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424472

registered interest
date	28/10/2015
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, how many and what proportion of (a) 18 and (b) 19 year-olds in Northern Ireland were registered to vote on 30 June 2014; what the average number was of 18 and 19 year-olds in Northern Ireland so registered as a proportion of the mid-year population estimate made by the Office for National Statistics for 2014; and how that figure differs from (i) Electoral Commission and (ii) Cabinet Office estimates of the number of registered 18 and 19 year-olds in (A) Northern Ireland and (B) Great Britain in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Mr Graham Allen
uin	13739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2015 answer text <p>On 30 June 2014, the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland had (a) 19,361 18 year olds and (b) 20,746 19 year olds registered to vote. Drawing on the mid-year population estimate for 2014 published by the Office for National Statistics, this would represent 82.8% of 18-19 year olds in Northern Ireland.</p><p>The Electoral Commission last assessed the completeness of the Northern Ireland electoral register in 2012 when survey sampling estimated that 51% of 18-19 year olds were registered to vote. An Electoral Commission report on the quality of the 2014 electoral registers in Great Britain assessed that 76% of 18-19 year olds were registered to vote.</p><p>The Cabinet Office has not made a separate assessment of the number of 18 and 19 year olds registered in either Great Britain or Northern Ireland in this period.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 05/11/2015 13:07:45 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	364 label Biography information for Mr Graham Allen

424658

registered interest
date	28/10/2015
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: Trade Unions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many civil servants in her Department are members of trades unions; how much working hours facility time is claimed by each such civil servant; and what the cost of that facility time is to her Department.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	13906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2015 answer text <p>My Department does not hold records on the number of staff who are members of a trades union as this is a matter for the individual.</p><p>Facilities time is made available to the union representatives in the Northern Ireland Office. During the last quarter for which figures are available they used a total of two hours for meetings at a cost to the Department of approximately £37.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 03/11/2015 15:39:28 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

424659

registered interest
date	28/10/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	IRA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to paragraph 13 of the report commissioned by her Department on Paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland, published 19 October 2015, what assessment she has made of the extent to which the IRA's Provisional Army Council oversees the Provisional IRA and Sinn Fein with an overarching strategy.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	13829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2015 answer text <p>Further analysis of intelligence and actions relating as a consequence of the recent report is a matter for the Security Services and the Police. Ministers do not interfere with such operational decisions nor is it the policy of Her Majesty’s Government to comment publicly on such intelligence matters.</p><br /> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 03/11/2015 13:13:47 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace previous answer version 27249 answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

424660

registered interest
date	28/10/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Police: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will take steps to enable the Government to direct the Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland to investigate a complaint from a former police officer where matters giving rise to the complaint took place more than 12 months ago and there are exceptional circumstances which justify such an investigation being held.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	13759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>The RUC (Complaints etc) Regulations 2001 allow the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland to investigate complaints into matters which took place more than 12 months ago in exceptional circumstances, for example when new evidence has come to light which was not reasonably available at the time of an original complaint.</p><p>The Police Ombudsman is accountable to the Northern Ireland Assembly, through the Minister of Justice for Northern Ireland.</p><br /> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 02/11/2015 16:39:24 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

424356

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps she is taking to ensure that discussions on the Stormont House Agreement include tax credits.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Danny Kinahan
uin	13590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2015 answer text <p>A range of issues are under discussion in the cross-party talks. These include welfare reform, the Executive’s budget and delivering longer term economic reform. The Government is committed to its long-term economic plan, key elements of which are tackling the deficit, making the costs of welfare sustainable and getting more people into work.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 30/10/2015 11:22:42 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4381 label Biography information for Danny Kinahan

423770

registered interest
date	26/10/2015
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: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was paid in (a) year-end and (b) in-year bonuses to officials of her Department in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	13358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2015 answer text <p>In the last three financial years my Department paid officials the following amounts for year-end and in-year bonuses:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>In-Year Bonuses (£)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Year-End Bonuses (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p>22,100</p></td><td><p>35,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p>32,150</p></td><td><p>31,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p>22,710</p></td><td><p>25,600</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Non-consolidated performance related pay is only paid to reward excellence, for example to recognise and incentivise those responsible for delivering high quality public services and savings to the taxpayer. These one-off payments are not pensionable. Since 2010-11, the Government has restricted awards for senior civil servants to the top 25% of performers (from 65% in previous years), saving around £15 million overall.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 30/10/2015 11:21:04 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

423853

registered interest
date	26/10/2015
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: Credit Unions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps she is taking to promote the use of credit unions in the work of her Department; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	13520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member to the answer given by my hon Friend, the Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Harriett Baldwin) on 2 November 2015.</p><p>Credit unions are a devolved matter in Northern Ireland and responsibility for them rests with the Northern Ireland Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 03/11/2015 15:36:47 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

423022

registered interest
date	21/10/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	IRA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to her oral statement of 20 October 2015, Official Report, column 381, on Paramilitary Groups (Northern Ireland), in relation to the structure of the Provisional IRA, what is meant by departments.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Danny Kinahan
uin	12917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2015 answer text <p>The independently reviewed assessment of paramilitary organisations states that PIRA retains &quot;some departments with specific responsibilities&quot;. It is only the policy of her Majesty’s Government to publish the report. It is a long held convention of Government not to discuss or disclose detailed intelligence.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 26/10/2015 16:17:20 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4381 label Biography information for Danny Kinahan

422340

registered interest
date	19/10/2015
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, what steps her Department has taken to prepare for the implementation of the proposed General Data Protection Regulation; which non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) overseen by her Department will be affected by that Regulation; and what estimate she has made of the potential liability of her Department and its NDPBs in connection with that proposed Regulation.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	12428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2015 answer text <p>Negotiations on the proposed General Data Protection Regulation are still continuing and our negotiating position has taken into account the likely impact on Government Departments, NDPBs and agencies. Once the outcome of trilogue negotiations between the Council of the European Union, the European Parliament and the Commission are complete, and the Regulation has been adopted, the liabilities will be further assessed. There will then follow a maximum implementation period of two years. Between now and then, Government departments who will be affected by the Regulation are closely involved in work led by the Department for Culture, Media &amp; Sport to consider the implications of the text as it develops through the negotiating process.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 26/10/2015 11:42:26 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

421697

registered interest
date	15/10/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	LGBT+ People: 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 assessment she has made of the level of inequalities experienced by LGBTI people in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	12111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2015 answer text <p>The Equality Commission for Northern Ireland, a non-departmental public body established by the Northern Ireland Act 1998, is responsible for equality issues in Northern Ireland.</p><p>The Commission is sponsored by the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister (OFMdFM). The Equality Commission for Northern Ireland or OFMdFM would be best placed to provide an assessment of the level of inequality experienced by LGBTI people in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 23/10/2015 12:01:25 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier