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland does not have a role in the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland’s budget or assessing legal cases it may take.</p><p> </p><p>Responsibility for the Equality Commission’s functions and powers is devolved. It is sponsored by the Executive Office, which approves its budget and monitors spend and performance, including the performance of the board.</p><p> </p><p>The Executive Office appraises the performance of the Chief Commissioner, including how the Commission has delivered its statutory duties and functions. Individual Commissioners are appraised by the Chief Commissioner.</p><p> </p><p>As the Commission operates independently from Government you may wish to write directly to the Commission’s Chief Executive, and Accounting Officer, on the matters relating to the use of resources.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 177792 177793 177794 question first answered 15/10/2018 12:18:21 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4633 label Biography information for Paul Girvan

984834

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Equality Commission for Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much money the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland has spent on supporting legal cases in which the claimant was unsuccessful in the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Paul Girvan
uin	177792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland does not have a role in the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland’s budget or assessing legal cases it may take.</p><p> </p><p>Responsibility for the Equality Commission’s functions and powers is devolved. It is sponsored by the Executive Office, which approves its budget and monitors spend and performance, including the performance of the board.</p><p> </p><p>The Executive Office appraises the performance of the Chief Commissioner, including how the Commission has delivered its statutory duties and functions. Individual Commissioners are appraised by the Chief Commissioner.</p><p> </p><p>As the Commission operates independently from Government you may wish to write directly to the Commission’s Chief Executive, and Accounting Officer, on the matters relating to the use of resources.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 177791 177793 177794 question first answered 15/10/2018 12:18:21 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4633 label Biography information for Paul Girvan

984837

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Equality Commission for Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many legal cases the Equality Commission Northern Ireland lost in the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Paul Girvan
uin	177793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland does not have a role in the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland’s budget or assessing legal cases it may take.</p><p> </p><p>Responsibility for the Equality Commission’s functions and powers is devolved. It is sponsored by the Executive Office, which approves its budget and monitors spend and performance, including the performance of the board.</p><p> </p><p>The Executive Office appraises the performance of the Chief Commissioner, including how the Commission has delivered its statutory duties and functions. Individual Commissioners are appraised by the Chief Commissioner.</p><p> </p><p>As the Commission operates independently from Government you may wish to write directly to the Commission’s Chief Executive, and Accounting Officer, on the matters relating to the use of resources.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 177791 177792 177794 question first answered 15/10/2018 12:18:21 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4633 label Biography information for Paul Girvan

984843

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Equality Commission for Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what equality impact assessments are carried out by the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland before making a decision to take a legal case.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Paul Girvan
uin	177794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland does not have a role in the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland’s budget or assessing legal cases it may take.</p><p> </p><p>Responsibility for the Equality Commission’s functions and powers is devolved. It is sponsored by the Executive Office, which approves its budget and monitors spend and performance, including the performance of the board.</p><p> </p><p>The Executive Office appraises the performance of the Chief Commissioner, including how the Commission has delivered its statutory duties and functions. Individual Commissioners are appraised by the Chief Commissioner.</p><p> </p><p>As the Commission operates independently from Government you may wish to write directly to the Commission’s Chief Executive, and Accounting Officer, on the matters relating to the use of resources.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 177791 177792 177793 question first answered 15/10/2018 12:18:21 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4633 label Biography information for Paul Girvan

984863

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many and which (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department have visited the Irish border in the last 12 months; when those visits took place; and how long they spent at the border in each of those visits.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	177809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>In the last 12 months, Ministers have visited the border. Details of Ministers' engagements are published quarterly and available on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>.</p><p>The information requested for all officials in the Northern Ireland Office is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 19/10/2018 09:01:03 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

984929

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether she plans to publish her Department's preparations for no deal.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	177721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>We firmly believe it is in the interests of both the EU and the UK to strike a deal. That remains the goal on both sides and we are confident that this will be achieved. But it is the job of a responsible Government to prepare for all scenarios, so we have already carried out very significant ‘no deal’ preparations for the unlikely event that we reach March 2019 without agreeing a deal.</p><p> </p><p>We have already published over 100 technical notices so that businesses and citizens have time to prepare in the event of a 'no deal' scenario. These are available on Gov.uk in a centralised location that is easy for people to access and use.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 19/10/2018 11:36:31 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

984949

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what change there has been in staffing levels in his Department since June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	177738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The headcount in the Northern Ireland Office is currently 152 with 44 vacancies. In 2016, the headcount was 110 with 16 vacancies.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 15/10/2018 12:09:38 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

984980

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans she has to meet with the victims and survivors of historical institutional abuse before Christmas in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	177618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p><br> Victims of historical institutional abuse have shown huge courage and dignity in their fight for truth and redress. It is important to note, however, that the Hart report was commissioned by the NI Executive, and the method of response to the recommendations should be for a restored devolved Government to decide.</p><p>I am aware that the Head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service, David Sterling, has made a commitment to have legislation to implement the recommendations of the Hart report ready to publish soon, and I am assured that Mr Sterling will take what action he feels appropriate at this stage to keep the process moving forward so that a restored Executive may be able to action this work swiftly.</p><p>The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland will of course consider carefully any invitation she receives from Judge Hart or the groups that represent victims of historical institutional abuse.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 177620 177621 question first answered 15/10/2018 12:12:04 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

984981

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps the Government is taking to ensure the restoration of devolved government in Northern Ireland before the UK leaves the EU; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	177619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>Following the Oral Statement on 6 September, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland set out the Government’s clear plan to bring about a restored Executive, and has been engaging regularly with the five main parties in Northern Ireland to establish the basis for moving into the next round of more formal talks.</p><p> </p><p>To that end the Secretary of State met the five main Northern Ireland parties, the Irish Government and church leaders on Monday 8 October and will continue to work with all parties to bring about the devolved power-sharing Executive that we all want to see.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 15/10/2018 15:20:03 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon