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	registered interest
	date	21/04/2021
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Proscribed Organisations: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which organisations are proscribed under Schedule 2 to the Terrorism Act 2000 due to their association with terrorism in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member printed	Lord Dodds of Duncairn
	uin	HL15139
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Dissolution. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">As set out under Schedule 2 of the Terrorism Act 2000 and published on gov.uk, the following groups linked to Northern Ireland Related Terrorism are proscribed: </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Continuity Army Council</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Cumann na mBan</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Fianna na hEireann</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Irish National Liberation Army</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Irish People's Liberation Organisation</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Irish Republican Army</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Loyalist Volunteer Force</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Orange Volunteers</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Red Hand Commando</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Red Hand Defenders</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Saor Eire</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Ulster Defence Association</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Ulster Freedom Fighters</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Ulster Volunteer Force</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 29/04/2021 12:57:02 question first ministerially corrected 29/04/2021 13:30:45 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie previous answer version 101532 answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

174798

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2015
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Passports: Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will discuss with the Secretary of State for the Home Department what changes would be needed to ensure that Northern Ireland citizens born in the Republic of Ireland are able to apply for UK passports on the same terms as those under which Northern Ireland citizens are able to apply for Irish passports.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	221331
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>As the hon Member is aware I have raised this issue with my Rt hon Friend the Home Secretary previously. I am content to do so again, though as previous correspondence has made clear, giving Irish born nationals resident in Northern Ireland an entitlement to UK passports would be far from straightforward. It would raise a number of difficulties and potential precedents with regard to citizenship criteria. As I am sure the hon Member will acknowledge, decisions on eligibility for citizenship raise sensitive matters and a proposal for automatic entitlement by citizens of another jurisdiction could impact on the sovereign decision-making power of Her Majesty’s Government.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 26/01/2015 10:33:53 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers previous answer version 40044 answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

384583

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2015
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the historical files on the conflict in Northern Ireland will be handed over to the Historical Inquiries Unit; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	South Down
	tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
	uin	3406
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>The Stormont House Agreement is clear that the UK Government will make full disclosure to the Historical Investigations Unit. As set out in the Queen’s Speech, the Government is committed to bringing forward legislation in this session to implement the new bodies to deal with the legacy of the past in Northern Ireland. The Historical Investigations Unit will be established after the legislation is enacted, and work is ongoing to ensure that, once established, the Unit receives relevant files as promptly as possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 30/06/2015 10:32:42 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers previous answer version 9340 answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

384751

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2015
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Homicide: Loughinisland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when she last met the Minister for Justice in the Northern Ireland Executive and the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland to discuss the police investigation into the Loughinisland massacre on 18 June 1994; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	South Down
	tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
	uin	3599
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>I meet regularly with the Minister of Justice in Northern Ireland and the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland to discuss a range of issues.</p><p>I understand the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland is currently investigating the police response to the 1994 attack in Loughinisland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 30/06/2015 10:34:08 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers previous answer version 9339 answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

453363

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2016
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Coroners: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the early release of Stormont House legacy funding to support legacy inquests.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	27348
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>Reform is essential if the legacy inquest system is to deliver effective outcomes for families. The current system was never designed to cope with a large number of highly complex and sometimes linked cases involving very sensitive information. I welcome the efforts of the Lord Chief Justice to review legacy inquests. If workable inquest reform plans come forward, serious consideration would be given to their potential merits.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 29/02/2016 13:18:25 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers previous answer version 47315 answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

470530

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2016
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Immunity Certificates: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many public interest immunity applications her Department has (a) received and (b) approved in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast East
	tabling member printed	Gavin Robinson
	uin	30968
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2016 answer text <p>Records indicate that my Department has received and approved a total of 31 applications for public interest immunity in the last five years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 24/03/2016 12:44:12 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers previous answer version 51996 answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
	tabling member	4360 label Biography information for Gavin Robinson

50124

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2014
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy certificates issued by her Department in the last 30 years have been issued to people accused of terrorism-related offences.
	tabling member constituency	North Antrim
	tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
	uin	198119
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The information provided in my written answer of 1 May 2014 (Official Report, Column 762W) was based on information held by my Department. I first became aware of the issue of missing files while preparing to answer that question. I directed that a review take place, along with other relevant Departments, of the historical records relating to RPMs during the period 1987 to 1997. This is ongoing.</p><p>Records indicate that the vast majority of uses of the RPM referred to in my answer of 1 May did not relate to terrorist offences. Historically, the RPM was used to remit sentences of individuals before statutory means existed to do so. This included releasing individuals from prison for compassionate reasons (e.g. those who were terminally ill), individuals who assisted the police and prosecuting authorities (now provided for by the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005), or to correct errors in calculating release dates. Further information on the general operation of the RPM can be found in the Ministry of Justice's “Review of the Executive Royal Prerogative Powers: Final Report”, published in October 2009.</p><p>In a written answer to the Member for North West Norfolk on 17 March 2014 (Official Report, Column 368W), I repeated an answer given on 20 March 2003 by the then-Secretary for State for Northern Ireland to the Member for Lagan Valley (Official Report, Column 895W) – namely that 18 individuals had been granted the RPM in relation to terrorist offences since 1998. Given the RPM has not been used since 2002 and has not been used by this Government, the answer given was the same as the 2003 one. However, early findings from the review of files have indicated that at least one of these cases did not relate to a terrorist offence and in one other case the records do not indicate whether or not the offence was terrorism related.</p><p>In relation to the remaining 16 uses of the RPM between 2000 and 2002 (which did concern terrorist offences), I understand that previous Secretaries of State for Northern Ireland used the RPM in relation to individuals who for technical reasons fell outside of the letter of the Early Release Scheme, to shorten (i.e. not waive or remove) sentences in order that individuals fell within what I understand the then-Government saw as the spirit of the Scheme.</p><p>In other words, the RPM was used to correct what the last Government viewed as discrepancies between the letter and the intention of the Belfast Agreement and the subsequent Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act – that for a certain category of terrorist offences, offenders could be released after serving two years of their sentences.</p><p>The reasons for exercising the RPM in the 16 terrorism-related cases are summarised as follows:</p><p>· to correct an anomaly in the treatment of an offender convicted of the same offence(s) and given the same sentence as co-defendants but who would otherwise have served longer in prison;</p><p>· to release prisoners who would have been eligible for early release under the Belfast Agreement had they not transferred to a different jurisdiction;</p><p>· to release prisoners who would have been eligible to be released under the Belfast Agreement had they not served sentences outside the jurisdiction having been convicted extraterritorially, or</p><p>· to release prisoners who would have been eligible to be released under the Belfast Agreement had their offences (which subsequently became scheduled offences) been scheduled at the time they were committed.</p><p>The names of the 16 individuals granted the RPM in relation to terrorist offences since 2000 are currently being considered as part of an ongoing court case in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers previous answer version 9585 answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
	tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

1647659

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2023
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the time taken for the Police Ombudsman to respond to correspondence from the hon. Member for East Londonderry on the case of David Caldwell in 2002.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	191009
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2023 answer text <p>The work of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland is an important part of providing confidence in policing through an independent mechanism for investigating police complaints in Northern Ireland. The Ombudsman rightly operates independently from the Government. It would therefore not be appropriate to comment on a specific case, nor on the conduct of investigations.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 30/06/2023 10:40:12 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker previous answer version 84736 answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1692753

	registered interest
	date	29/02/2024
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Advertising
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much funding his Department has (a) budgeted for and (b) spent on advertising in each of the last three financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Dame Nia Griffith
	uin	16305
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>In the last three fiscal years, advertising costs on the Northern Ireland Office general ledgers were as follows:</p><p> </p><ul><li><strong>2020-21:</strong> £23,734.11</li><li><strong>2021-22:</strong> £44,564.71</li><li><strong>2022-23:</strong> £5,651.81</li></ul><p> </p><p>These costs were in line with agreed budgets for this area of spend.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 06/03/2024 13:45:13 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker previous answer version 21565 answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

820816

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2018
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Offences against Children: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will make it her priority to meet the victims and survivors of historical institutional abuse in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
	uin	122234
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>This Government has always been very clear in its outright condemnation of any form of abuse of children. Any tolerance by people in positions of authority of such activity by others is abhorrent.</p><p> </p><p>The Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry was established by the Executive and responsibility for implementing Sir Anthony Hart’s recommendations falls to the devolved administration. My Right Honourable Friend, James Brokenshire MP, was very clear that in the absence of an Executive, he would not interfere in devolved matters in Northern Ireland except to the extent that it is absolutely necessary to do so in order to allow public administration to continue and public services to be maintained. Decisions on the direction of devolved public policy are best taken by the elected representatives of the Northern Ireland population. It was those representatives who set up the HIA Inquiry and they are best placed to consider how to implement it.</p><p> </p><p>While Northern Ireland Office Ministers start work with the Northern Ireland parties on the restoration of the Executive the above still stands.</p><p> </p><p>Northern Ireland Office Ministers assure you we understand and recognise the strength of feeling and frustration around the lack of progress in responding to Sir Anthony's recommendations due to the lack of a functioning Executive. We acknowledge and welcome the detailed preparatory work being undertaken by the Executive Office, and are aware David Sterling, Head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service, has invited victims and survivors to a briefing in relation to this on 30 January. We would welcome a meeting with victims and survivors after they have been briefed by David Sterling.</p><p> </p><p>Progressing the implementation of the Hart recommendations is one of the many reasons we remain determined to get a Northern Ireland Executive back up and running as soon as possible. We continue to urge the Northern Ireland parties to seek urgent resolution to restore the Executive.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 122235 question first answered 24/01/2018 17:44:04 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara previous answer version 34657 answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon