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1104801

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Offensive Weapons Bill: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the decision on the legislative consent motions required for clauses 1 to 4 of the Offensive Weapons Bill will be made solely by the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland Office.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	236415
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>In Northern Ireland, corrosive substances are devolved and are the responsibility of the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland. Clauses 1 to 4 of the Offensive Weapons Bill which the hon Member has referred to, relate to proportionate restrictions on the sale and delivery of certain acids and other dangerous corrosive chemicals, and are part of a range of measures to provide better protection to people in local communities across the UK<del class="ministerial">. I am continuing to work hard with the parties in Northern Ireland to restore devolved government so that the devolved administration can ensure the appropriate legislative consent is provided. </del><ins class="ministerial">and to enhance public safety. Consideration has been given by Northern Ireland departments and UK Government Ministers to extending these measures in the absence of an Assembly or a Legislative Consent Motion, which can only be granted during the passage of a Bill. The Bill contains separate commencement measures for provisions extending to Northern Ireland which relate to devolved matters. These are to be commenced by the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland and associated regulations will not be commenced without Northern Ireland Assembly approval.</ins></p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 28/03/2019 11:17:50 question first ministerially corrected 02/04/2019 15:55:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 110524 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1000287

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2018
	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: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much her Department has spent on consultancy fees in relation to the UK leaving the EU since July 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	187303
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department has spent £16,902 on consultancy fees since July 2016 for work related to the UK leaving the EU. This work covered research into many aspects of the economy in Northern Ireland, and only a portion of this work related directly to the impact of EU Exit.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 12/11/2018 15:38:32 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1001907

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Cancer: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the Department of Health in Northern Ireland (DHNI)’s press release entitled Department Announces Improved Access to New Drugs, published on 12 September 2018, what discussions she has had with the DHNI on the timeline for providing access to medicines approved for use through the Cancer Drug Fund in England; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	188109
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2018 answer text <p>This is a devolved issue. Northern Ireland Office officials have been liaising with the Northern Ireland Department of Health on this important issue and I am pleased to hear that work is ongoing to ensure an appropriate process is in place which will provide clinical consultants, and hence patients, access as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 13/11/2018 15:48:42 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1002146

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Waste Disposal: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to her Answer of 5 November 2018 to Question 185592 on Waste Disposal: Northern Ireland, what guidance she plans to issue to the Northern Ireland Department for Infrastructure on the use of private finance for the funding of infrastructure projects.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	188206
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has provided guidance to the Northern Ireland Departments on decision making in the absence of the Executive. There are no plans to issue the Northern Ireland Department for Infrastructure with specific guidance on the use of private finance for the funding of infrastructure.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 12/11/2018 11:24:33 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1002216

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have determined the budget for the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland for the financial year 2019–20; and if so, what settlement has been agreed.
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	uin	HL11237
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office is committed to ensuring that all of its sponsored bodies have the necessary resources to deliver their statutory functions and budgets are therefore reviewed annually.</p><p> </p><p>Northern Ireland Office officials are currently engaging with the Chief Electoral Officer to confirm the allocation for the next financial year and I expect that this will be determined in early 2019.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 12/11/2018 12:50:16 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1002554

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Testing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether her Department has had discussions with the Department for Infrastructure in Northern Ireland on MOT exemptions for owners of classic cars.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	188786
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2018 answer text <p>I can confirm that Northern Ireland Office officials have been in contact with their counterparts in the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) regarding this issue.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 13/11/2018 15:51:57 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1003669

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	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: Energy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the quantity was of (a) electricity and (b) natural gas used by her Department in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
	uin	189716
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office has used the following quantity of (a) electricity and (b) natural gas in each of the last three years:</p><p> </p><p>(a) electricity</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>2017/18 - </strong>792,333 Kwh</p><p><strong>2016/17 - </strong>805,366 Kwh</p><p><strong>2015/16 - </strong>850,490 Kwh</p><p> </p><p>(b) natural gas</p><p> </p><p><strong>2017/18 - </strong>17,410 m3</p><p><strong>2016/17 - </strong>18,133 m3</p><p><strong>2015/16 - </strong>22,803 m3</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 19/11/2018 15:14:11 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1003670

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	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: Energy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost was of (a) electricity and (b) natural gas used by her Department in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
	uin	189717
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2018 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office has been charged the following for (a) electricity and (b) natural gas in each of the last three years:</p><p> </p><p><strong>(a) </strong>electricity</p><p> </p><p><strong>2017/18 - </strong>£ 88,642</p><p><strong>2016/17 - </strong>£ 51,133</p><p><strong>2015/16 - </strong>£ 69,032</p><p> </p><p><strong>(b) </strong>natural gas</p><p> </p><p><strong>2017/18 - </strong>£ 9,029</p><p><strong>2016/17 - </strong>£ 6,265</p><p><strong>2015/16 - </strong>£ 11,178</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 13/11/2018 16:12:23 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1003749

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	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: Billing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of contracts issued by her Department and contractors include provisions to impose, as between parties to the subcontract, that any payment due from the contractor to a subcontractor under the contract is to be made no later than the end of a period of 30 days from the date on which the relevant invoice is regarded as valid and undisputed, as required by the Public Contract Regulations 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	189577
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2018 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office includes, as standard, a payment clause in all contracts involving subcontractors, requiring payment to be made to contractors within 30 days and that these terms apply to any subcontractors they may have.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 13/11/2018 16:04:42 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1005621

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2018
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Election Offences: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the letter from the Chief Electoral Office for Northern Ireland to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland dated 21 December 2017, what discussions they have had with the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PNSI) about the (1) eleven cases of potential electoral fraud it had identified from the 2017 General Election, and (2) progress made on the four cases it was proceeding with; and whether they have received any further information from the Chief Electoral Office for Northern Ireland or the PSNI about any other cases which may have come to light since.
	tabling member printed	Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
	uin	HL11392
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>Investigation of allegations of electoral fraud in Northern Ireland are a matter for the PSNI. The Chief Electoral Officer has informed me that she understands that three of the cases reported of possible abuse in relation to the 2017 General Election have resulted in referral to the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 20/11/2018 16:12:29 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
	tabling member	648 label Biography information for Lord Maginnis of Drumglass