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	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	30/06/2022
	date	16/06/2022
	date tabled	16/06/2022
	ddp created	16/06/2022 19:30:55
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	ddp modified	16/06/2022 19:35:25 29/06/2022 14:54:10
	hansard heading	Veterans: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1028
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	29/06/2022 14:22:55
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what support is available for ex-service personnel in Northern Ireland who do not qualify for enhanced learning credits to fund (1) further, or (2) higher, educational courses.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 HL1028
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1028
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>We remain committed to ensuring that our veterans can access gold standard services irrespective of where they live in the UK - including in Northern Ireland where circumstances mean a slightly different approach is necessary.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst skills is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland, with further and higher education the responsibility of the Northern Ireland Department for the Economy, the Government has shown time and time again that it is committed to supporting Northern Ireland, levelling up across the UK and strengthening our Union.</p><p> </p><p>We have invested £15m from the New Deal for Northern Ireland to enable the Department for the Economy to deliver the ‘Skill Up’ initiative, which will fully fund further education colleges and universities to provide approximately 15,000 training places to support key growth sectors.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1349333

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/08/2021
	date	21/07/2021
	date tabled	21/07/2021
	ddp created	21/07/2021 20:51:27
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	ddp modified	23/07/2021 17:25:19 03/08/2021 12:17:07
	hansard heading	Veterans: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2266
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	03/08/2021 11:45:34
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many UK veterans are currently resident in Northern Ireland; and how that number is identified.
	session	2021/22
	session number	2
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2021/22 HL2266
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2266
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The UK Government has no current means to identify UK veterans who are resident in Northern Ireland. Due to the sensitivities of the legacy of Northern Ireland’s past, many who served and now reside there do not feel safe disclosing their veteran status, and the question was not included in the 2021 Census in Northern Ireland as it was in England and Wales.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Office for Veterans’ Affairs is working with the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency on alternative solutions.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1347041

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/07/2021
	date	14/07/2021
	date tabled	14/07/2021
	ddp created	14/07/2021 20:36:49
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	ddp modified	15/07/2021 21:35:25 20/07/2021 13:59:09
	hansard heading	Veterans: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2030
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	20/07/2021 13:27:08
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure the protection of veterans who served in Northern Ireland while ensuring that the implementation of any such protection does not result in those responsible for terrorist offences evading justice.
	session	2021/22
	session number	2
	tabling member printed	Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2021/22 HL2030
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2030
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Government has been clear that it will deliver on its commitments to NI veterans as part of a wider package to address the legacy of the past in Northern Ireland.</p><p><br> As set out by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland last week, the Government’s proposed package focuses on reconciliation, information recovery and ending the cycle of investigations that is not working for anyone.</p><p><br> The Government remains clear however, that it will never accept any moral equivalence between those who upheld the law in Northern Ireland and those, on all sides, who sought to destroy it.</p><p><br> These proposals will be considered as part of the ongoing intensive talks process with the NI parties, Irish Government and representatives of NI society, further to which we will bring forward legislation.</p><p><br></p>
	creator	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown