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1111098

registered interest
date	10/04/2019
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 steps she is taking to help ensure the continuation of the additional welfare support package due to end next year.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
uin	243543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2019 answer text <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. Their officials are ensuring that appropriate advice in relation to welfare mitigations is available for an incoming Minister.</p><p>In addition, the Northern Ireland Affairs and Work and Pensions Committees are holding a joint inquiry into welfare policy in Northern Ireland. The inquiry will consider the impact of the mitigation package, and how the alternative payment arrangements in Northern Ireland are working in practice.</p><p>It is for the Department for Communities in Northern Ireland to provide the necessary information to facilitate this inquiry.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 243544 question first answered 17/04/2019 14:37:04 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly

1111099

registered interest
date	10/04/2019
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, whether she plans to meet Professor Eileen Evason to discuss the scheduled review of the welfare reform supports put in place by the Northern Ireland Executive and due to end next year.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
uin	243544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2019 answer text <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. Their officials are ensuring that appropriate advice in relation to welfare mitigations is available for an incoming Minister.</p><p>In addition, the Northern Ireland Affairs and Work and Pensions Committees are holding a joint inquiry into welfare policy in Northern Ireland. The inquiry will consider the impact of the mitigation package, and how the alternative payment arrangements in Northern Ireland are working in practice.</p><p>It is for the Department for Communities in Northern Ireland to provide the necessary information to facilitate this inquiry.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 243543 question first answered 17/04/2019 14:37:04 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly

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

437013

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
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 Answers by Lord Dunlop on 9 December (HL4222, HL4272 and HL4321), which peers and MPs who are based in Northern Ireland were invited by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Theresa Villiers, to her briefing on the Northern Ireland (Welfare Reform) Bill on 23 November; at what time and where the briefing took place; and why no peer or MP from Northern Ireland appears to have received the invitation circulated electronically.
tabling member printed	Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
uin	HL4479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2015 answer text <p>An invitation to the briefing on the Northern Ireland (Welfare Reform) Bill was circulated electronically to all Peers via the Usual Channels. The briefing was held on Monday 23 November at 12 noon in Committee Room 4A at the House of Lords.</p> answering member printed Lord Dunlop question first answered 23/12/2015 09:55:51 answering member 4534 label Biography information for Lord Dunlop
tabling member	648 label Biography information for Lord Maginnis of Drumglass

437032

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
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 which peers and MPs were invited to attend a briefing with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on the Northern Ireland (Welfare Reform) Bill on 23 November.
tabling member printed	Lord Rogan
uin	HL4498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2015 answer text <p>An invitation to the briefing on the Northern Ireland (Welfare Reform) Bill held on Monday 23 November was circulated electronically to all Peers via the Usual Channels.</p> answering member printed Lord Dunlop question first answered 23/12/2015 09:53:02 answering member 4534 label Biography information for Lord Dunlop
tabling member	2478 label Biography information for Lord Rogan

437033

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
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 which peers and MPs attended the briefing with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on the Northern Ireland (Welfare Reform) Bill on 23 November.
tabling member printed	Lord Rogan
uin	HL4499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2015 answer text <p>The Peers who attended the briefing with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on the Northern Ireland (Welfare Reform) Bill included: Lord McAvoy; Baroness Randerson; and Lord Trimble.</p> answering member printed Lord Dunlop question first answered 23/12/2015 09:52:35 answering member 4534 label Biography information for Lord Dunlop
tabling member	2478 label Biography information for Lord Rogan

437230

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
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, whether financial penalties related to welfare reform have been ceased since legislation on that subject was agreed by the Northern Ireland Assembly; and whether there has been reimbursement of such penalties since that agreement.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	19693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>In the Fresh Start Agreement, the Government committed to stop welfare deductions for 2015-16 following Assembly approval of a consent motion to enable primary and secondary legislation to the welfare system to proceed at Westminster.</p><p>The Government also committed to refund the proportion of deduction due for the remainder of 2015-16, making an equivalent sum available to the NI Executive spread equally over 2016-17 and 2017-18. This will now take place.</p><br /> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 15/12/2015 12:34:42 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

386902

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
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, in the light of there being no agreement to recent proposals on welfare reform in Northern Ireland, what alternative measures are being considered to implement welfare reform in Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord Hay of Ballyore
uin	HL1011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>The full implementation of the Stormont House Agreement offers the best way to resolve the current welfare reform impasse and build a brighter, more secure future for Northern Ireland. The Government will do what is necessary to implement our obligations under the Agreement and expects the Northern Ireland Executive parties to do the same.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Dunlop question first answered 08/07/2015 12:07:41 answering member 4534 label Biography information for Lord Dunlop
tabling member	4352 label Biography information for Lord Hay of Ballyore

384175

registered interest
date	19/06/2015
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 what assessment they have made of the impact of welfare reform not being agreed in Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord Hay of Ballyore
uin	HL664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>The failure to implement welfare reform puts the entire Stormont House Agreement at risk, including the steps it contains to pave the way for a more stable and prosperous Northern Ireland and to help deal with the past.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Dunlop question first answered 29/06/2015 12:23:03 answering member 4534 label Biography information for Lord Dunlop
tabling member	4352 label Biography information for Lord Hay of Ballyore

385225

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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 recent discussions she has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on welfare reform.
tabling member constituency	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
tabling member printed	Tom Elliott
uin	900434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p>My Rt hon Friend the Northern Ireland Secretary of State has held a series of bilateral and collective meetings with the Northern Ireland Executive parties to discuss possible solutions to the current impasse on welfare reform.</p><p>Welfare reform would replace a broken system with one that rewards work, protects the vulnerable and is fairer to taxpayers.</p><p>The issue will also be discussed at tomorrow’s meeting of the Stormont House Agreement Implementation review group.</p><p><br></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 24/06/2015 14:08:49 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4367 label Biography information for Tom Elliott