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1401433

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of expressly adding musicians to the list of vulnerable Afghans eligible for the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
	uin	100737
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2022 answer text <p>The Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) opened on 6th January and will provide up to 20,000 women, children and others at risk with a safe and legal route to resettle in the UK.</p><p>The ACRS will prioritise those who have assisted UK efforts in Afghanistan and stood up for UK values such as democracy, women’s rights, freedom of speech and rule of law; and vulnerable people such as women and girls at risk, and members of minority groups (including ethnic / religious minorities and LGBT+).</p><p>No specific provision has been made for musicians, although they could otherwise be eligible through one of the referral pathways.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 18/01/2022 17:19:11 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1401439

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to Answer 57193 of 25 October 2021, when her Department’s revised policy on entry clearance fee waivers will be published.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
	uin	100738
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2022 answer text <p>The overseas fee waiver policy is being revised to include an assessment of affordability for specified applications on the human rights route.</p><p>The revised policy and related application system is currently being developed and is expected to be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 14/01/2022 16:38:13 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1401502

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have applied to the EU Settlement Scheme via the Relevant Person of Northern Ireland route.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
	uin	100739
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2022 answer text <p>Information on EUSS applications which relate specifically to family members of ‘relevant persons of Northern Ireland’ is not recorded in a reportable form on our case management system and is therefore not available.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 14/01/2022 16:36:54 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1241733

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the EU Settlement Scheme Family Permit, whether a relevant person from Northern Ireland who has not been residing in the UK for the six months prior to making an application for that permit intends to return to Northern Ireland with their non-EEA family members is eligible for that permit.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
	uin	101070
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>The relevant non-EEA national family members of a relevant person of Northern Ireland can apply for an EU Settlement Scheme Family Permit to accompany that person to, or join them in, the UK, where the relevant person of Northern Ireland holds status under the EU Settlement Scheme or (were they not a British citizen, where they are one) would be granted this status if they applied.</p><p>The potential eligibility for status under the scheme of the relevant person of Northern Ireland will require they have the requisite continuity of residence in the UK, which generally means they will not have been absent from the UK for more than six months.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 15/10/2020 11:45:26 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1241735

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	European Social Fund and UK Shared Prosperity Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to (a) replace and (b) administer a replacement to the European Social Fund; and what his policy is on the future of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
	uin	101071
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government understands the importance of local growth funding to places and people and is committed to creating the UK Shared Prosperity Fund to succeed European structural funds, providing vital investment in local economies, cutting out bureaucracy and levelling up those parts of the UK whose economies are furthest behind.</p><p>Furthermore, the 2019 Conservative Manifesto committed to targeting the UK Shared Prosperity Fund at the UK’s specific needs, at a minimum matching the size of European structural funds in each nation and ensuring that £500 million of the Fund is used to give disadvantaged people the skills they need to make a success of life.</p><p>The Government has engaged with key stakeholders on the design and priorities of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, including holding a series of engagement events across the UK. As we approach the transition from European Social Fund to the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, we will continue to engage with partners in order to aid policy development.</p><p>Final decisions on the design of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund will need to be made through a cross-Government Spending Review, and we will set out further plans for the fund in due course.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 14/10/2020 13:19:25 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1241736

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2020
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Japan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the differences are between the UK-Japan and EU-Japan trade deals with regards to the effect on goods imported to and exported from Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
	uin	101072
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2020 answer text <p>The UK-Japan CEPA (Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement) applies to the whole of the United Kingdom, including Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland stands to benefit and build upon its strong exports to Japan, with Northern Ireland’s agri-food sector potentially benefiting from reduced export burdens. Last year Northern Ireland’s exports of agri-food to Japan were worth £6.5m.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 14/10/2020 15:39:16 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1241737

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2020
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Japan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what effect the free trade agreement between the UK and Japan will have on businesses in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
	uin	101073
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2020 answer text <p>UK exports to Japan have been growing by an average of 7.6% year-on-year over the previous five years and, with this free trade deal in place, our economic partnership will have even more opportunity. Potential benefits from a deal include better jobs, higher wages, more choice and lower prices for all parts of the UK.</p><p>Northern Ireland stands to benefit and build upon its strong exports to Japan, with Northern Ireland’s agri-food sector potentially benefiting from reduced export burdens. Last year Northern Ireland’s exports of agri-food to Japan were worth £6.5m.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 16/10/2020 11:22:32 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1461898

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2022
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Local Government: Elections
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether candidates in future local government elections in Northern Ireland have to have their home addresses published.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
	uin	1011
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>Candidates in future local government elections in Northern Ireland will not be required to have their home addresses published.</p><p> </p><p>The Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Amendment Order 2020 amended the law in June of that year. Now, candidates for local elections in Northern Ireland who do not want their home address to be made public can instead request the publication of the local government area they reside in.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 19/05/2022 10:47:53 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1547611

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2022
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of immediately making Energy Support Payments for electric bills in Northern Ireland while developing a cashback option in parallel.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
	uin	101813
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/12/2022 answer text <p>On 19 December, the Government announced that all households in Northern Ireland will receive support with their energy bills this winter through a single payment of £600 comprising both the Energy Bills Support Scheme and the Alternative Fuel Payment. Payments will start reaching households in January through suppliers.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 29/12/2022 13:14:36 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1242455

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Offenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the tweet on foreign national offenders published by her Department on 9 October 2020, what representations she has received on the potential conflation of the UK's asylum system and the deportation of offenders from EU countries (a) in that tweet and (b) in her Department's social media strategy.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
	uin	102208
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office makes no apology for deporting Foreign National Offenders; it is right that we do so.</p><p>This tweet referred to two different groups.</p><p>The first group were foreign national offenders who broke our laws and abused our values, who we successfully returned to Lithuania. We are grateful for the ongoing close cooperation of our Lithuanian partners in tackling crime, and for their specific cooperation in this instance which was essential for the removal of the foreign national offenders mentioned in the tweet.</p><p>The second group was made up of migrants from outside the European Economic Area who had already claimed asylum in Italy, and who we planned to return under the Dublin Regulation. The Italy leg of the flight did not take place and our efforts to return those who arrived on small boats via illegally-facilitated routes were frustrated by legal claims.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 28/10/2020 13:36:40 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry