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1109358

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Health Services (Cross-border Health Care and Miscellaneous Amendments) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
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 1 April 2019 to Question 237070 on Health Services (Cross-border Health Care and Miscellaneous Amendments) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, if she will place a copy of the Department of Health for Northern Ireland legislative review in the Library.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	240555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">I will reply as soon as possible.</del> <ins class="ministerial"> <p><ins class="ministerial">Department of Health for Northern Ireland officials completed a legislative review in August 2017 as part of Northern Ireland Civil Service’s preparations for EU exit. My officials will discuss with the Department of Health in Northern Ireland the appropriate publication of information relating to the review.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">EU Exit Statutory Instruments are taken through Westminster to correct inoperabilities or provide technical fixes under the powers in section 8 of the European Union Withdrawal Act 2018.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In this case, the regulations were developed by the Northern Ireland Civil Service and, in the absence of a Stormont Executive, under the terms of the Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions Act, the Permanent Secretary of the Department of Health for Northern Ireland gave his clearance for the Health Services (Cross-Border Health Care and Miscellaneous Amendments) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on 31 January 2019, to issue to the Department of Health and Social Care for laying in Westminster.</ins></p></ins></p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 08/04/2019 17:00:48 question first ministerially corrected 09/04/2019 12:40:14 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose previous answer version 112752 answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1109359

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Health Services (Cross-border Health Care and Miscellaneous Amendments) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
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 1 April 2019 to Question 237070 on Health Services (Cross-border Health Care and Miscellaneous Amendments) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, if she will publish all written records of (a) the decision made by UK Government Ministers that in the interest of legal certainty in Northern Ireland, the UK Government would take through the necessary secondary legislation at Westminster for Northern Ireland in close consultation with the Northern Ireland departments and ( b)which Ministers made that assessment.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	240556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>I will reply as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 240555 question first answered 08/04/2019 17:00:48 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1109391

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Licensing Laws: Northern Ireland
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 2 April 2019 to Question 237725 on Alcoholic Drinks: Northern Ireland, whether, in the event of the Department for Communities proposing a change to liquor licensing legislation following the public consultation on the sale and supply of alcoholic drinks at special events, she will bring forward legislative proposals on that matter in the absence of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	240637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>This is a devolved matter. The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland will carefully consider the outcome of the consultation.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 09/04/2019 10:14:46 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1109529

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Clergy
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 the Roman Catholic hierarchy in Ireland about its ability to host for indefinite periods seconded clergy from (a) Poland and (b) other EU Member States after the UK leaves the EU; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Mike Gapes
uin	240470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office is the lead Department in relation to these issues. I understand that the Minister of State for Immigration wrote to faith leaders in mid-December, setting out both the detail and rationale for the changes and guidance is currently being prepared.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 11/04/2019 10:16:28 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	184 label Biography information for Mike Gapes

1108689

registered interest
date	01/04/2019
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps she will take to help people in financial hardship due to the Renewal Heat Incentive Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	239215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department for the Economy (DfE) has committed to set up a unit within the department, under independent chairmanship. This will be responsible for examining the case of every individual who has received funds from the RHI initiative and believes that they have experienced hardship.</p><p> </p><p>The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (NIAC) will also be conducting a review of the revised tariffs. That inquiry will, among other things, examine how the revised tariffs will affect the businesses they apply to. We will look carefully at the recommendations that the Committee makes.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 09/04/2019 09:48:11 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1108691

registered interest
date	01/04/2019
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many additional staff work in the Northern Ireland Office since 23 June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	239217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>The number of additional staff in the Northern Ireland Office since 23 June 2016 is 52.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 09/04/2019 09:49:07 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1108692

registered interest
date	01/04/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Welfare State: 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 her Department has had with officials in the Department for Work and Pensions on the extension of mitigation payments on welfare reform in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	239218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>Following the Fresh Start Agreement, funding was made available by the Executive to mitigate the impact of welfare reform in Northern Ireland. This funding ends in March 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Communities in Northern Ireland is responsible for the delivery of the various mitigation schemes relating to welfare reform in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>A decision to extend mitigations beyond March 2020 would be a matter for the Northern Ireland Civil Service and not the Department for Work and Pensions.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 03/04/2019 14:11:53 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1108757

registered interest
date	01/04/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Nurses: Equal Pay
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 the permanent secretary for health in the Northern Ireland Executive on ensuring the equalisation of pay rates for nurses in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) the rest of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	239234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>In November 2018, the Department of Health in Northern Ireland applied the English NHS pay settlement to Northern Ireland, representing a 3% or more uplift to staff on most pay scales.</p><p>As health is devolved, nurses pay in Northern Ireland is a matter for the Department of Health.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 09/04/2019 10:12:08 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1107758

registered interest
date	29/03/2019
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: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many consultants her department has hired since 2016; and what cost to the public purse has been of such consultants.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	238648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on the number of consultants hired in any one year as this work is often commissioned as part of an outcomes based contract to ensure value for money.</p><p>The amount spent on consultants each year since 2016 is:</p><p><strong>2016-17</strong> - £ 5,000</p><p><strong>2017-18</strong> - £ 79,600</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 03/04/2019 12:20:11 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1105531

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Licensing Laws: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether in the absence of the Northern Ireland Assembly she plans to bring forward legislative proposals on amending the sale and supply of alcoholic drinks at special events in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	237725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>As your question implies, liquor licensing is a devolved matter. The Department for Communities, the Northern Ireland Department with responsibility for this issue, recently launched a public consultation on the sale and supply of alcoholic drinks at special events. The consultation runs until 3 May and the Department for Communities will consider the way forward following analysis of responses.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 02/04/2019 11:07:26 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran