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418976

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Kincora Children's Home
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 Executive on police officers transporting civil servants to the Kincora Boys' Home.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	10281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>None.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 18/09/2015 11:47:46 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

418617

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Parades Commission: Freedom of Information
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether all the material used in making determinations by the Northern Irish Parades Commission is subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL2209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>The disclosure of information relating to decisions made by the Parades Commission for Northern Ireland is an operational matter for the Commission acting independently of Government.</p><p>The Noble Lord may wish to write to the Parades Commission directly on this matter.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Dunlop question first answered 18/09/2015 13:17:58 answering member 4534 label Biography information for Lord Dunlop
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

418618

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Belfast Agreement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Belfast Agreement 1998 provides for a role for the government of the Republic of Ireland in Strand One talks where the discussions are about Northern Irish internal affairs.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL2210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>As the Noble Lord is aware, the involvement of the Irish Government in cross-party talks is in accordance with the established three-stranded approach to Northern Ireland affairs and the 1998 Belfast Agreement. This provides that Northern Ireland’s internal arrangements are for the Northern Ireland parties and the United Kingdom Government alone to decide. A commitment always to stand by that principle was contained in the Government’s Northern Ireland Manifesto at the General Election.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Dunlop question first answered 18/09/2015 12:08:46 answering member 4534 label Biography information for Lord Dunlop
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

418743

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
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: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many hours her Department spent on processing freedom of information requests in each of the last 24 months.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
uin	10229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) has provided a Shared FOI Service along with the Wales Office since September 2014. The FOI Team consists of one full-time member of NIO staff and three part-time members of Wales Office staff, who together contribute 0.4 FTE (full-time equivalent). Man hours spent on this area of work are not measured on a monthly basis; the Departments have allocated 1.4 staff who are responsible for this area of work.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 21/09/2015 14:09:58 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

417890

registered interest
date	09/09/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether it remains their policy that state benefits in Northern Ireland, and the qualifications to receive such benefits, should remain the same as those in England.
tabling member printed	Lord Mawhinney
uin	HL2123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>Welfare is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland. The Government is clear that we will not fund a more generous welfare system in Northern Ireland than elsewhere in the United Kingdom. The Northern Ireland Executive is, however, free to make more resources available for welfare from within its block grant.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Dunlop question first answered 18/09/2015 11:59:15 answering member 4534 label Biography information for Lord Dunlop
tabling member	121 label Biography information for Lord Mawhinney

417772

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
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: UK Membership of EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many officials in her Department are engaged in research into the effects of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	Mr David Nuttall
uin	9507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government is focused on delivering a successful renegotiation: it believes it can and will succeed in reforming and renegotiating our relationship with the EU and campaigning to keep the UK in the EU on that basis. Departments are appropriately resourced to support the Government’s priorities in Europe.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 15/09/2015 10:00:24 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4140 label Biography information for Mr David Nuttall

417773

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
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: UK Membership of EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which external organisations she has met to discuss the consequences of the UK leaving the EU in each of the last three years; and how many times she has met each such organisation.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	Mr David Nuttall
uin	9543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government is focused on delivering a successful renegotiation: it believes it can and will succeed in reforming and renegotiating our relationship with the EU and campaigning to keep the UK in the EU on that basis. Details of Ministerial meetings with external organisations are published quarterly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 15/09/2015 10:01:34 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4140 label Biography information for Mr David Nuttall

417774

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
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: UK Membership of EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which external organisations officials in her Department have met to discuss the consequences of the UK leaving the EU in each of the last three years; and how many meetings such officials have had with each such organisation.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	Mr David Nuttall
uin	9525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government is focused on delivering a successful renegotiation: it believes it can and will succeed in reforming and renegotiating our relationship with the EU and campaigning to keep the UK in the EU on that basis. Officials regularly meet with a range of external organisations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 15/09/2015 10:03:00 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4140 label Biography information for Mr David Nuttall

417104

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
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 Civil Service: Redundancy Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the source of funds being made available to the Northern Ireland Executive to allow it to finance the voluntary exit scheme for Northern Ireland Civil Servants.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL2024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>Under the Stormont House Agreement the Government will provide the Northern Ireland Executive with flexibility to use Reinvestment and Reform Initiative capital borrowing powers to fund a Northern Ireland public sector voluntary exit scheme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Dunlop question first answered 15/09/2015 11:18:14 answering member 4534 label Biography information for Lord Dunlop
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

417105

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	IRA
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the status, structure and operational capability of the Provisional IRA.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL2025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>I refer the Noble Lord to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland’s remarks to the House of Commons on 8 September 2015 which set out the Government’s and the Chief Constable’s current assessment of the Provisional IRA (PIRA).</p><p>We have no plans to remove PIRA from the list of proscribed organisations.</p><p>The Government has made clear that there is no place for any paramilitary group in a democratic society. Issues arising out of continued paramilitary activity and remaining structures need to be urgently addressed in cross-party talks, and that is our priority.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Dunlop grouped question UIN HL2026 question first answered 21/09/2015 14:43:39 answering member 4534 label Biography information for Lord Dunlop
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey