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155558

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2014
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many buildings her Department sold in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	214222
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>No buildings owned by my Department have been sold in any of the years 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. My department has responsibility for Hillsborough Castle and rents accommodation at both Stormont House in Belfast and 1 Horse Guards Road, London.</p><p>In 2013, the Northern Ireland Office moved its London office from Millbank to 1 Horse Guards, saving in the region of £1m per year. In 2014, management of Hillsborough Castle was transferred to Historic Royal Palaces which will also deliver substantial annual savings for the taxpayer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 17/11/2014 13:58:25 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

62721

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2014
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Telephone Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, (b) 0844 and (c) 0843 her Department (i) operates and (ii) sponsors; how many calls each such number has received in the last 12 months; and whether alternative numbers charged at BT local rates are available in each such case.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	201388
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>My Department operates one telephone line with the prefix 0844 for the purpose of updating staff in the event of an emergency situation. Details of the number of calls to this line are not recorded and no alternative number is available at the BT local rate. My Department does not operate or sponsor any telephone lines with the prefix 0845 or 0843.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 23/06/2014 13:04:03 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

89807

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Telephone Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, under what timetable her Department plans to phase out use of telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, 0844 and 0843 in accordance with the Cabinet Office guidance on customer service lines published in December 2013 and (b) 03 and 08, where 03 is the primary number under a dual numbering system.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	207290
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>My Department does not use any of the prefixes listed for its customer service lines.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 04/09/2014 11:28:09 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

710634

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2017
	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: Migrant Workers
	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 proportion of people employed by his Department are from other EU countries.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	67468
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information relating to EU nationals. From the data held at December 2016 on 96 staff, 45% have declared as British citizens, 48% have chosen not to declare their nationality and 7% have declared as other nationalities.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 20/03/2017 15:13:50 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

720739

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2017
	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: Secondment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff are seconded to his Department; and how many such staff are seconded from which companies and organisations.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	uin	70956
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>As of February 2017, the latest date for which data is available, there are 30 staff seconded to the department from the Northern Ireland Civil Service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 24/04/2017 10:30:52 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

424658

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2015
	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 Office: Trade Unions
	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 are members of trades unions; how much working hours facility time is claimed by each such civil servant; and what the cost of that facility time is to her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Corby
	tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
	uin	13906
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2015 answer text <p>My Department does not hold records on the number of staff who are members of a trades union as this is a matter for the individual.</p><p>Facilities time is made available to the union representatives in the Northern Ireland Office. During the last quarter for which figures are available they used a total of two hours for meetings at a cost to the Department of approximately £37.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 03/11/2015 15:39:28 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

522222

	registered interest
	date	26/05/2016
	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: UK Membership of EU
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 25 May 2016 to Question 37198, how many of the leaflets entitled Why the Government believes that voting to remain in the European Union is the best decision for the UK have been returned to her Department; and what the postage cost to the Government has been of such returns.
	tabling member constituency	Corby
	tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
	uin	38777
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member to the Prime Minister's response of 25 May 2016. This information is not collated centrally by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 09/06/2016 14:39:38 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

385225

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2015
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Welfare State: 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 she has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on welfare reform.
	tabling member constituency	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
	tabling member printed	Tom Elliott
	uin	900434
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p>My Rt hon Friend the Northern Ireland Secretary of State has held a series of bilateral and collective meetings with the Northern Ireland Executive parties to discuss possible solutions to the current impasse on welfare reform.</p><p>Welfare reform would replace a broken system with one that rewards work, protects the vulnerable and is fairer to taxpayers.</p><p>The issue will also be discussed at tomorrow’s meeting of the Stormont House Agreement Implementation review group.</p><p><br></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 24/06/2015 14:08:49 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4367 label Biography information for Tom Elliott

431405

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2015
	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, with reference to page eight of the Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan, published on 17 November 2015, what the further financial support of around £500 million from the Government will consist of and for what purposes it can be used.
	tabling member constituency	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
	tabling member printed	Tom Elliott
	uin	17138
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2015 answer text <p>The financial support of around £500m consists of:</p><p>- £160m in Additional Security Funding;</p><p>- £25m to tackle Continuing Paramilitary Activity;</p><p>- £3m to establish and fund a Monitoring and Implementation body; and</p><p>- £60m for Shared Future measures.</p><p>Additionally, welfare deductions stopped when the Assembly passed a consent motion for UK legislation to implement reforms. The UK Government will refund the deduction due for the remainder of the year, which is estimated to be around £40m.</p><p>The Executive is also to develop effective Spend to Save proposals. The Treasury will work with them to finalise proposals, help fund them (up to £125m), and let the Executive keep half the savings that can be verified by the Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR). The parties project that this will generate significant savings in the next five years, taking the total package over £500m.</p><br /> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 25/11/2015 15:37:53 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4367 label Biography information for Tom Elliott

432029

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2015
	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, how much of the Stormont Agreement's financial package of £2 billion in extra spending power to the Northern Ireland Executive is a loan to be paid back to the Government by the Executive.
	tabling member constituency	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
	tabling member printed	Tom Elliott
	uin	17419
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>Through the Stormont House Agreement the Government committed to allow the Executive to use £700 million of Reinvestment and Reform Initiative (RRI) capital borrowing to fund Voluntary Exit Schemes (VES). The Executive expect full implementation of VES to deliver around £500 million in annual savings, which can be deployed to other public services.</p><p>The Government also agreed to allow the Executive increased access to RRI borrowing to fund £350 million of capital projects, over four years. This funding is for economic projects.</p><br /> <br /> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 30/11/2015 10:10:05 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4367 label Biography information for Tom Elliott