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514180

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2016
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Economic Situation: 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 the Government is taking to strengthen the Northern Ireland economy.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	904524
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government’s long-term economic plan is strengthening the Northern Ireland economy.</p><p> </p><p>Last year legislation was passed to allow the devolution of corporation tax rate-setting powers.</p><p> </p><p>This could bring benefits for an estimated 34,000 companies of all sizes in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 20/04/2016 14:31:30 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

429132

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2015
	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 Office: Families
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps her Department has taken to embed the family test into its policy making.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	16837
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text Officials in my Department have liaised with DWP as the lead Department for the Family Test to embed it into the policy process. This has included training officials on applying the Test, disseminating relevant evidence, learning materials and best practice. answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 23/11/2015 12:57:22 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

432118

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2015
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Low Pay: 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 the Government is taking to tackle low pay in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	902256
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2015 answer text <p>Tackling low pay is part of the Government's plan to move to a higher wage, lower tax and lower welfare society.</p><p>100,000 low-paid people in Northern Ireland, 13 per cent of the workforce, will directly benefit from the National Living Wage from April next year.</p><p>A full-time worker on the current National Minimum Wage will be £1,200 better off as a result.</p><p>The Government’s plan is working. Official figures published last week show that weekly earnings for full-time employees in Northern Ireland were up 5.4 per cent over the year. The highest growth rate of all regions in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 25/11/2015 15:52:34 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin