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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

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

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

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