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424356

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2015
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: 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 she is taking to ensure that discussions on the Stormont House Agreement include tax credits.
	tabling member constituency	South Antrim
	tabling member printed	Danny Kinahan
	uin	13590
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2015 answer text <p>A range of issues are under discussion in the cross-party talks. These include welfare reform, the Executive’s budget and delivering longer term economic reform. The Government is committed to its long-term economic plan, key elements of which are tackling the deficit, making the costs of welfare sustainable and getting more people into work.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 30/10/2015 11:22:42 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4381 label Biography information for Danny Kinahan

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

437230

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2015
	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, whether financial penalties related to welfare reform have been ceased since legislation on that subject was agreed by the Northern Ireland Assembly; and whether there has been reimbursement of such penalties since that agreement.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	19693
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>In the Fresh Start Agreement, the Government committed to stop welfare deductions for 2015-16 following Assembly approval of a consent motion to enable primary and secondary legislation to the welfare system to proceed at Westminster.</p><p>The Government also committed to refund the proportion of deduction due for the remainder of 2015-16, making an equivalent sum available to the NI Executive spread equally over 2016-17 and 2017-18. This will now take place.</p><br /> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 15/12/2015 12:34:42 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

431781

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2015
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Veterans: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland of 18 November 2015, Official Report, what steps her Department is taking to support military veterans who served in Northern Ireland in 1972.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	17235
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government accepts that we have a duty of care to all current and former members of the Armed Forces, and the MoD pay for independent legal advice when both current and former members of the Armed Forces face prosecution in matters related to their service.</p><p>The Armed Forces Covenant sets out the relationship between the nation, the government and the armed forces recognising that the whole nation has a moral obligation to members of the armed forces and their families, and it establishes how they should expect to be treated.</p><p>In Northern Ireland, there is a bespoke aftercare package in place to support former members of the UDR and R IRISH (Home Service), their dependents and widows. This consists of welfare teams spread across Northern Ireland which offers vocational resettlement training, medical support, and a UDR/ R IRISH benevolent fund. In August 2015, the MoD agreed that the UDR &amp; R IRISH (HS) Aftercare Service should continue to exist and be funded since circumstances leading to its inception have not markedly changed, need is still evident and demand is being effectively met. However, in line with other defence restructuring, it has been decided that eventually it should become owned by the MoD’s main veterans’ support organisation, known as Veterans UK.</p><p>This is in addition to the services available to all veterans; including Veterans UK (in particular the Veterans Welfare Service which has welfare representatives based across the UK); Service and ex-Service charities such as the Army Benevolent Fund – the Soldiers charity, SSAFA – the Armed Forces charity and Combat Stress.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 30/11/2015 15:48:22 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

433559

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2015
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	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, what discussions she has had with (a) the NI Executive, (b) business leaders, (c) third sector representatives on the potential effects of the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
	uin	18359
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government is focused on delivering a successful renegotiation: it believes it can and will succeed in reforming and renegotiating our relationship with the EU and campaigning to keep the UK in the EU on that basis.</p><p>I meet regularly with NI Executive Ministers, business leaders and third sector representatives to discuss a range of issues and will continue to do so.</p><br /> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 08/12/2015 16:37:19 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

421737

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2015
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Stormont House Agreement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps she has taken to establish on a statutory basis an Implementation and Reconciliation Group as proposed in the Stormont House Agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	12159
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government intends to introduce the Northern Ireland (Stormont House Agreement) Bill to Parliament soon. This Bill will deliver on a number of key commitments in the Stormont House Agreement related to addressing the legacy of the Troubles. It will create the legislative framework for: the Historical Investigations Unit, the Independent Commission on Information Retrieval, and an Oral History Archive.</p><p>Another of the key commitments in the Agreement is the establishment of the Implementation and Reconciliation Group (IRG). It is not currently envisaged that the IRG will be included in the Northern Ireland (Stormont House Agreement) Bill, but the UK Government stands ready to assist on matters related to the IRG if requested to do so by the Northern Ireland parties.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 23/10/2015 12:04:05 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

426343

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2015
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Schools: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on ensuring that as many schools as possible receive Shared Education Signature Project funding.
	tabling member constituency	South Antrim
	tabling member printed	Danny Kinahan
	uin	14785
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government communicates with the Northern Ireland Executive frequently on a wide range of issues.</p><p>As part of ‘<em>Building a Prosperous and United Community’, </em>the ‘economic pact’, the Government committed to provide £100 million of additional borrowing to help support specific shared housing and education projects.</p><p>Through the Stormont House Agreement the Government committed to make substantial capital funding available, up to £500 million over 10 years, to help support shared and integrated education in Northern Ireland. This funding is subject to the full implementation of the Stormont House Agreement and individual projects being agreed between the Executive and the Government.</p><br /> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 14784 question first answered 10/11/2015 13:03:42 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4381 label Biography information for Danny Kinahan

428091

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2015
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Schools: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of the funding of £500 million for shared schooling in Northern Ireland is expected to come from her Department's budget.
	tabling member constituency	South Antrim
	tabling member printed	Danny Kinahan
	uin	16298
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>In the ‘Stormont House Agreement’ signed on 23 December 2014, the UK Government agreed a contribution of up to £500m over 10 years of new capital funding to support shared and integrated education, subject to individual projects being agreed between the Executive and the UK Government.</p><p>In the recent ‘A Fresh Start: the Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan’ the UK Government agreed a number of further flexibilities to the funding commitments contained in the ‘Stormont House Agreement’ including that capital funding for shared and integrated education can be used to support shared housing projects, with individual projects to be agreed by the UK Government.</p><p>This funding to the Northern Ireland Executive will come from Her Majesty’s Treasury through the Northern Ireland Office.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 24/11/2015 11:39:34 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4381 label Biography information for Danny Kinahan

428833

	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	Roads: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she has had with the Northern Ireland executive about (a) the licensing of road hauliers and (b) tackling transportation of illicit fuel.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
	uin	16635
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2015 answer text <p>Ministers in the Northern Ireland Office have not had any direct discussions with the NI Executive about (a) licensing of road hauliers and (b) tackling transportation of illicit fuel. Matters relating to (a) the road hauliers and (b) tackling transportation of illicit fuel are for the DVA and HMRC respectively.</p><br /> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 25/11/2015 13:24:34 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

417352

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2015
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she has had with the First and Deputy First Ministers of Northern Ireland on accepting refugees from UN camps in countries bordering Syria; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
	uin	9182
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>On 11 September, I attended the first meeting of the Working Group on Syrian refugees at the Home Office. The Northern Ireland Office will work with the Northern Ireland Executive to ensure that Northern Ireland plays its part in meeting the Government’s aim of resettling vulnerable refugees from Syria and the region.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 14/09/2015 10:11:59 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon