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170526

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the resources of the Police Service of Northern Ireland to maintain security and police terrorism.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	218735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is in regular contact with the Chief Constable and the Minister of Justice in Northern Ireland to ensure that we understand the impact of funding reductions imposed by the Northern Ireland Executive on the PSNI’s ability to police the terrorist threat. The Chief Constable has stated that he will need to re-prioritise resources to minimise the effect of these budget reductions. This matter is kept under constant review.</p><p>This Government has provided additional security funding of £231m to support PSNI in their efforts to tackle the threat from Northern Ireland Related Terrorism. This funding is not affected by the budget reductions imposed by the Northern Ireland Executive.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 18/12/2014 12:23:02 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

169889

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much her Department has spent in each of the last five years on investigations into past terrorist incidents in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	218256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office does not conduct investigations into terrorist incidents. Investigations are a matter for the independent policing authorities.</p><p>The Northern Ireland Office has funded a number of inquiries that were established by the previous government into terrorist incidents in Northern Ireland. The Billy Wright Inquiry closed in September 2010 and cost £30.5 million. The Rosemary Nelson Inquiry closed in May 2011 and cost £46.5 million. Costs for these inquiries within the period requested are set out below.</p><p>In 2011, the Northern Ireland Office set up a review into the murder of Patrick Finucane, which reported in 2012 at a cost of £1.1m.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Rosemary Nelson Inquiry (£) (end May 11)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Billy Wright Inquiry</strong></p><p><strong> (£) (end Aug 10)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>09/10</strong></p></td><td><p>5,081,501</p></td><td><p>4,817,835</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>10/11</strong></p></td><td><p>1,924,195</p></td><td><p>692,373</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>11/12</strong></p></td><td><p>114,725</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 17/12/2014 12:16:18 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

169890

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Parades Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost has been of the operation of the Parades Commission in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	218257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>The figures for PCNI expenditure for each of the last five years as reported in the 2013-14 NIO Annual Report and Accounts are provided below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009-10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£’000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£’000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£’000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£’000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£’000</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Resource </strong></p></td><td><p>1,008</p></td><td><p>1,066</p></td><td><p>934</p></td><td><p>1,370</p></td><td><p>914</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Capital</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>1,008</p></td><td><p>1,066</p></td><td><p>934</p></td><td><p>1,372</p></td><td><p>1,014</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 17/12/2014 12:21:00 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

169891

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Terrorism: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent representations she has received in regard to allegations of past collusion by representatives of the Irish government with terrorists in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	218258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland receives representations on a range of legacy matters, a small number of which have related to allegations of collusion involving the Irish Government. She has recently received correspondence from the Rt hon Member for Lagan Valley concerning the Smithwick Report and has replied advising him that she is willing to meet him to discuss the concerns he has raised.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 17/12/2014 12:18:40 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

169892

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
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 and Republic of Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions she has had with the Irish government about (a) parades and protests in Northern Ireland, (b) policing in Northern Ireland and (c) the economy in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	218259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland maintains regular contact with Ministers from the Irish Government. These discussions cover a wide range of issues. We remain clear, however, that under the three stranded approach, the internal arrangements for Northern Ireland are for the UK Government and NI parties alone.</p><p>There continues to be strong co-operation on security between the British and the Irish Governments and when the Secretary of State met Frances Fitzgerald, the new Justice and Equality Minister following her appointment, in Dublin, she confirmed her commitment to continue cross border co-operation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 17/12/2014 12:27:40 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

169893

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she has had with (a) former Secretaries of State for Northern Ireland and (b) former Prime Ministers about the On the Run scheme and the Northern Ireland Committee inquiry into that matter.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	218255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>Earlier this year the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland spoke to former Secretaries of State, Rt hon Peter Hain, Rt hon Shaun Woodward and Rt hon Owen Paterson, on a range of issues including the ‘on the runs’ scheme. The Secretary of State has not had contact with former Prime Ministers about the ‘on the runs’ scheme or the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee inquiry into that matter.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 17/12/2014 12:23:57 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

169894

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff are employed in her Department's headquarter buildings.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	218314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>My Department operates from two main offices – one in Belfast and one in London.</p><p>There are a total of 135 staff employed by my Department:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Location</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Staff</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belfast</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 17/12/2014 12:30:05 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

169895

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Travel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much her Department has spent on (a) taxis, (b) first class train tickets and (c) business class air travel in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	218481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>Because of the devolution of policing and justice functions on 12 April 2010, and subsequent re-configuration of the Northern Ireland Office, my Department does not hold figures for the periods prior to 2010; attempting to obtain this information would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>My Department has spent the following amounts on taxis, first class train travel and business class air travel:</p><p> </p><p>(a) Taxis</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong> 2010-11</strong></td><td><p>£16,262.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>£26,811.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><strong> 2012-13</strong></td><td><p>£10,503.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>£6017.00</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>(b) First Class Rail Travel</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p>£311.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>£1,729.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>£770.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>£72.00</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>(c) Business Class Air Travel</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p>£65,825.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>£44,898.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>£29,092.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>£33,088.00</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 18/12/2014 16:17:47 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

170014

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate she has made of the cost of (a) fraud and (b) financial error in (i) her Department and (ii) its non-departmental public bodies in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	218510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>(i) My Department has had no instances of fraud or financial error in the period since the devolution of policing and justice functions on 12 April 2010, and the subsequent reconfiguration of the Northern Ireland Office. My Department does not hold figures for the periods prior to 2010; attempting to obtain this information would incur disproportionate cost. The Departmental Annual Report and Accounts for the NIO is available on gov.uk, and includes a governance statement, and a statement on risk.</p><p>(ii) My Department has two executive non-departmental public bodies; Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and the Parades Commission for Northern Ireland. As these bodies are independent of Government, the hon Member may wish to write directly to them on this matter. Contact details are provided below:</p><p> </p><p>Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission</p><p>Contact: information@nihrc.org</p><p> </p><p>Parades Commission for Northern Ireland</p><p>Contact: info@paradescommission.org</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 17/12/2014 12:37:26 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

169592

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Food Banks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when she has visited a foodbank.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	218006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has not made any visits to foodbanks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 16/12/2014 15:42:32 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant