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1506594

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2022
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Australia and New Zealand
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential environmental impact of the trade agreements with (a) Australia and (b) New Zealand.
	tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
	tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
	uin	51470
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of assessing the environmental impacts of new free trade agreements (FTAs) and published the full environmental impacts of the Australia and New Zealand FTAs at signature alongside the negotiated treaty text. Our assessment covers a range of environmental impacts such as emissions (both production and transport), carbon leakage, deforestation and biodiversity.</p><p> </p><p>The published impact assessments can be accessed through the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-australia-fta-impact-assessment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-australia-fta-impact-assessment</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-new-zealand-fta-impact-assessment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-new-zealand-fta-impact-assessment</a></p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 27/09/2022 15:38:39 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1506869

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2022
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Australia and New Zealand
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions she has had with relevant stakeholders in the East Midlands, including Bosworth, to help ensure that the region can make use of potential opportunities through the trade agreements with Australia and New Zealand.
	tabling member constituency	Bosworth
	tabling member printed	Dr Luke Evans
	uin	52013
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>Dedicated officials in the East Midlands regularly discuss the opportunities free trade agreements (FTAs) present with Local Enterprise Partnerships, Business Representative Organisations, and local Chambers of Commerce.</p><p> </p><p>We also consult stakeholders through ‘town hall’ style briefings, roundtables, webinars and bilateral &amp; group engagements. For example, we held an update for stakeholders on the UK-Australia FTA in December 2021, and a further update on the UK–New Zealand FTA in February 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Throughout negotiations, the department consulted various stakeholder groups and will continue to do so to ensure that citizens and businesses across the East Midlands take advantage of our first two from-scratch FTAs.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 28/09/2022 09:33:34 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	4781 label Biography information for Dr Luke Evans

1506870

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2022
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Australia and New Zealand
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of engagement between her Department and companies in (a) Bosworth and (b) Leicestershire on securing potential opportunities through the trade agreements with Australia and New Zealand.
	tabling member constituency	Bosworth
	tabling member printed	Dr Luke Evans
	uin	52014
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>We remain committed to listening to a wide range of voices to ensure our trade policy delivers for the whole of the UK, including businesses in the East Midlands.</p><p> </p><p>To deliver this we have established an extensive stakeholder engagement framework consisting of various mechanisms to allow business and civil society stakeholders the opportunity to feed into our trade policy.</p><p> </p><p>We continually look at our structures and speak to our stakeholders, including businesses in the East Midlands, to ensure our consultation approach remains fit for purpose, informs our negotiating position, and helps to deliver trade deals that benefit the whole country.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 28/09/2022 09:27:41 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	4781 label Biography information for Dr Luke Evans

1506294

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2022
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Barriers: USA
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will make it her policy to hold discussions with her US counterpart on reducing market barriers with the US.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	49622
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>We have been working closely with the US to enhance market access for exporters in both countries, removing tariffs and other barriers to trade.</p><p> </p><p>We have this year agreed with the US to lift tariffs on UK steel and aluminium products, helping a sector that supports 80,000 jobs across the UK. We have also lifted the historic US ban on the export of British beef and lamb to the US.</p><p> </p><p>We continue close discussions with the US – through our UK-US Trade Dialogues this year, led by the Department for International Trade Secretary of State, where we agreed to produce a new Roadmap to strengthen our bilateral collaboration at federal level, and through our memoranda of understanding with individual states.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 27/09/2022 13:54:56 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1506298

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2022
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Barriers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department has taken to reduce barriers to global trade for British businesses.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	49626
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>Removing barriers boosts British exports globally to new and familiar markets. Teams across the Department – both in the UK and oversees – are working tirelessly to do so, opening up exciting new opportunities for British businesses across our four nations. We have an ambitious programme of FTA negotiations, bilateral Joint Economic Trade Committees (JETCOs), Enhanced Trade Partnerships and multiple technical discussions with partner countries to address the barriers that British business raise with us. And our ambition does not stop when a Free Trade Agreement is signed, our regular ongoing trade dialogues with FTA partners provide us with a forum to market access issues and open these markets still further.</p><p> </p><p>Removing our priority trade barriers has the potential to deliver export opportunities to British business worth roughly £20 billion. As a recent example, in July we removed a priority barrier with India through an agreement to recognise each other’s higher education qualifications. This will make UK universities even more appealing to Indian students where the benefits are estimated to be worth over £100,000 per person.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 28/09/2022 13:59:52 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1505699

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2022
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	UK Internal Trade: 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 is taking to support businesses trading between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	901364
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring businesses can trade freely throughout the United Kingdom. By the end of the year, we will have spent £340m helping traders process 2.3 million customs declarations through the Trader Support Service for trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. But this just reduces the burden on NI purchasers and GB suppliers rather than removing it, which is why we need changes to the Protocol to deliver a sustainable solution.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 07/09/2022 12:51:37 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1505700

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2022
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Research: 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 is taking to support research and development in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Aaron Bell
	uin	901363
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2022 answer text <p>This Government is committed to turbocharging innovation in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>We are increasing investment in R&amp;D outside the South East by at least 40% by 2030; we’re investing £617m in digital and innovation through NI City Deals; and there is more to come through the £400m New Deal for Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 07/09/2022 12:49:48 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	4837 label Biography information for Aaron Bell

1505569

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2022
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Gulf Cooperation Council
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many officials in her Department are working on the trade negotiations with the Gulf Cooperation Council.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	48391
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) operates a flexible resourcing model to maximise efficiency across our Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations. The Department is currently delivering seven FTA negotiations and the number of staff working on these at any point in time will change depending on the stage and scale of the deal. Staff also often work across multiple negotiations so it is not possible to quantify the number for each negotiation.</p><p>As of August 2022, DIT had approximately 460 staff working in the Trade Negotiations Group. This figure does not include other staff in DIT who also contribute to trade negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns grouped question UIN 48392 48393 48394 question first answered 27/09/2022 16:02:55 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1505570

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2022
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Israel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many officials in her Department are working on the trade negotiations with Israel.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	48392
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) operates a flexible resourcing model to maximise efficiency across our Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations. The Department is currently delivering seven FTA negotiations and the number of staff working on these at any point in time will change depending on the stage and scale of the deal. Staff also often work across multiple negotiations so it is not possible to quantify the number for each negotiation.</p><p>As of August 2022, DIT had approximately 460 staff working in the Trade Negotiations Group. This figure does not include other staff in DIT who also contribute to trade negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns grouped question UIN 48391 48393 48394 question first answered 27/09/2022 16:02:55 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1505571

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2022
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Mexico
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many officials in her Department are working on trade negotiations with Mexico.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	48393
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) operates a flexible resourcing model to maximise efficiency across our Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations. The Department is currently delivering seven FTA negotiations and the number of staff working on these at any point in time will change depending on the stage and scale of the deal. Staff also often work across multiple negotiations so it is not possible to quantify the number for each negotiation.</p><p>As of August 2022, DIT had approximately 460 staff working in the Trade Negotiations Group. This figure does not include other staff in DIT who also contribute to trade negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns grouped question UIN 48391 48392 48394 question first answered 27/09/2022 16:02:55 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1505573

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2022
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Canada
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many officials in her Department are working on trade negotiations with Canada.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	48394
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) operates a flexible resourcing model to maximise efficiency across our Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations. The Department is currently delivering seven FTA negotiations and the number of staff working on these at any point in time will change depending on the stage and scale of the deal. Staff also often work across multiple negotiations so it is not possible to quantify the number for each negotiation.</p><p>As of August 2022, DIT had approximately 460 staff working in the Trade Negotiations Group. This figure does not include other staff in DIT who also contribute to trade negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns grouped question UIN 48391 48392 48393 question first answered 27/09/2022 16:02:55 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1504276

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	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: Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total budget was for his Department in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	46047
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office’s budget for each financial year since 2010 is available in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts. These are published on the Gov.uk website annually.</p><p>The Department’s budget for 2022-23 is included in the Government’s <em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/main-supply-estimates-2022-to-23" target="_blank">Main Supply Estimates 2022 to 23</a></em>, published on Gov.uk by HM Treasury.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 06/09/2022 13:12:52 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1504338

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	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: Termination of Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many members of staff have left his Department since 12 December 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	46101
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2022 answer text <p>The number of staff members who have left the Northern Ireland Office since 12 December 2019 is 153. This figure is made up of 114 members of staff whose loan or secondment came to an end and 39 staff who not only left the department, but also the Civil Service.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Total Number of Loans Ending</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Number of Actual Exits</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Number of those who have left the NIO</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>114</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>153</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 07/09/2022 12:47:55 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1504354

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements: India
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent progress she has made in the negotiations for a free trade agreement with the Government of India; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	46116
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>The UK and India concluded the fifth round of negotiations on 29 July. The former Secretary of State wrote to chairs of the International Trade Committee and International Agreements Committee on the 10<sup>th</sup> August with an update and the correspondence have been placed in the House <a href="https://depositedpapers.parliament.uk/depositedpaper/2284580/files" target="_blank">libraries</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Government updated on progress in a statement, which can be found <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2022-09-06/hcws293" target="_blank">here</a>. Both sides have been in intensive negotiations over the summer with the aim of concluding the majority of talks later this year.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to make good progress delivering a comprehensive free trade agreement.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 27/09/2022 14:18:58 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1491367

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2022
	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: Consultants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if he will publish a breakdown of the (a) amount paid to each consultancy contracted, (b) name of each consultancy contracted and (c) specific matters on which they were consulted.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
	uin	42212
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>Spend on consultancy services for the Northern Ireland Office in each of the last five years is shown below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2021-22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020-21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£901,663</p></td><td><p>£1,017,816</p></td><td><p>£ 1,544,240</p></td><td><p>£1,432,132</p></td><td><p>£858,431</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Details of all Government contracts awarded from 2016 above £10,000 and £25,000 in the wider public sector are published on Contracts Finder. Each award notice provides information on the name of the supplier, value of the contract, its purpose and information on the type of awarding procedure used. Government departments, their individual agencies and Arm’s Length Bodies are required to publish all spend against individual suppliers above £25,000 on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 05/09/2022 08:41:44 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1491420

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2022
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help improve the UK-EU trading relationship.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
	uin	41954
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2022 answer text <p>I am pleased to note that goods exported to the EU in the 12 months ending July 2022 were worth £178 billion. An increase of £27 billion (18%) on the previous 12 months and now higher than goods exported in 2018, so trade values are increasing.</p><p> </p><p>To further increase exports, we need to get more British businesses exporting for the first time, including through initiatives such as the Export Academy and our Export Champions, giving exporters the knowledge and practical help that they need.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 29/09/2022 09:51:57 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1491481

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2022
	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: Agency Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department has spent on (a) agency workers and (b) agency retainer fees in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	41949
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2022 answer text <p>The amount spent by the Department on:</p><p>(a) Agency workers is:</p><p>(i) <strong>2020 - </strong>£741,407</p><p>(ii) <strong>2021 - </strong>£728,137</p><p>(iii) <strong>2022 -</strong> £1,634,083; and</p><p>(b) Agency retainer fees is nil for each of the three years.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 07/09/2022 07:23:36 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1488896

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2022
	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: Aviation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much their Office has spent on air travel for (a) Ministers and (b) officials in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	35851
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2022 answer text <p>The amount spent by the Department on air travel is:</p><p><strong>(a) </strong><strong>Ministers</strong></p><p>(i) <strong>2020</strong> - £163,557</p><p>(ii) <strong>2021</strong> - £36,845</p><p>(iii) <strong>2022</strong> - £79,474</p><p><strong>(b) </strong><strong>Officials</strong></p><p>(i) <strong>2020</strong> - £350,749</p><p>(ii) <strong>2021</strong> - £24,981</p><p>(iii) <strong>2022</strong> - £198,316</p><p><br> Please note that the Officials totals include Special Adviser air travel costs and that the spend reported does also not distinguish between commercial and non-commercial air travel.</p><p>Ministers commercial air travel is captured in departmental transparency returns and published on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 19/07/2022 09:46:40 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1489016

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2022
	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: Ministerial Changes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will publish all emails from the Department's Permanent Secretary to departmental staff informing them of the appointment of a new Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	36085
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2022 answer text <p>The Permanent Secretary for the Northern Ireland Office issued the following email to Northern Ireland Office staff on Thursday 7 July, at 12:39, informing them of a new Secretary of State for Northern Ireland:</p><p> </p><p><em>“Colleagues</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>You will have seen the news that we have a new Secretary of State. </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>I am delighted to welcome back to the Department Shailesh Vara, MP for North West Cambridgeshire. He will be a familiar face to some, having served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Department in early 2018, before taking up the post of Minister of State at the Northern Ireland Office from July 2018 until November 2018. </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>He has held a number of other ministerial positions including at the MoJ, DWP and HMT. </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>I know you will all join me in welcoming our new Secretary of State to our offices later today and support him as he gets back up to speed with our work. </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Madeleine”</em></p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 19/07/2022 09:44:25 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1488236

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2022
	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 their Department has spent on advertising in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	34823
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office spent the following on advertising:</p><p><strong>(a) 2020 - </strong>£72,110</p><p><strong>(b) 2021 - </strong>£26,353</p><p><strong>(c) January-May 2022 - </strong>£19,572</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 14/07/2022 09:13:50 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1487857

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2022
	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: Consultants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department has spent on consultancy fees in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022; and what the name is of each consultancy contracted.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	33711
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2022 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office spent the following on consultancy fees:</p><p>(a) <strong>2020:</strong> £745,278</p><p>(b) <strong>2021:</strong> £787,452</p><p>(c) <strong>January-May 2022:</strong> £794,190</p><p>In relation to naming consultancies, in accordance with this Government’s transparency requirements, I have listed only those suppliers with payments of £25,000 or above, as to name others could potentially breach their data protection rights or have an adverse effect on their commercial activity:</p><p>Active Communities Network LTD</p><p>AV Browne Advertising LTD</p><p>Cabinet Office</p><p>Cinemagic LTD</p><p>Co-Operation Ireland</p><p>Department of Finance</p><p>Education Authority</p><p>Epam Systems LTD</p><p>Government Estates Management</p><p>Groundwork Northern Ireland</p><p>Holywell Trust</p><p>Ipsos Mori</p><p>Ministry of Defence</p><p>Ministry of Justice</p><p>North West Cultural Partnership</p><p>Passionist Peace &amp; Reconciliation Office</p><p>Playhouse the NW Play Resource Centre</p><p>Youth Action NI</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 19/07/2022 09:42:33 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1487973

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2022
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Belfast Agreement: European Convention on Human Rights
	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 potential impact of leaving the European Convention on Human Rights on the Belfast Agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	33872
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>The Belfast/Good Friday Agreement contains safeguards to protect the rights of all sections of the community. The Agreement also requires domestic <del class="ministerial">implication</del> <ins class="ministerial">incorporation </ins>of the ECHR into Northern Ireland law which is enacted through the Human Rights Act 1998.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 14/07/2022 11:23:03 question first ministerially corrected 15/07/2022 07:35:26 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns previous answer version 12802 answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1486922

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2022
	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: Legal Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much their Department and its associated agencies spent on legal disputes in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	31738
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information in a form that can readily be interrogated to provide a response. The accompanying physical invoice for each recorded financial transaction related to legal expenditure would have to be examined to determine the nature of the expense and whether it relates to legal disputes.</p><p> </p><p>Therefore, the information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 12/07/2022 14:01:34 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1486960

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2022
	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: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people held electronic purchasing cards that allowed them to make purchases against his Department's budget as of 31 March 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	31795
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>As of 31 March 2022, there were 6 live Government Procurement Card accounts that could be used to make purchases against the Northern Ireland Office’s budget.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 12/07/2022 13:31:30 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1486450

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2022
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Police: 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 assessment she has made of the (a) adequacy and (b) effectiveness of the number of police officers in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	31118
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2022 answer text <p>Policing in Northern Ireland, and therefore police funding and numbers, are devolved matters. The prioritisation of police resourcing is the responsibility of the Department of Justice, working with the wider Executive. How the PSNI allocate their funding is an operational matter for the Chief Constable, in consultation with the NI Policing Board.</p><p> </p><p>Recognising the unique security situation in Northern Ireland, the UK Government makes additional contributions to PSNI through Additional Security Funding. The UK Government contribution this financial year 22/23 is £32 million; demonstrating the UK Government’s commitment to security in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 08/07/2022 10:15:41 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon