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1131756

registered interest
date	12/06/2019
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: Statistics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on how many occasions her Department has received representations from the UK Statistics Authority on her Department's presentation and use of statistics in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	263728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>Details on the UK Statistics Authority’s interventions are published in the correspondence, publications, and issues log sections of their website since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>The Authority’s Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) also carry out regular assessments and systemic reviews, details of which can also be found on the Authority’s website.</p><p> </p><p>In September 2018, the Authority published the first annual summary of its interventions for the financial year 2017/18. The report for 2018/19 will be published in the autumn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 19/06/2019 11:59:12 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1124376

registered interest
date	01/05/2019
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: Secondment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many civil servants in her Department have been seconded to (a) the Department for Exiting the European Union and (b) the Department for International Trade in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	249908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>There have been no civil servants seconded from the Northern Ireland Office to either the Department for Exiting the European Union or the Department for International Trade, in each of the last three years.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 08/05/2019 11:57:49 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

847727

registered interest
date	23/02/2018
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: 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 percentage of employees in her Department worked in (a) departmental accommodation, (b) from home and (c) in any other location in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	129403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>In my Department all employees work within departmental accommodation and have done so in each of the last 5 years. Employees are free to work occasionally from home or remotely; my Department does not retain records relating this.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 01/03/2018 11:23:42 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

847096

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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: Fairtrade Initiative
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of his Department's spend on day-to-day goods comprised fair trade products in each of the last eight years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	129270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office is fully committed to ethical procurement; however, we are unable to quantify what proportion of our annual spend relates to fair trade products over the requested period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 02/03/2018 10:27:19 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

847114

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, to which organisations his Department has outsourced functions since 2011.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	129288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>Since 2011, the Northern Ireland Office has used two centres of procurement excellence. The Central Procurement <a href="https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/central-procurement-directorate" target="_blank">Division</a> and Crown Commercial <a href="http://ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/suppliers" target="_blank">Services</a>, provide procurement oversight for the full range of outsourced services for the department.</p><p> </p><p>Both organisations publish relevant details on their websites for which the links have been provided. This includes any collaborative contracts which the department may use for additional outsourced functions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 02/03/2018 10:28:53 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

847134

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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: Trade Unions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of workers employed directly by her Department belonged to a trade union in each of the last five years for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	129308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>In 2013/14, 31 members of my department belonged to a trade union.</p><p>In 2014/15, 29 members of my department belonged to a trade union.</p><p>At September 2015, 29 members of my department belonged to a trade union.</p><p> </p><p>No data is available for subsequent years as from September 2015 trade union deductions were made directly from employees’ bank accounts and not collected through my department’s payroll.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 01/03/2018 11:22:26 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

847175

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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: Zero Hours Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) full-time staff, (b) part-time staff, (c) temporary staff and (d) any other staff were employed directly by her Department on zero-hours contracts in each of the last eight years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	129349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>None of my Department’s staff have been employed on zero-hours contracts in the last eight years.</p><p> </p><p>It is worth adding that it is a Conservative Government that has taken action to reform zero-hours contracts, unlike the previous Labour Government supported by the hon Member.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 27/02/2018 11:23:27 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

809840

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
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: Social Mobility
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps his Department has taken to improve social mobility in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	120460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>Many of the policy areas linked to social mobility in Northern Ireland are devolved matters. But tackling social mobility is one of the UK Government’s key priorities. We want all young people, regardless of their background or where they grow up, to get the best start in life and have every chance to go as far as their talents and ambition will take them.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government is helping the people of Northern Ireland by keeping taxes low, freezing fuel duty for the eight successive year and increasing the National Living Wage again from April 2018, delivering a £600 annual pay-rise to full-time workers in Northern Ireland. Moreover, we have increased again the personal allowance for income tax and higher rate threshold which will benefit over 745,000 people in Northern Ireland who will have gained by an average of £182, compared to 2015-16. Furthermore, there are 41,000 more people in work in Northern Ireland than in 2010 and unemployment is at 3.9%, down from 7.1% in 2010. And this Government will continue to deliver on its commitments to continue to support economic growth in Northern Ireland, including starting negotiations for a Belfast City Deal.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 09/01/2018 13:01:58 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane