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806010

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
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: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, to which legislation his Department has applied the Family Test, published in August 2014.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	119220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/01/2018 answer text <p>It is our assessment that no legislation taken forward by the Northern Ireland Office since August 2014 has required the application of the Family Test by the UK Government.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to supporting families. To achieve this, in 2014 we introduced the Family Test, which aims to ensure that impacts on family relationships and functioning are recognised early on during the process of policy development and help inform the policy decisions made by Ministers. The Family Test was not designed to be a ‘tick-box’ exercise, and as such there is no requirement for departments to publish the results of assessments made under the Family Test.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 04/01/2018 12:20:43 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

806288

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
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: Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many data incidents his Department (a) recorded and (b) reported to the Information Commissioner's Office in (i) 2015-16 and (ii) 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	119480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>No data incidents have been recorded or reported to the Information Commissioner’s Office for the years 2015-16 or 2016-17.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 21/12/2017 11:14:34 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

806309

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
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: Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many times his Department's Senior Information Risk Officer role has been vacant for a week or longer since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	119501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p>The role of Departmental Senior Information Risk Officer has not been vacant for any period of time since 2012.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 22/12/2017 12:03:13 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

805449

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November 2017 to Question HL3576, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen families.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	119120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It is our assessment that no legislation taken forward by the Northern Ireland Office since August 2014 has required the application of the Family Test by the UK Government.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The Government is committed to supporting families. To achieve this, in 2014 we introduced the Family Test, which aims to ensure that impacts on family relationships and functioning are recognised early on during the process of policy development and help inform the policy decisions made by Ministers. The Family Test was not designed to be a ‘tick-box’ exercise, and as such there is no requirement for departments to publish the results of assessments made under the Family Test.</del></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Many of the policy areas linked to strengthening families in Northern Ireland are devolved matters. The UK Government is, though, helping families with the everyday cost of living by keeping taxes low, including taking 31,000 people in Northern Ireland out of paying income tax altogether (compared to 2015-16), freezing fuel duty for the eight successive year and increasing the National Living Wage again from April 2018, delivering a £600 annual pay-rise to full-time workers in Northern Ireland.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 22/12/2017 12:02:30 question first ministerially corrected 08/01/2018 10:27:28 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 32276 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

805485

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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 Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme: Public Inquiries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of the public inquiry into the renewable heat incentive scheme in Northern Ireland; what the expected duration is of that inquiry; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	119156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p>The Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme is a devolved matter and is currently the subject of an independent investigation. The Northern Ireland Office has made no assessment of the cost of the inquiry or of its duration.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 22/12/2017 12:00:41 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

804329

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of theft and fraud to (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies in each of the last ten years.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	118569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>Information regarding the cost of detected fraud in the Cabinet Office can be found in the Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts and the NAO’s Fraud Landscape Review (2016). The Cabinet Office undertakes sampling exercises to identify anomalies in areas such as travel, subsistence and grants.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 22/03/2018 11:58:37 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

797512

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
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: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the oral contribution of the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union to the House of Lords European Union Committee on 31 October, how many civil servants his Department (a) has recruited and (b) expects to recruit to work on leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	116475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>Exiting the European Union is an all-of-government operation. The Department for Exiting the European Union is doing detailed work with departments to prepare for the upcoming negotiations by understanding the risks and opportunities of leaving the EU and coordinating planning.</p><p> </p><p>EU exit affects a number of work areas across my Department and will therefore encompass a proportion of workload for many staff, the amount of which will vary over time. My Department has recently restructured its approach to the way it handles EU exit work, moving from a central EU exit co-ordinating team of 7 to a position in which core EU exit work is distributed more widely across the whole department. The number of staff working on leaving the EU will be kept under review to ensure we have the appropriate resources available. Given the interactions between EU exit work and my Department’s other priorities, it would not be possible to give an accurate figure in relation to future recruitment.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 04/12/2017 17:39:08 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

797712

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
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: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the (a) number of officials to be employed by his Department and (b) his Department's payroll in (i) 2018, (ii) 2019, (iii) 2020, (iv) 2021 and (v) 2022 as a result of the UK leaving EU.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	116675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>EU exit affects a number of work areas across my Department and will therefore encompass a proportion of workload for many staff, the amount of which will vary over time.</p><p>The number of officials employed by my department is kept under regular review to ensure we have the appropriate resources to manage the departure from the EU.</p><p>Given the interactions between EU exit work and the Department’s other priorities, it would not be possible to give a year by year figure.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 05/12/2017 17:44:23 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

795246

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Electoral Register: 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 he has made of the change in the level of voter registration in Northern Ireland in the period for which data is most recently available; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	115667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>Voter registration in Northern Ireland is an operational matter for the Chief Electoral Officer and details of annual registration activity for Northern Ireland are contained in the annual Report of the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland. The report for 2016/17 was laid before Parliament on 19 October 2017 and can be accessed at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/report-of-the-chief-electoral-officer-for-northern-ireland-2016-17" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/report-of-the-chief-electoral-officer-for-northern-ireland-2016-17</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 05/12/2017 12:56:20 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

789161

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Borders: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made on defining the nature of the border between the UK and the Republic of Ireland after the UK leaves the EU; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Mr Peter Bone
uin	112990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>As made clear in our Position Paper on Northern Ireland and Ireland, published in August, and in the Prime Minister’s Florence speech in September, we remain firmly committed to avoiding a hard border, including no physical infrastructure between Northern Ireland and Ireland. This is a point on which we have remained clear throughout.</p><p>In doing so, there can be no border between Great Britain and Northern Ireland or anything that fractures the internal market of the United Kingdom, which benefits Northern Ireland hugely.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 20/11/2017 11:53:12 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	1581 label Biography information for Mr Peter Bone