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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

432031

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 the Human Rights Act 1998 on society and communities in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	17477
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 17476 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

431781

registered interest
date	23/11/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Veterans: Northern Ireland
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 contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland of 18 November 2015, Official Report, what steps her Department is taking to support military veterans who served in Northern Ireland in 1972.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	17235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government accepts that we have a duty of care to all current and former members of the Armed Forces, and the MoD pay for independent legal advice when both current and former members of the Armed Forces face prosecution in matters related to their service.</p><p>The Armed Forces Covenant sets out the relationship between the nation, the government and the armed forces recognising that the whole nation has a moral obligation to members of the armed forces and their families, and it establishes how they should expect to be treated.</p><p>In Northern Ireland, there is a bespoke aftercare package in place to support former members of the UDR and R IRISH (Home Service), their dependents and widows. This consists of welfare teams spread across Northern Ireland which offers vocational resettlement training, medical support, and a UDR/ R IRISH benevolent fund. In August 2015, the MoD agreed that the UDR &amp; R IRISH (HS) Aftercare Service should continue to exist and be funded since circumstances leading to its inception have not markedly changed, need is still evident and demand is being effectively met. However, in line with other defence restructuring, it has been decided that eventually it should become owned by the MoD’s main veterans’ support organisation, known as Veterans UK.</p><p>This is in addition to the services available to all veterans; including Veterans UK (in particular the Veterans Welfare Service which has welfare representatives based across the UK); Service and ex-Service charities such as the Army Benevolent Fund – the Soldiers charity, SSAFA – the Armed Forces charity and Combat Stress.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 30/11/2015 15:48:22 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

431405

registered interest
date	20/11/2015
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, with reference to page eight of the Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan, published on 17 November 2015, what the further financial support of around £500 million from the Government will consist of and for what purposes it can be used.
tabling member constituency	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
tabling member printed	Tom Elliott
uin	17138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2015 answer text <p>The financial support of around £500m consists of:</p><p>- £160m in Additional Security Funding;</p><p>- £25m to tackle Continuing Paramilitary Activity;</p><p>- £3m to establish and fund a Monitoring and Implementation body; and</p><p>- £60m for Shared Future measures.</p><p>Additionally, welfare deductions stopped when the Assembly passed a consent motion for UK legislation to implement reforms. The UK Government will refund the deduction due for the remainder of the year, which is estimated to be around £40m.</p><p>The Executive is also to develop effective Spend to Save proposals. The Treasury will work with them to finalise proposals, help fund them (up to £125m), and let the Executive keep half the savings that can be verified by the Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR). The parties project that this will generate significant savings in the next five years, taking the total package over £500m.</p><br /> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 25/11/2015 15:37:53 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4367 label Biography information for Tom Elliott

429132

registered interest
date	18/11/2015
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: Families
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 embed the family test into its policy making.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	16837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text Officials in my Department have liaised with DWP as the lead Department for the Family Test to embed it into the policy process. This has included training officials on applying the Test, disseminating relevant evidence, learning materials and best practice. answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 23/11/2015 12:57:22 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

428713

registered interest
date	17/11/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	MI5: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether proposals to expand the Security Service include the expansion of its facilities and additional recruitment in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	16572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2015 answer text <p>It would not be appropriate for me to comment on these matters which are the responsibility of the Security and Intelligence Agencies.</p><br /> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 25/11/2015 15:32:58 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

428833

registered interest
date	17/11/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Roads: 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 she has had with the Northern Ireland executive about (a) the licensing of road hauliers and (b) tackling transportation of illicit fuel.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	16635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2015 answer text <p>Ministers in the Northern Ireland Office have not had any direct discussions with the NI Executive about (a) licensing of road hauliers and (b) tackling transportation of illicit fuel. Matters relating to (a) the road hauliers and (b) tackling transportation of illicit fuel are for the DVA and HMRC respectively.</p><br /> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 25/11/2015 13:24:34 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

432117

registered interest
date	17/11/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Income Tax: 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 she has had with Cabinet colleagues on income tax assignment to Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Mr Graham Allen
uin	902252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2015 answer text <p><em>Building a Prosperous and United Community,</em> the ‘Economic Pact’ signed by the Government and the Northern Ireland Executive in 2013, recognised the need to examine the potential to devolve additional fiscal powers to Northern Ireland.</p><p>As a result, the Executive is examining the treatment of a range of taxes. The Government will consider any proposals put forward.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 25/11/2015 15:46:01 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	364 label Biography information for Mr Graham Allen

432118

registered interest
date	17/11/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Low Pay: 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 the Government is taking to tackle low pay in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	902256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2015 answer text <p>Tackling low pay is part of the Government's plan to move to a higher wage, lower tax and lower welfare society.</p><p>100,000 low-paid people in Northern Ireland, 13 per cent of the workforce, will directly benefit from the National Living Wage from April next year.</p><p>A full-time worker on the current National Minimum Wage will be £1,200 better off as a result.</p><p>The Government’s plan is working. Official figures published last week show that weekly earnings for full-time employees in Northern Ireland were up 5.4 per cent over the year. The highest growth rate of all regions in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 25/11/2015 15:52:34 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin