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1000231

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/11/2018
	date	02/11/2018
	date tabled	02/11/2018
	ddp created	02/11/2018 15:16:29
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	ddp modified	02/11/2018 15:25:30 12/11/2018 18:15:04
	hansard heading	National Crime Agency: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	identifier	187309
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	12/11/2018 17:43:47
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the workforce size of the National Crime Agency in Northern Ireland is expected to change in the next six months.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 187309
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	187309
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The NCA allocates resources based on priorities in Investigations. Serious and Organised Crime activity in Northern Ireland continues to feature in NCA and PSNI plans.</p>
	creator	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

114860

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/11/2014
	date	05/11/2014
	date tabled	05/11/2014
	ddp created	05/11/2014 23:16:45
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 07:16:34
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	National Crime Agency: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	identifier	213614
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	11/11/2014 16:02:07
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the concerns over the lack of powers of the National Crime Agency (NCA) in Northern Ireland in paragraph 25 of the report on the UK by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child; and if she will take steps to support making the NCA fully operational in Northern Ireland.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 213614
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	213614
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The National Crime Agency (NCA) operates UK-wide but as a result of not securing legislative consent the activities of the NCA in Northern Ireland are restricted. Under current arrangements the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is able to access information and advice from the NCA including from its Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Command. What is missing, however, is access to operational support.</p><p>This government is disappointed by the decision of the Northern Ireland Executive not to agree to give NCA officers police powers. However, policing is devolved in Northern Ireland, and this is something we must respect. We continue to support Northern Ireland Justice Minister David Ford’s efforts to secure full operational powers for the NCA under appropriate accountability arrangements tailored to Northern Ireland’s structures.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
	creator	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

156593

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/11/2014
	date	19/11/2014
	date tabled	19/11/2014
	ddp created	19/11/2014 23:40:57
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 10:07:22
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	National Crime Agency: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	identifier	215221
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	24/11/2014 15:36:25
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with hon. Members from Sinn Fein and the SDLP on the National Crime Agency in Northern Ireland.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 215221
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	215221
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government continues to fully support the Northern Ireland Justice Minister, who is leading discussions with the parties, to try to secure full operating powers for the National Crime Agency in Northern Ireland. Home Office Ministers have regular discussions with Ministerial colleagues and others. As was the case with previous administrations, it is not the Government's practice to provide details of all such meetings. <br><br>The Director General of the National Crime Agency has also given his full support to these negotiations and has met with some of the political partiesand appeared before the Northern Ireland Policing Board. <br><br>We are committed to resolving this so that the people and communities of Northern Ireland can benefit from the full range of the National Crime Agency’s capabilities, like the rest of the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
	creator	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

167804

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/12/2014
	date	03/12/2014
	date tabled	03/12/2014
	ddp created	04/12/2014 00:02:26
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 13:49:05
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	National Crime Agency: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	identifier	217073
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	10/12/2014 14:58:03
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of the National Crime Agency not being fully operational in Northern Ireland on the opportunity for people living in Northern Ireland to be employed in that agency.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 217073
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	217073
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The National Crime Agency (NCA) has a flexible, UK-wide operational capability, prioritising the deployment of its resources against the highest risks and undertaking targeted operations to cut serious and organised crime affecting <br>our communities. The NCA's People Strategy delivers a flexible response in which the workforce is placed in areas of operational demand. There is nothing to preclude the employment of people living in Northern Ireland. For example, <br>NCA officers based in Northern Ireland work on Civil Recovery and Tax casesrelating to England and Wales in the absence of consent for the NCA to take on full functions in Northern Ireland. All NCA vacancies across the United Kingdom are advertised in the spirit of open and fair competition. The NCA recruit in this fashion to secure the best candidates for these demanding roles</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
	creator	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

170749

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/01/2015
	date	16/12/2014
	date tabled	16/12/2014
	ddp created	16/12/2014 22:12:27
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 17:52:20
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	National Crime Agency: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	identifier	219058
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	05/01/2015 16:55:15
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will undertake to visit Northern Ireland before the general election for the purpose of ensuring that the public and all political parties are aware of the ongoing consequences of not having the National Crime Agency fully operational there.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 219058
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	219058
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Parliament recently supported a DUP motion condemning the illegal activities being carried out by criminal gangs in Northern Ireland and calling for the full implementation of the National Crime Agency. We want the people and <br>communities of Northern Ireland to benefit from the full range of the National Crime Agency’s capabilities, as the rest of the UK does. Of course, it will take the support of all the main parties in Northern Ireland to make the <br>proposals work. Home Office Ministers have regular meetings with Ministerial colleagues and others. As was the case with previous administrations, it is not the Government's practice to provide details of all such meetings or any <br>forthcoming visits.</p><p> </p>
	creator	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

177742

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/02/2015
	date	04/02/2015
	date tabled	04/02/2015
	ddp created	04/02/2015 22:31:36
	ddp modified	10/02/2015 17:42:03
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	National Crime Agency: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	identifier	223348
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	10/02/2015 17:10:41
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the vote in the Northern Ireland Assembly on 3 Feburary 2015, on the National Crime Agency, when she expects that Agency to be fully operational in Northern Ireland.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 223348
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	223348
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The National Crime Agency operates UK-wide, including in Northern Ireland, and provides support to its partner agencies there in relation to customs and immigration matters whilst continuing to exchange information with the PSNI. The NCA has, to date, been unable fully to target serious and organised crime groups in Northern Ireland involved in activities which require policing powers to tackle them. <br><br>The draft Crime and Courts Act 2013 (National Crime Agency and Proceeds of Crime) (Northern Ireland) Order 2015, was laid before Parliament on 29 January 2015. It makes provision for the NCA to operate in Northern Ireland with full powers including the ability to recover criminal assets in relation to offences that are devolved, together with the ability to request the recovery of assets overseas in civil recovery cases. This will make Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK a safer place and means the most serious criminals can be pursued wherever they are. The Order details commencement of the provisions, some of which will come into force the day after it is made, including the extension to Northern Ireland of all of the relevant civil recovery provisions relating to freezing and recovery orders. The related civil recovery investigation powers will require further secondary legislation relating to a Code of Practice. <br><br>A number of provisions that relate to the NCA’s operational use of constable powers and covert techniques, which will be subject to a Memorandum of Understanding, which will come into force at the end of two months beginning with the day on which the Order is made. The Order may not be made until it has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
	creator	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

177894

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/02/2015
	date	04/02/2015
	date tabled	04/02/2015
	ddp created	04/02/2015 22:41:35
	ddp modified	10/02/2015 17:24:05
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	National Crime Agency: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	identifier	223351
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	10/02/2015 16:52:18
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what practical arrangements will be made for co-operation between the National Crime Agency and security services in the Irish Republic when that agency becomes fully operational in Northern Ireland.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 223351
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	223351
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (National Crime Agency and Proceeds of Crime) (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 was laid before Parliament on 29 January. The Order makes provision for the National Crime Agency to operate in Northern Ireland with full powers. If approved by each House, it will allow NCA officers to be able to exercise constable powers and it also provides the NCA the ability to recover criminal assets in relation to offences that are devolved, together with the ability to request the recovery of assets overseas in civil recovery cases. <br><br>This will make Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK a safer place and means the most serious criminals can be pursued wherever they are. The NCA has dedicated resources currently working with Irish law enforcement agencies to tackle the threat from organised crime that affects both our countries.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
	creator	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

179724

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	26/02/2015
	date	12/02/2015
	date tabled	12/02/2015
	ddp created	12/02/2015 21:23:11
	ddp modified	24/02/2015 01:07:32
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	National Crime Agency: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	identifier	HL5003
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	23/02/2015 15:04:58
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the vote in the Northern Ireland Assembly on 3 February on the National Crime Agency, when they expect that Agency to be fully operational in Northern Ireland.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL5003
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL5003
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The National Crime Agency (NCA) operates UK-wide, including in Northern Ireland, and provides support to its partner agencies there in relation to customs and immigration matters whilst continuing to exchange information with the PSNI. The NCA has, to date, been unable fully to target serious and organised crime groups in Northern Ireland involved in activities which require policing powers to tackle them.</p><p>The draft Crime and Courts Act 2013 (National Crime Agency and Proceeds of Crime) (Northern Ireland) Order 2015, was laid before Parliament on 29 January 2015. It makes provision for the NCA to operate in Northern Ireland with full powers including the ability to recover criminal assets in relation to offences that are devolved, together with the ability to request the recovery of assets overseas in civil recovery cases.</p><p>This will make Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK a safer place and means the most serious criminals can be pursued wherever they are. The Order details commencement of the provisions, some of which will come into force the day after it is made, including the extension to Northern Ireland of all of the relevant civil recovery provisions relating to freezing and recovery orders. The related civil recovery investigation powers will require further secondary legislation relating to a Code of Practice.</p><p>A number of provisions that relate to the NCA’s operational use of constable powers and covert techniques, which will be subject to a Memorandum of Understanding, will come into force at the end of two months beginning with the day on which the Order is made. The Order may not be made until it has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.</p><p> </p>
	creator	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

429104

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/11/2015
	date	18/11/2015
	date tabled	18/11/2015
	ddp created	18/11/2015 22:23:16
	ddp modified	26/11/2015 17:25:03
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	National Crime Agency: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	identifier	16887
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	26/11/2015 16:53:10
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the operation of the National Crime Agency in Northern Ireland.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 16887
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	16887
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Since 20 May 2015, the National Crime Agency (NCA) has been operating with full powers in Northern Ireland. As the NCA reported to the Northern Ireland Policing Board on 01 October 2015, the scope of NCA’s crime-fighting capability within the jurisdiction has increased. During the period April-June 2015, the NCA recorded 26 disruptions against organised crime groups and high priority threats operating in Northern Ireland. The NCA has worked in partnership with the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and the support that the NCA provides law enforcement partners, particularly the PSNI has been enhanced.</p><p>The NCA is committed to playing its role in tackling serious and organised crime in Northern Ireland. The NCA will be fully engaged in delivering the commitment outlined in ‘A Fresh Start: The Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan’ to undertake a concerted and enhanced effort to combat serious and organised and cross border crime.</p>
	creator	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

443306

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/01/2016
	date	07/01/2016
	date tabled	07/01/2016
	ddp created	07/01/2016 20:44:16
	ddp modified	12/01/2016 16:13:26
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	National Crime Agency: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	identifier	21537
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	12/01/2016 15:41:13
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to make an assessment of the performance of the National Crime Agency in its first year of full operation in Northern Ireland.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 21537
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	21537
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Since 20 May 2015, the National Crime Agency has been operating with full powers in Northern Ireland. The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (National Crime Agency and Proceeds of Crime) (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 requires the Northern Ireland Policing Board to monitor the exercise of the functions of the National Crime Agency in Northern Ireland. The interim Memorandum of Understanding between the National Crime Agency and the Northern Ireland Policing Board states the Board is required, not later than six months after the end of each financial year, to issue a report relating to the policing of Northern Ireland for the next financial year. The report will include an assessment of the exercise of the functions of the NCA in Northern Ireland. It further requires the Director General of the National Crime Agency to attend the Northern Ireland Policing Board and, in order to assist them, the National Crime Agency is to provide, on a quarterly basis, performance reporting on the exercise of the NCA’s functions in Northern Ireland which will be aligned to the key threat areas in the National Control Strategy, as outlined in the NCA’s Annual Plan. The NCA is committed to playing its role in tackling serious and organised crime in Northern Ireland.</p>
	creator	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell