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1124376

registered interest
date	01/05/2019
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: Secondment
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 have been seconded to (a) the Department for Exiting the European Union and (b) the Department for International Trade in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	249908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>There have been no civil servants seconded from the Northern Ireland Office to either the Department for Exiting the European Union or the Department for International Trade, in each of the last three years.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 08/05/2019 11:57:49 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1122825

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Higher Education: 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 officials in Northern Ireland on the criteria for admission into third-level education for students from a disadvantaged background.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	246946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>Education is a devolved area in Northern Ireland and these matters are dealt with by the Higher Education Division at the Department for the Economy. Queries relating to participation in third-level education should be directed towards that department.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 02/05/2019 10:09:51 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1122473

registered interest
date	23/04/2019
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: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether her Department has deprioritised any Statutory Instruments on the UK leaving the EU; and if she will publish the criteria her Department used to deprioritise those Instruments.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	246508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>Our objective has always been to have a functioning statute book in place by Exit Day and to ensure that the most critical secondary legislation was made by this point. This objective was achieved, so the question of reprioritisation has not arisen.</p><p> </p><p>The Northern Ireland Office had one SI required to correct a deficiency for EU Exit, the Flags (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, which were approved by Parliament on 3 April 2019. The Regulations will be made post-Exit day.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 29/04/2019 08:42:40 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

1121820

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Draft Domestic Abuse Bill: 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 Department of Justice in Northern Ireland on the Domestic Abuse bill.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	245778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>Under the terms of the EFEF Act, the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland has been able to continue work in line with pre-existing policy decisions on Domestic Abuse, in the absence of a functioning Assembly. Officials are liaising closely with the Home Office and Ministry of Justice to discuss a new Domestic Abuse Offence in Northern Ireland. The NIO is liaising with all departments so that the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and I can be kept up to date with progress.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 25/04/2019 16:38:21 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1111098

registered interest
date	10/04/2019
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 steps she is taking to help ensure the continuation of the additional welfare support package due to end next year.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
uin	243543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2019 answer text <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. Their officials are ensuring that appropriate advice in relation to welfare mitigations is available for an incoming Minister.</p><p>In addition, the Northern Ireland Affairs and Work and Pensions Committees are holding a joint inquiry into welfare policy in Northern Ireland. The inquiry will consider the impact of the mitigation package, and how the alternative payment arrangements in Northern Ireland are working in practice.</p><p>It is for the Department for Communities in Northern Ireland to provide the necessary information to facilitate this inquiry.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 243544 question first answered 17/04/2019 14:37:04 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly

1111099

registered interest
date	10/04/2019
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, whether she plans to meet Professor Eileen Evason to discuss the scheduled review of the welfare reform supports put in place by the Northern Ireland Executive and due to end next year.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
uin	243544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2019 answer text <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. Their officials are ensuring that appropriate advice in relation to welfare mitigations is available for an incoming Minister.</p><p>In addition, the Northern Ireland Affairs and Work and Pensions Committees are holding a joint inquiry into welfare policy in Northern Ireland. The inquiry will consider the impact of the mitigation package, and how the alternative payment arrangements in Northern Ireland are working in practice.</p><p>It is for the Department for Communities in Northern Ireland to provide the necessary information to facilitate this inquiry.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 243543 question first answered 17/04/2019 14:37:04 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly

1111183

registered interest
date	10/04/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Nationality: 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 steps she has taken to reassure people in Northern Ireland that their Irish and EU citizenship rights are protected, in the event that the UK leaves the EU (a) with and (b) without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	243366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to the Belfast Agreement and the rights it protects, including the birthright of people of Northern Ireland to identify themselves and be accepted as Irish or British or both, and the right to hold both British and Irish citizenship.</p><p> </p><p>Ensuring that the rights of all those in Northern Ireland continue to be protected after we leave the EU has been one of the UK’s key negotiating priorities. The Protocol to the Withdrawal Agreement delivers on a range of rights-related commitments.</p><p> </p><p>We are also committed to working with our EU partners to put in place arrangements that will allow Irish citizens resident in Northern Ireland to continue to have access to rights, opportunities and benefits that come with EU citizenship.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 15/04/2019 16:57:23 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1110541

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Abortion: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, further to the Answer of 1 April 2019 to Question 237193, to what sections of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 that answer refers.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	242820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>Amendments to section 71 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 are planned in order to address the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission’s ‘own motion’ legal standing to bring challenges under the Human Rights Act 1998.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 15/04/2019 11:53:01 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1110894

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
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, pursuant to the Answer of 9 April 2019 to Question 240971 on Northern Ireland Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme, how many OFGEM staff are present in Northern Ireland on a full-time basis to administer the renewable heat incentive scheme on a day-to-day basis on behalf of the Department for the Economy; where the location of OFGEM's main office in Northern Ireland is; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	242735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>Northern Ireland OFGEM operations are managed from GB. Its head office address is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>10 South Colonnade</p><p>Canary Wharf</p><p>London</p><p>E14 4PU</p><p>Tel: 020 7901 7000</p><p> </p><p>Specific queries in regards to Ofgem staffing should be directed to this address.</p><p> </p><p>Further details of the responsibilities of Ofgem in relation to the NI RHI Scheme can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.economy-ni.gov.uk/sites/default/files/publications/economy/RHI-non-domestic-scheme-final-arrangements-DfE-with-GEMA.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.economy-ni.gov.uk/sites/default/files/publications/economy/RHI-non-domestic-scheme-final-arrangements-DfE-with-GEMA.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 15/04/2019 11:51:49 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

1110210

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Local Government: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing provisions in local government electoral legislation that prevents people standing those elections that have legitimate reasons for not disclosing a home address on the nomination form.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	242036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The legislative requirement for candidates standing in local elections in Northern Ireland to disclose their home address on their nomination form has been in place for many years. It is too late to change this in time for the elections on 2 May 2019, but I am happy to confirm the Government agrees it must change to prevent a recurrence in future local elections.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 11/04/2019 11:51:28 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell