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	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

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	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/02/2016
	date	21/01/2016
	date tabled	21/01/2016
	ddp created	21/01/2016 19:29:15
	ddp modified	02/02/2016 22:18:49
	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	HL5299
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	02/02/2016 14:42:11
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the overall performance of the National Crime Agency during its first year of total operation in Northern Ireland.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 HL5299
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL5299
	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 recently reported to the Northern Ireland Policing Board on 16 December 2015, from 01 April 2015 up to 30 September 2015, the NCA has recorded 29 disruptions against organised crime groups and high priority threats operating in Northern Ireland. The scope of the NCA’s crime-fighting capability within the jurisdiction has expanded. The NCA has worked in partnership with the Police Service for Northern Ireland (PSNI) and the support that the NCA provides law enforcement partners, particularly the PSNI has been enhanced.</p><p>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.</p><p>The NCA is committed to playing its role in tackling serious and organised crime in Northern Ireland. Hence, the NCA will be fully engaged in delivering the commitment outlined in the ‘A Fresh Start: The Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan’ to a concerted and enhanced effort to combat serious and organised and cross border crime.</p>
	creator	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont