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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

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

1683059

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Millennium Integrated Primary School: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether Fresh Start Funding has been awarded for construction of the Millennium Integrated Primary School new build project.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
	uin	10270
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>At Main Estimates 2023-24, the Northern Ireland Executive was provided with £64.4 million of capital funding under the Fresh Start Agreement. Any additional Fresh Start Agreement funding in 2023-24 for the Northern Ireland Executive would be confirmed through the Supplementary Estimates process that is ongoing.</p><p> </p><p>Funding for individual projects is administered by the Northern Ireland Executive’s Department of Education.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott grouped question UIN 10271 question first answered 24/01/2024 10:19:17 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
	tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1683060

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Integrated Schools: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when funds will be available from Fresh Start Funding for financial year 2023-24; and what funds are available to the Northern Ireland Department of Finance from that scheme in 2023-24.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
	uin	10271
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>At Main Estimates 2023-24, the Northern Ireland Executive was provided with £64.4 million of capital funding under the Fresh Start Agreement. Any additional Fresh Start Agreement funding in 2023-24 for the Northern Ireland Executive would be confirmed through the Supplementary Estimates process that is ongoing.</p><p> </p><p>Funding for individual projects is administered by the Northern Ireland Executive’s Department of Education.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott grouped question UIN 10270 question first answered 24/01/2024 10:19:17 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
	tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1683062

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2024
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Q26 of the evidence given by Neil Couling to the Work and Pensions Select Committee on 10 January 2024, HC 417, whether it is his policy that where a claim is subject to checking that claim is not suspended and there is no interruption to payments so long as the claimant cooperates with that process.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
	uin	10272
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>Where customers provide all evidence requested, within the timescales requested, to enable DWP to verify entitlement to benefit then no payment will be interrupted. If the evidence is not provided within the timescale or there is a high risk of fraud and/or error DWP’s Enhanced Review Team (ERT) may suspend payments to prevent further loss and the customer to build up possible debt.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 23/01/2024 15:13:24 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1549508

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2022
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure: 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 an assessment of the potential merits of allocating the £250m that the Executive is permitted to borrow over the short-term for cash-management purposes to manage in year pressures within the Northern Ireland Budget for 2022-23.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
	uin	105547
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2022 answer text <p>I have worked closely with the Chief Secretary to the Treasury to explore the available funding options in setting the Northern Ireland Budget for 2022-23, including Executive borrowing.</p><p> </p><p>The budget set in my statement on 24 November is an appropriate settlement that reflects the key pressures in Northern Ireland but it does not remove the pressing need to have locally accountable political leaders in place to take the fundamental decisions which will secure a more sustainable future for the people of Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 15/12/2022 15:23:40 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
	tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1549548

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department takes to provide financial support to an asylum seeker who has been subjected to domestic violence where the abusive partner is the main applicant on an asylum claim and where the couple are separated.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
	uin	105563
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that no domestic violence victim is reliant on their abuser either in respect of their application for asylum or their asylum support needs.</p><p>We have existing policy guidance on how we support victims of domestic violence in the asylum support system: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1049475/Asylum_support_domestic_abuse.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1049475/Asylum_support_domestic_abuse.pdf</a>.</p><p>The Home Office works alongside other agencies who can support victims with financial support and advice. Victims of domestic violence can claim asylum in their own right if they were previously the dependant of an abusive partner and that any information they provide will be treated in confidence (subject to safeguarding duties).</p><p>No destitute asylum seeker will be left without asylum support or accommodation in the event of separation following a domestic violence incident. We have established processes in place to disaggregate financial support to ensure that victims can promptly receive their share of the financial support independently of their abuser.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 15/12/2022 16:10:17 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1403307

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2022
	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, what proportion of applications to the EU Settlement Scheme via the Relevant Person of Northern Ireland route are successful; and what assessment she has made of the adequacy of that route to Settled Status.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
	uin	105771
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2022 answer text <p>Consistent with UK Government commitments given to support the restoration of devolved government in Northern Ireland, applications to the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) can be made by family members of a ‘relevant person of Northern Ireland’, that is of a British or Irish citizen born in Northern Ireland to at least one parent who was then a British or Irish citizen or otherwise entitled to reside permanently in Northern Ireland.</p><p>Information on the outcome of 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 25/01/2022 17:21:11 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1550086

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Married People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to decrease processing times for spouse visas; and whether she has set out a timetable to reduce application processing times to 12 weeks.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
	uin	106569
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office had been prioritising Ukraine Visa Schemes applications in response to the humanitarian crisis caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As such earlier this year, the service standard was changed from 60-days to 120-days as a direct result.</p><p>The bulk of resource has now returned to the route, along with an additional investment of new staff.</p><p>We are keeping the service standard level under review.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 16/12/2022 13:45:48 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry