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1695738

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Pensioners: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will have discussions with Age NI on support for isolated pensioners in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	18449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>While policies on this matter are ultimately devolved to the Northern Ireland Executive, the Secretary of State is committed to continuing to engage with groups across all sectors of society in Northern Ireland to discuss how the UK Government can support them.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 20/03/2024 14:23:31 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1690713

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Midwives: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has had discussions with the Department of Health in Northern Ireland on increasing the number of student midwives in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	15061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>This is a devolved matter for the Northern Ireland Department of Health and the Department for the Economy who are responsible for higher education policy in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>Now that the Northern Ireland Executive has been restored, I look forward to Northern Ireland Ministers taking action on Northern Ireland's public services, including health, in order to deliver better outcomes for the people of Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 28/02/2024 14:09:19 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1687333

registered interest
date	05/02/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK: 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 his Department has taken to encourage international companies to (a) invest and (b) base themselves in Northern Ireland in the last six months.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	12941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2024 answer text <p>International investment makes an important contribution towards Northern Ireland's prosperity.</p><p> </p><p>The Northern Ireland Investment Summit, led by the Department for Business and Trade in partnership with the Northern Ireland Office and Invest NI, welcomed over 180 global investors to the region in September. The Summit showcased Northern Ireland’s innovation, sector strengths and opportunities for inward investment to a truly global audience.</p><p> </p><p>We are already seeing new international investment in Northern Ireland’s key growth sectors as a result, along with established companies already based in Northern Ireland announcing that they will be expanding their operations in the region.</p><p> </p><p>My Department continues to work closely with the Department for Business and Trade to maximise opportunities to encourage investment. I attended the Global Investment Summit that the UK hosted in November and met with many businesses interested in setting and scaling up in the UK. My clear message to them was that Northern Ireland within the United Kingdom has all of the right ingredients for economic success: exceptional talent, unique opportunities, a tradition of creativity and a healthy spirit of private sector entrepreneurship.</p><p> </p><p>A key factor for international investment is of course business certainty. We thus welcome the restoration of devolved governance in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 13/02/2024 08:34:58 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1687335

registered interest
date	05/02/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Barristers: 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 he has had with his counterpart in Northern Ireland on trends in the number of barristers working in Northern Ireland since 2019.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	12943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2024 answer text <p>This is a devolved matter for the Northern Ireland Department of Justice. The Secretary of State has had no recent discussions on this issue.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 08/02/2024 14:09:15 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1679388

registered interest
date	05/01/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Firearms: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has had recent discussions with the PSNI on the time taken to issue firearms licenses in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	7918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2024 answer text <p>The issuing of firearms licences is a devolved matter overseen by the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland. The Secretary of State has a limited role relating to certain appeals against the decision of the Chief Constable not to issue firearms licences. He has not been involved in any recent discussions with the PSNI on this issue, however, Northern Ireland Office officials engage with PSNI colleagues on a regular basis. The Hon Member will know that Northern Ireland Office ministers are not an alternative to functioning devolved government and I hope he will use his considerable influence to promote the restoration of a Northern Ireland Executive so that matters such as this may be dealt with in the proper manner.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 10/01/2024 10:49:27 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1677743

registered interest
date	13/12/2023
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: Menopause and Periods
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of his Department adopting the British Standard on Menstruation, menstrual health, and menopause in the workplace (BS 30416:2023), published in June 2023.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	6794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office follows the Ministry of Justice Corporate policies which adhere to the Civil Service HR's wider model.</p><p>This Department is committed to providing an inclusive and supportive working environment where all employees are treated fairly, with dignity, respect and understanding, and their health and wellbeing is fully supported.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 19/12/2023 10:18:20 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1675046

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Gender Based Violence: 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 he has had with representatives of the Northern Ireland Administration on a strategy on ending violence against women and girls.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	5020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State recently visited the Women’s Aid Federation NI in Belfast as part of the 16 Days of Action against gender-based violence, to hear about this important issue.</p><p> </p><p>It is disappointing that Northern Ireland remains the only region of the UK without a dedicated strategy to tackle violence against women and girls. The UK Government notes the significant work currently underway in the Executive Office to develop a Strategic Framework to End Violence Against Women and Girls. It is vital that the Northern Ireland Executive is restored to approve and implement this strategy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 12/12/2023 16:46:42 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1670272

registered interest
date	15/11/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Retail Trade: Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what information his Department holds on the number of incidents of violence against shop workers in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	2147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information.</p><p> </p><p>Following the devolution of policing and justice in April 2010, the majority of statutory functions relating to justice matters were transferred to the Department of Justice.</p><p> </p><p>Due to the current political situation in Northern Ireland, there is no Justice Minister currently in place. In the absence of a Minister, responsibility for Department of Justice matters sits with the Permanent Under Secretary of the Department of Justice to whom the Honourable Member may wish to write to on this matter.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 20/11/2023 15:27:33 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1666824

registered interest
date	24/10/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Monuments: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to provide funding for the installation of the Northern Ireland Centenary Stone.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	204017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government provided £3m of New Decade, New Approach funding to support the marking of the 2021 Centenary. This UK Government funding was used to successfully deliver a wide-ranging programme of events that reflected on Northern Ireland’s history, on the people, and showcased what makes Northern Ireland a great place to live.</p><p> </p><p>The installation and funding of a Centenary Stone is a devolved matter and one which should be decided by a restored functioning Northern Ireland Executive.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 26/10/2023 09:33:12 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon