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1131756

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	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: Statistics
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on how many occasions her Department has received representations from the UK Statistics Authority on her Department's presentation and use of statistics in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	263728
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>Details on the UK Statistics Authority’s interventions are published in the correspondence, publications, and issues log sections of their website since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>The Authority’s Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) also carry out regular assessments and systemic reviews, details of which can also be found on the Authority’s website.</p><p> </p><p>In September 2018, the Authority published the first annual summary of its interventions for the financial year 2017/18. The report for 2018/19 will be published in the autumn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 19/06/2019 11:59:12 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1131394

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2019
	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: Empty Property
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will publish the name and location of the land and buildings owned by her Department that is (a) sitting empty and (b) in the process of being sold or disposed of; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	263042
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office does not hold any land or buildings that are sitting empty. Nor are there any buildings in the process of being sold, or disposed of.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 17/06/2019 11:28:49 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1136036

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2019
	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: Credit Unions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether her Department offers employees a payroll deduction service to enable staff to join a credit union; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	271349
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office’s HR services, including payroll, are provided by the Ministry of Justice (MOJ). MOJ does not offer the facility to allow staff to join a Credit Union through payroll deductions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 09/07/2019 09:55:37 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1134006

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the merits of the Northern Irish Government’s model of providing independent guardians to all separated and trafficked children.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	268499
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>This issue is wholly devolved in Northern Ireland, so it would not be for the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland to carry out an assessment of the merits of the system.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 02/07/2019 10:34:50 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1136731

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2019
	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: Overtime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate she has made of the total amount of unpaid overtime worked by staff in her Department in the last 24 months.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	272764
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office offers a flexible working scheme to all staff, including time off in lieu and paid overtime is available if operationally required. No estimate of the total amount of unpaid overtime worked by staff in the last 24 months has been made.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 10/07/2019 10:57:27 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1139762

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2019
	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: Working Hours
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much time off in lieu has been taken by staff in her Department in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	278382
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Northern Ireland Office is committed to ensuring the wellbeing of their staff in support of a healthy work/life balance. The Department has an active Wellbeing Network and line managers are aware of their responsibilities for ensuring that their team members do not work excessive hours.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 22/07/2019 10:11:16 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1130707

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2019
	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: Living Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of organisations that hold contracts with her Department pay the National Living Wage.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	261516
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office does not hold this information centrally. However, the Department fully recognises that it is a criminal offence for employers to not pay someone the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 17/06/2019 11:26:38 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1128810

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate she has made of the number of claimants known to the Northern Ireland Department for Communities who died after registering a claim for personal independence payments but before receiving a decision on their claim; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
	uin	259068
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>I am aware that DWP recently provided information on the total number of patients who died within six months of their personal independence payment claim being disallowed. The delivery of personal independence payments is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland and therefore falls within the remit of the Department for Communities.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 259065 259066 259067 question first answered 11/06/2019 09:38:49 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

1133391

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2019
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will take steps to bring forward legislative proposals before the summer recess, to enact the recommendations of the Judge Hart's report entitled, Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
	uin	266852
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is determined to do everything in her power to ensure that the victims and survivors of historical institutional abuse get the redress they deserve as quickly as possible. That is why she asked the Northern Ireland political parties to consider the outstanding policy questions identified in the public consultation process and is pleased they have come to an agreement on the best way forward.</p><p> </p><p>The Executive Office is now working with the Office of Legislative Council to redraft the legislation in light of the parties’ recommendations. Their recommendations deviate significantly from Sir Anthony Hart's recommendations. The Secretary of State also continues to engage with colleagues in Westminster on this vital issue.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 24/06/2019 16:20:27 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

1134523

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2019
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress she has made on bringing forward legislative proposals to implement the recommendations of the Hart report into historical institutional abuse in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
	uin	269003
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>As I recently wrote to the honourable Member, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is determined to do everything in her power to ensure that the victims and survivors of historical institutional abuse get the redress they deserve as quickly as possible. That is why she asked the Northern Ireland political parties to consider the outstanding key issues identified by David Sterling, Head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service, and is pleased the parties have reached a consensus on these.</p><p> </p><p>The Executive Office is now working with the Office of Legislative Council to redraft the legislation in light of the parties’ recommendations, which deviate significantly from Sir Anthony Hart's recommendations. The Secretary of State continues to engage with David Sterling and colleagues in Westminster on this vital issue.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 02/07/2019 10:48:28 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon