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166410

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she has had with HM Treasury about the effect on tax revenues in Northern Ireland resulting from cross-border smuggling.
tabling member constituency	Lagan Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
uin	216226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>I have regular discussions with Treasury ministers on these and other matters.</p><p>The failure to pay hydrocarbons oil duty in respect of diesel in Northern Ireland remains an issue, but one that is being addressed by HMRC as the overall percentage tax gap in respect of hydrocarbons oil duties across the UK has been reduced by almost a half between 2005/6 and 20012/13.</p><p>HMRC have had a number of notable successes in Northern Ireland including the uncovering of the largest ever toxic waste dump linked to diesel laundering in the UK on 4 November at Forkhill, when 2,000 litres of illicit fuel were seized.</p><p>HMRC’s joint top priorities in Northern Ireland remain the tackling of fuel and tobacco smuggling, and they work closely with UKBA, the PSNI and An Garda Síochána and other agencies on both sides of the border on these issue.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 01/12/2014 15:30:35 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
tabling member	650 label Biography information for Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson

166051

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether requests for assistance have been made to her Department in the last 12 months by people, now living under protection schemes as a result of their membership of illegal organisations in the past, who have offered information and assistance in the upholding of the law in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	215873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>I am not certain which schemes the Hon Member is referring to. If such schemes exist, these would generally be expected to be a matter for the devolved authorities since they would fall within the devolved area of policing and justice. I am not aware of any requests of the type referred to in the question having been made to the Northern Ireland Office.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 01/12/2014 17:55:54 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

164229

registered interest
date	21/11/2014
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the progress to date of the discussions initiated by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland with the political parties in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
tabling member printed	Lord Eames
uin	HL3059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>There has been positive and constructive engagement from all sides in the cross-party talks. However, differences of view between the parties remain on some significant issues, and a successful outcome will be very difficult to achieve.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Randerson question first answered 01/12/2014 16:00:09 answering member 4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson
tabling member	2793 label Biography information for Lord Eames

156745

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Flexible Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many and what proportion of (a) women and (b) men have made a statutory application to request flexible working in her Department; and how many of those applications have been granted to date.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	215191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>My Department has not received any statutory applications to request flexible working. We do however have a number of staff who have flexible working arrangements, the details of which are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Type of flexible arrangement</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Male</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Female</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Compressed Hours</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Reduced Hours</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 26/11/2014 10:31:19 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

156417

registered interest
date	18/11/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Warm Home Discount Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will make additional funds available to allow the Northern Ireland Executive to extend the Warm Home Discount Scheme to Northern Ireland; what recent steps she has taken to encourage the setting up of the Warm Home Discount Scheme in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	214951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>Decisions on tackling fuel poverty are devolved matters and this is why Northern Ireland has its own fuel poverty strategy separate to Great Britain. It therefore follows that any associated funding issues that would arise in introducing the Warm Home Discount Scheme to Northern Ireland would be for the Northern Ireland Executive to fund from its Block Grant.</p><p>I am aware that from time to time the Social Development Committee has considered the question of introducing a Warm Homes Discount Scheme in Northern Ireland but as these are matters that are the responsibility of the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment, the hon Member might wish to take this matter up with the DETI Minister directly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 24/11/2014 11:11:26 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

156418

registered interest
date	18/11/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she has had with the Northern Ireland Minister of Justice on the recent ruling of the European Court of Human Rights on the investigation of historic cases linked to the Troubles; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Lagan Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
uin	215073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>I meet with the Northern Ireland Minister of Justice regularly and we discuss a range of issues relating to Northern Ireland’s troubled past including historic cases.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 21/11/2014 14:47:45 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
tabling member	650 label Biography information for Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson

156063

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Bloody Sunday Tribunal of Inquiry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the final costs were for each of the participating legal teams and individuals involved in the Saville Inquiry; and what costs in that inquiry were incurred after 2005.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	214792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>The team costs for each of the participating legal teams are detailed in the enclosed attachment.</p><p>A full breakdown of the legal costs from 2005 onwards is not readily available. The table below provides a less detailed breakdown.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Costs £</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2004/</strong></p><p><strong>2005</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2005/</strong></p><p><strong>2006</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2006/</strong></p><p><strong>2007</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2007/</strong></p><p><strong>2008</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008/</strong></p><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009/</strong></p><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/</strong></p><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Inquiry Counsel fees</strong></p></td><td><p>1,579,400</p></td><td><p>840,342</p></td><td><p>855,342</p></td><td><p>750,531</p></td><td><p>685,926</p></td><td><p>844,016</p></td><td><p>121,435</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Eversheds</strong></p></td><td><p>339,593</p></td><td><p>70,914</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>5,204</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Lawyers for Interested </strong></p><p><strong>Parties - fees</strong></p></td><td><p>5,474,483</p></td><td><p>2,104,590</p></td><td><p>4,795,377</p></td><td><p>951,995</p></td><td><p>419,714</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Lawyers for </strong></p><p><strong>IPs - accommodation</strong></p></td><td><p>34,652</p></td><td><p>21,674</p></td><td><p>69,770</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>30,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Lawyers for </strong></p><p><strong>IPs - travel</strong></p></td><td><p>272,310</p></td><td><p>67,851</p></td><td><p>281,238</p></td><td><p>11,454</p></td><td><p>16,678</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Lawyers for </strong></p><p><strong>IPs - subsistence</strong></p></td><td><p>22,287</p></td><td><p>2,868</p></td><td><p>11,792</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>24,979</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,722,725</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,108,239</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,013,519</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,714,001</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,177,297</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>849,220</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>121,435</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 20/11/2014 15:54:45 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers attachment 1 file name Saville Inquiry Legal Costs.pdf title Saville Inquiry Legal Costs
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

155385

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Randerson on 11 November (HL2678), whether they intend to legislate to provide for welfare reform in Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL2843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>Welfare reform is a devolved matter, and it is for the parties in the Northern Ireland Executive to find a resolution on these issues. The UK Government continues to strongly encourage the parties to implement welfare reform.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Randerson question first answered 18/11/2014 13:39:01 answering member 4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

155556

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Travel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what total amount her Office spent on ministerial travel by (a) the Government Car and Despatch Agency and (b) other car hire in (i) 2007-08, (ii) 2008-09 and (iii) 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Salisbury
tabling member printed	John Glen
uin	214281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>Because of the devolution of policing and justice functions on 12 April 2010, and subsequent reconfiguration of the Northern Ireland Office, my Department does not hold figures for the periods prior to 2010; attempting to obtain this information would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 17/11/2014 13:56:45 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

155557

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how often her Department reviews its processes regarding the logging of emails, letters and other correspondence received; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	214255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department routinely reviews the process for logging correspondence in order to respond within our 21 working day target.</p><p>Guidance on handling correspondence from Members of Parliament, Peers, MEPs and Members of devolved Administrations is available online at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/61196/guide-handling-gov-correspondence.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/61196/guide-handling-gov-correspondence.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 18/11/2014 13:55:08 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby