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437230

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Welfare State: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether financial penalties related to welfare reform have been ceased since legislation on that subject was agreed by the Northern Ireland Assembly; and whether there has been reimbursement of such penalties since that agreement.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	19693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>In the Fresh Start Agreement, the Government committed to stop welfare deductions for 2015-16 following Assembly approval of a consent motion to enable primary and secondary legislation to the welfare system to proceed at Westminster.</p><p>The Government also committed to refund the proportion of deduction due for the remainder of 2015-16, making an equivalent sum available to the NI Executive spread equally over 2016-17 and 2017-18. This will now take place.</p><br /> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 15/12/2015 12:34:42 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

436326

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Bombardier: 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 discussions she has had with Bombardier about that company's plans for the number of jobs it provides in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	19120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>Northern Ireland Office Ministers regularly meet a range of businesses and business organisations from across Northern Ireland.</p><p>The Northern Ireland economic pact recognised the importance of Bombardier as one of Northern Ireland’s largest private sector employers. The Government continues to work with Invest NI to deliver on the commitments contained in the economic pact which included providing research and development funding to Bombardier.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 15/12/2015 12:31:18 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

434026

registered interest
date	03/12/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Infrastructure: 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 her Department has taken to promote use of the UK Guarantees Scheme in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	18724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2015 answer text <p>In the Northern Ireland economic pact, <em>Building a Prosperous and United Community</em>, the Government committed to applying its Infrastructure Guarantee Scheme flexibly to ensure that locally or regionally significant projects in Northern Ireland will be eligible.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 10/12/2015 15:57:52 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

434027

registered interest
date	03/12/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Marriage: 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 discussions she has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on the legal recognition in Northern Ireland of same-sex marriages which have been registered elsewhere in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	18723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2015 answer text <p>Northern Ireland Office Ministers have had no discussions with the Northern Ireland Executive on the legal recognition in Northern Ireland of same-sex marriages which have been registered elsewhere in the UK. This is a transferred matter and is therefore the responsibility of Northern Ireland Executive Ministers.</p><br /> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 08/12/2015 13:09:00 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

433558

registered interest
date	01/12/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Polling Stations: 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 her Department is taking to consult people in Northern Ireland Assembly constituencies which will be affected by proposed changes in polling station locations.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	18433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2015 answer text <p>The design and publication of polling station schemes for elections in Northern Ireland is an operational matter for the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland.</p><p>The Chief Electoral Officer published a consultation on a proposed polling station scheme for use at the May 2016 Assembly elections on 19 November with a closing date of 11 February 2016. The Chief Electoral Officer intends to publish the final scheme in the first week of March. Details of the consultation may be found on the Electoral Office website at: <a href="http://www.eoni.org.uk/News/Publication-of-Proposed-Amendments-to-the-Poll-(1)" target="_blank">http://www.eoni.org.uk/News/Publication-of-Proposed-Amendments-to-the-Poll-(1)</a>.</p><p><br></p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 04/12/2015 12:01:08 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

433559

registered interest
date	01/12/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	UK Membership of EU
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) the NI Executive, (b) business leaders, (c) third sector representatives on the potential effects of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	18359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government is focused on delivering a successful renegotiation: it believes it can and will succeed in reforming and renegotiating our relationship with the EU and campaigning to keep the UK in the EU on that basis.</p><p>I meet regularly with NI Executive Ministers, business leaders and third sector representatives to discuss a range of issues and will continue to do so.</p><br /> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 08/12/2015 16:37:19 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

433560

registered interest
date	01/12/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	EU Grants and Loans: 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 she has made of the amount of EU funds spent in Northern Ireland in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	18360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2015 answer text <p>Regional allocations of EU funding are set over seven-year periods, for example, the previous period ran from 2007-2013.</p><p>The information requested can be found in the financing plans for the respective programmes funded by the EU. Some information on these can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://www.dfpni.gov.uk/articles/european-structural-and-investment-fund-programmes-northern-ireland" target="_blank">www.dfpni.gov.uk/articles/european-structural-and-investment-fund-programmes-northern-ireland</a> and <a href="http://www.dardni.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.dardni.gov.uk</a>.</p><br /> <br /><p><br></p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 08/12/2015 16:39:24 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

432840

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
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: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much of her Department's funding allocated in the Spending Review 2015 will be for research and development expenditure up to 2020.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Nicola Blackwood
uin	17772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2015 answer text <p>My Department has no funding allocated in the Spending Review 2015 for research and development expenditure. Funding for research and development expenditure in Northern Ireland is allocated to NI Executive Departments.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 04/12/2015 14:25:59 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford

432029

registered interest
date	24/11/2015
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 Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much of the Stormont Agreement's financial package of £2 billion in extra spending power to the Northern Ireland Executive is a loan to be paid back to the Government by the Executive.
tabling member constituency	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
tabling member printed	Tom Elliott
uin	17419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>Through the Stormont House Agreement the Government committed to allow the Executive to use £700 million of Reinvestment and Reform Initiative (RRI) capital borrowing to fund Voluntary Exit Schemes (VES). The Executive expect full implementation of VES to deliver around £500 million in annual savings, which can be deployed to other public services.</p><p>The Government also agreed to allow the Executive increased access to RRI borrowing to fund £350 million of capital projects, over four years. This funding is for economic projects.</p><br /> <br /> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 30/11/2015 10:10:05 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4367 label Biography information for Tom Elliott

432030

registered interest
date	24/11/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Human Rights Act 1998: 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 effect of potential reforms of the Human Rights Act 1998 on the Good Friday Agreement; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	17476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government was elected in May with a clear mandate to implement its manifesto commitment to replace the Human Rights Act with a British Bill of Rights.</p><p>We believe that it is entirely possible to do that in ways that are consistent with the Belfast Agreement.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 17477 question first answered 30/11/2015 10:16:01 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick