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1108692

registered interest
date	01/04/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Welfare State: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions her Department has had with officials in the Department for Work and Pensions on the extension of mitigation payments on welfare reform in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	239218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>Following the Fresh Start Agreement, funding was made available by the Executive to mitigate the impact of welfare reform in Northern Ireland. This funding ends in March 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Communities in Northern Ireland is responsible for the delivery of the various mitigation schemes relating to welfare reform in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>A decision to extend mitigations beyond March 2020 would be a matter for the Northern Ireland Civil Service and not the Department for Work and Pensions.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 03/04/2019 14:11:53 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1107758

registered interest
date	29/03/2019
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: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many consultants her department has hired since 2016; and what cost to the public purse has been of such consultants.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	238648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on the number of consultants hired in any one year as this work is often commissioned as part of an outcomes based contract to ensure value for money.</p><p>The amount spent on consultants each year since 2016 is:</p><p><strong>2016-17</strong> - £ 5,000</p><p><strong>2017-18</strong> - £ 79,600</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 03/04/2019 12:20:11 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1105531

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Licensing Laws: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether in the absence of the Northern Ireland Assembly she plans to bring forward legislative proposals on amending the sale and supply of alcoholic drinks at special events in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	237725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>As your question implies, liquor licensing is a devolved matter. The Department for Communities, the Northern Ireland Department with responsibility for this issue, recently launched a public consultation on the sale and supply of alcoholic drinks at special events. The consultation runs until 3 May and the Department for Communities will consider the way forward following analysis of responses.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 02/04/2019 11:07:26 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1105548

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
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 Housing Executive
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment she has made of the long term financial viability of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	237730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Communities in Northern Ireland sponsors the Northern Ireland Housing Executive. It is Northern Ireland’s largest social landlord and provides 86,000 social homes. This is 1 in 9 of all homes in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>I am aware that officials in the Department for Communities have carried out work to assess the financial requirements of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive. Any changes in response to this assessment are rightly the responsibility of the devolved Stormont Assembly and Executive. In the absence of an Executive, this is a matter for the Permanent Secretary of the Department within the limits of the EFEF Act.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 01/04/2019 11:02:16 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1104705

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Obesity: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate she has made of the number of people with obesity in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) each Clinical Commissioning Group in Northern Ireland by (i) age and (ii) gender in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	236377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department of Health commissioned a 2017-18 Health Study in Northern Ireland. This reported that 64% of adults aged 16+ were either overweight (37%) or obese (27%). The full findings of the report are available on the Department of Health’s website.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s current obesity prevention framework ‘<em>A Fitter Future for All 2012-2022’</em> recognises the need to improve food and nutrition and encourage physical activity among the population to reduce the prevalence of obesity. This framework is also available on the Department’s website.</p><p> </p><p>Northern Ireland does not use Clinical Commissioning Groups, and a tier three and tier four management service is not currently commissioned in NI. The NI Department of Health has established a task and finish group to explore options for the development of a regional prototype bariatric service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 236378 236379 question first answered 28/03/2019 15:53:19 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1104706

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Obesity: 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 is taking to tackle regional differences in (a) adult and (b) childhood obesity in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	236378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department of Health commissioned a 2017-18 Health Study in Northern Ireland. This reported that 64% of adults aged 16+ were either overweight (37%) or obese (27%). The full findings of the report are available on the Department of Health’s website.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s current obesity prevention framework ‘<em>A Fitter Future for All 2012-2022’</em> recognises the need to improve food and nutrition and encourage physical activity among the population to reduce the prevalence of obesity. This framework is also available on the Department’s website.</p><p> </p><p>Northern Ireland does not use Clinical Commissioning Groups, and a tier three and tier four management service is not currently commissioned in NI. The NI Department of Health has established a task and finish group to explore options for the development of a regional prototype bariatric service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 236377 236379 question first answered 28/03/2019 15:53:19 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1104707

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Obesity: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which Clinical Commissioning Groups in Northern Ireland provide a (a) tier three and (b) tier four weight management service.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	236379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department of Health commissioned a 2017-18 Health Study in Northern Ireland. This reported that 64% of adults aged 16+ were either overweight (37%) or obese (27%). The full findings of the report are available on the Department of Health’s website.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s current obesity prevention framework ‘<em>A Fitter Future for All 2012-2022’</em> recognises the need to improve food and nutrition and encourage physical activity among the population to reduce the prevalence of obesity. This framework is also available on the Department’s website.</p><p> </p><p>Northern Ireland does not use Clinical Commissioning Groups, and a tier three and tier four management service is not currently commissioned in NI. The NI Department of Health has established a task and finish group to explore options for the development of a regional prototype bariatric service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 236377 236378 question first answered 28/03/2019 15:53:19 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1091318

registered interest
date	19/03/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	City Deals: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the timetable is for finalising the (a) Londonderry Strabane City Deal and (b) other Northern Ireland City Deals.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	234111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>As the Chancellor set out at the 2019 Spring Statement on 13 March, early stage negotiations for a Derry/Londonderry and Strabane City Region Deal are progressing well. The Government hopes to make an announcement in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Building on the Chancellor’s commitment to £350m towards the Belfast City Regions Deal in October, the Government is working closely with local partners and the Northern Ireland Civil Service to move to the next phase of the Deal and hopes to be in a position to agree Heads of Terms in due course.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 22/03/2019 12:35:25 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1064062

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
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: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of staff employed by her Department are apprentices.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	223260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>I can confirm there is currently one apprentice employed in the Department which accounts for 2% of the London staff. Although slightly under the public sector target of 2.3%, this is due to two apprentices completing their apprenticeships during 2018. A further three apprentices have recently been recruited, which will bring the proportion of apprentices in the department to 6%.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 25/02/2019 11:10:43 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1062060

registered interest
date	15/02/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Passports: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will meet with the Home Secretary to discuss the long-standing anomaly whereby Northern Ireland residents born in the Irish Republic since 1949 continue to face restrictions on obtaining UK passports.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	221995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>I am aware of your long-standing interest in this issue and my Department has raised this matter with the Home Office who are responsible for this policy.</p><p>Under Common Travel Area arrangements British and Irish citizens have the right to enter and remain in the other state without requiring permission.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 20/02/2019 16:13:21 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell