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1507830

	registered interest
	date	23/09/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Trident
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the UK nuclear deterrent.
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	55050
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>A credible nuclear deterrent remains the bedrock of the United Kingdom’s defence.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 17/10/2022 16:16:04 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1505272

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2022
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Empty Property: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will (a) have discussions with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on the proportion of commercial properties in Northern Ireland that are empty and (b) make that matter a priority for discussions when the Northern Ireland Assembly returns.
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	48341
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2022 answer text <p>Vacant commercial properties are a devolved matter, and related enquiries should be directed to the Northern Ireland Executive Department for Communities.</p><p> </p><p>The Northern Ireland Office wishes to promote growing prosperity for everyone in Northern Ireland. To that end, officials and ministers work closely with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, and we work with all parties to secure the political stability which is essential to the flourishing of communities across Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 15/09/2022 13:27:19 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1581971

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2023
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Climate Change Act (Northern Ireland) 2022
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to help ensure the implementation of the Climate Change Act (Northern Ireland) 2022.
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	135336
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>In the absence of Northern Ireland Executive ministers, the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc.) Act 2022 provides Northern Ireland civil servants with the clarity they require to take the limited but necessary decisions to maintain delivery of public services and operate in the public interest. Specifically, in clause 3, subsections (1) and (3) remove the need for Ministers or an Executive Committee to be in place to enable the exercise of departmental functions by senior officers in Northern Ireland departments if they deem it in the public interest.</p><p>The accompanying guidance to the Act, published on 19 December 2022, helps NI departments determine whether exercising a function is in the public interest and lists the principles that they should take into account when making such a determination. The Government cannot and should not anticipate the decisions that civil servants will need to take under this Act. Consequently, the Government does not intend to comment on which decisions NI departments should be taking forward.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 02/02/2023 17:32:09 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1581973

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2023
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Cycling and Walking: 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 he is taking to support the Northern Ireland Department for Infrastructure to spend 10 per cent of the transport budget on active travel.
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	135337
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>Responsibility for transport policy is devolved to the Northern Ireland Executive and the Department for Infrastructure.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government recognises the importance of active travel, and through the “Communities and Place” strand of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF), will provide support for active travel enhancement, including proposals to undertake active travel needs assessments and explore active travel links.</p><p> </p><p>All 11 Northern Ireland councils have been invited by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to bid for UKSPF funding to deliver such programmes. These bids are currently undergoing assessment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 02/02/2023 11:43:14 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1582377

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2023
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Renewable Energy: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the Contracts for Difference scheme to Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	136692
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2023 answer text <p>Energy policy is devolved in Northern Ireland and is the responsibility of the Northern Ireland Executive Department for the Economy.</p><p> </p><p>The Contracts for Difference scheme, which applies UK-wide, was not implemented in Northern Ireland. The reasons were set out by the Northern Ireland Executive Minister for the Economy in response to a written question (AQW 3094/17-22) tabled on 3 March 2020 and answered on 19 March 2020. The answer states that the Northern Ireland Executive considered that joining the scheme, which was introduced in Great Britain in 2014, would have placed a guaranteed additional cost burden on Northern Ireland consumers, on top of existing support that consumers already paid for the Renewables Obligations.</p><p> </p><p>When the primary legislation for Contracts for Difference was put in place at the outset, provisions were put in place for Northern Ireland to join at a later date if conditions were right.</p><p> </p><p>In developing its Energy Strategy, <em>The Path to Net Zero Energy, </em>the Department for the Economy carried out a consultation from December 2019 to March 2020. This consultation asked whether respondents agreed that the Department for the Economy should explore with the UK Government Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy the possibility of extending the Contracts for Difference scheme to Northern Ireland. 92% of respondents answered ‘yes’ to this question and the Northern Ireland Executive’s Energy Strategy, <em>The Path to Net Zero Energy, </em>published in December 2021, confirmed that the Northern Ireland Executive is exploring whether the Contracts for Difference scheme should be extended to Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>It is vital that the Northern Ireland Executive is restored, so that locally elected representatives are in place to continue important policy development relating to energy and net zero on behalf of the people of Northern Ireland.</p><p><br> <br></p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 03/02/2023 14:15:19 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1586117

	registered interest
	date	17/02/2023
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Elections: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of voter ID measures on the levels of voter ID fraud in Northern Ireland.
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	146968
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2023 answer text <p>The Elections Act 2022 makes no changes to the voter ID measures in Northern Ireland with the exception of the addition of two new documents to the existing list of acceptable evidence that may be produced at the polling station. The two new documents are the Half Fare SmartPass and the biometric immigration document.</p><p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission will continue to report on their assessment of any electoral fraud following elections in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 23/02/2023 10:06:17 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1605411

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2023
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Gender Based Violence: 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 he has had with the Northern Ireland Department of Justice on steps to (a) reduce violence against women and girls and (b) encourage women and girls to report incidences of violence.
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	169287
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland recently visited Women’s Aid Federation NI and the Foyle Family Justice Centre in Derry-Londonderry in support of their crucial work.</p><p> </p><p>It is disappointing that Northern Ireland remains the only region of the UK without a dedicated strategy to tackle violence against women and girls. The UK Government supports ongoing work by Northern Ireland departments to develop strategies tackling violence against women and girls, and domestic and sexual abuse. It is vital that the Northern Ireland Executive is restored to implement these strategies.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 27/03/2023 10:34:27 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1611149

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2023
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Elections: Proof of Identity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions he has had with the Electoral Commission in Northern Ireland on voter ID.
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	180778
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>Electoral policy for Northern Ireland is a matter for the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.</p><p>Northern Ireland Office officials meet regularly with the Electoral Commission to discuss a range of issues, including the Northern Ireland voter ID system, which has been in place, with minor amendments, since 2002.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 24/04/2023 09:01:33 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1639195

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2023
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Police Service of Northern Ireland: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of the level of public funding for policing in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	186067
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2023 answer text <p>Policing is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland and the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s main budget is allocated by the Department of Justice from the Northern Ireland Executive block grant.</p><p>The recent Budget that the Secretary of State set for Northern Ireland provides the Northern Ireland Department of Justice with a total resource allocation of £1.2 billion. It is for the Department of Justice now to determine the allocation of funding to the Police Service of Northern Ireland from its overall budget.</p><p>In addition to the block grant, the UK Government provides the Police Service of Northern Ireland with additional security funding to tackle the SEVERE threat from Northern Ireland related terrorism. In the financial year 2022-23 this was circa £32 million and this figure is confirmed through to 2024-25.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 31/05/2023 09:11:06 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1639574

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2023
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has had recent discussions with hauliers in Northern Ireland on the impact of the Windsor Framework on that industry.
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	186347
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland meets regularly with Northern Ireland stakeholders, including representatives of the road haulage industry to discuss a range of relevant issues, such as the Windsor Framework.</p><p> </p><p>The Windsor Framework restores the free flow of trade from Great Britain to Northern Ireland, with a first-of-its-kind green lane that will enable goods destined for Northern Ireland to move easily without burdensome customs bureaucracy.</p><p> </p><p>Customs paperwork will be scrapped and replaced with data sharing of ordinary, existing commercial information. This information will be provided from sales invoices and transport contracts – information that businesses will already hold and use for the movement of goods.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 01/06/2023 09:37:28 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon