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1692271

registered interest
date	27/02/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Integrated Schools: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government why money allocated to Fresh Start Agreement funding has been repurposed to the general Northern Ireland budget.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL2816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2024 answer text <p>The UK Government is providing the Executive with a significant £3.3 billion spending settlement to stabilise its finances and protect public services. Within this package, we are increasing the spending power of the Executive by repurposing over £700 million of existing and new UK Government funds.</p><p>The Fresh Start agreement in 2015 made provision for funding for integrated and shared education over 10 years. As that funding was due to expire at the end of 2024-25, the decision to remove the ring-fence on £150m of Fresh Start Agreement funding was made by the UK Government on taking a coherent look across its existing funding in Northern Ireland. We came to a considered position in response to the challenging budgetary position faced by the Northern Ireland Executive.</p><p>The Northern Ireland Executive will be able to decide how it uses the non-ring fenced funding element of reprioritised and new UK Government funding streams which contribute to the settlement package.</p><p>In line with commitments in the Belfast Agreement, the Government will continue to invest in and support educational integration in Northern Ireland as an essential aspect of reconciliation.</p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 05/03/2024 17:24:57 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1692272

registered interest
date	27/02/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Integrated Schools: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they remain committed to the Fresh Start Agreement funding programme.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL2817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2024 answer text <p>The UK Government remains committed to the Fresh Start Agreement and we will continue to invest and support educational integration in Northern Ireland as an essential aspect of reconciliation.</p><p>The Fresh Start agreement in 2015 made provision for funding for integrated and shared education over 10 years. As that funding was due to expire at the end of 2024-25, the decision to remove the ring-fence on £150m of Fresh Start Agreement funding was made by the UK Government on taking a coherent look across its existing funding in Northern Ireland. We came to a considered position in response to the challenging budgetary position faced by the Northern Ireland Executive.</p><p>This will enable the Executive to prioritise funding on public service transformation. Integrated education is a vital element of that.</p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 05/03/2024 17:26:07 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1681400

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Victims' Commissioner: Payments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the proposal by the Victims Commissioner to provide payments to the relatives of those killed during the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL1493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government fully recognises the terrible loss of those bereaved through Troubles-related incidents. Support for victims is a devolved matter for consideration by a restored Northern Ireland Executive. It is right that a restored Executive considers how best to acknowledge and support people who have lost loved ones during the Troubles.</p><p> </p><p>This Government has always made clear, in successive manifestos, that it will never accept any moral equivalence between those who defended democracy and the rule of law in Northern Ireland, and those who sought to destroy both.</p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 18/01/2024 12:05:20 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1681401

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Victims' Commissioner: Payments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the proposal by the Victims Commissioner to issue payments to the relatives of those killed during the Troubles in Northern Ireland, whether the scheme will apply in respect of paramilitaries who were killed.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL1494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2024 answer text <p>Support for victims is a devolved matter for consideration by a restored Northern Ireland Executive.</p><p> </p><p>This Government has always made clear, in successive manifestos, that it will never accept any moral equivalence between those who defended democracy and the rule of law in Northern Ireland, and those who sought to destroy both.</p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 18/01/2024 11:48:34 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1657653

registered interest
date	04/09/2023
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: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what additional expenditure is allocated in the Northern Ireland budget for social security mitigation measures over that paid in the rest of the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL9861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>Social security and the provision of benefits is a devolved matter and the responsible department is the Northern Ireland Department for Communities which has received a budget allocation of £862 million for the 2023-24 financial year. This budget allocation does not include additional funding for Northern Ireland’s existing social security mitigations which are more generous than the rest of the UK. The UK Government continues to explore, with the Northern Ireland Civil Service, the options for increasing budget sustainability to help ensure that public services in Northern Ireland are affordable on an ongoing basis.</p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 11/09/2023 11:07:11 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1657684

registered interest
date	04/09/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Companies: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government which Northern Ireland based companies relocated from Great Britain in the last four years.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL9863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2023 answer text <p>The requested statistics are unavailable as there is no register of UK “businesses.”</p><p>There is no mechanism to relocate a UK limited company between jurisdictions. A company must maintain a registered office in the part of the UK in which it was originally incorporated. It is in this jurisdiction that the company remains legally domiciled regardless of where in the UK it might carry out its business activities. To relocate a limited company a new entity would need to be formed and the previous entity closed. No connection between the two would be recorded on the Register of Companies.</p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 18/09/2023 10:56:08 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1653278

registered interest
date	14/07/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Public Sector: Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how much of the current Northern Ireland Block Grant is used for employee pay for (1) civil servants, and (2) other public sector workers.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL9378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government provides, on average, £15 billion per year to Northern Ireland through the block grant. The Northern Ireland Department of Finance confirms that the budget for pay for Northern Ireland civil servants is approximately £409 million and the wider public sector is approximately £7.7 billion for the 2023-24 financial year. Stable and accountable devolved government is the best way of delivering on the issues that matter most to the people of Northern Ireland, such as public sector pay. That is why the focus of the UK Government remains on restoring the Executive.</p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 20/07/2023 11:44:27 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1653051

registered interest
date	13/07/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Parades: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to promote the Twelfth of July celebrations in Northern Ireland as a tourist attraction.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL9354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2023 answer text <p>Northern Ireland is a fantastic place to visit throughout the year, with a wealth of activities, culture, and beautiful scenery. The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland himself spoke of the rich cultural tapestry of Northern Ireland as he enjoyed this year’s Twelfth festivities in Lurgan, Co. Armagh.</p><p> </p><p>The people of Northern Ireland, as well as the hospitality industry, ensure the warmest of welcomes to visitors from all over the world. Tourism Northern Ireland, alongside Tourism Ireland, work to promote Northern Ireland to a domestic and international audience.</p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 18/07/2023 10:34:43 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1651068

registered interest
date	06/07/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Battle of the Somme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they were represented, and if so by whom, at the Somme Commemoration and wreath laying ceremony at Belfast City Hall on 1 July.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL9160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2023 answer text <p>His Majesty's Government was represented at the Somme Commemoration and wreath laying ceremony at Belfast City Hall on 1 July by Northern Ireland Office Acting Permanent Secretary and Director General Dominic Wilson. Northern Ireland Office Minister of State Steve Baker represented His Majesty’s Government at the Somme Commemoration and wreath laying ceremonies in France.</p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 11/07/2023 15:39:17 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1642855

registered interest
date	07/06/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Act 2022
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what has been the expenditure to date of implementing the Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Act 2022.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL8332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2023 answer text <p>The first set of commencement regulations for the Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Act 2022 were made on 22 May 2023. There has been no expenditure by the Northern Ireland Office on the implementation of the Act since it was commenced.</p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 13/06/2023 10:23:24 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme