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1657692

registered interest
date	04/09/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Gastrointestinal System
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many patients were admitted to hospital for (a) upper and (b) lower gastrointestinal haemorrhages in (i) Strangford constituency and (ii) Northern Ireland in each year since 2019.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	197392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The release of statistics in relation to hospital admissions in Northern Ireland is a matter for the Northern Ireland Department of Health.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 11/09/2023 08:53:54 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1657720

registered interest
date	04/09/2023
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: Subject Access Requests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average response time to subject access requests was by their Department in the latest period for which data is available; and if they will make an assessment of the adequacy of that response time.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	197468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>Within the 2022-23 financial year the percentage of subject access requests answered within statutory deadlines did not fall below 100%, which we would assess as satisfactory.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 11/09/2023 08:59:28 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1657831

registered interest
date	04/09/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Department of Health and Social Services: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the level of funding for the Department of Health in Northern Ireland to help tackle waiting lists.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Claire Hanna
uin	197600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State and his officials engaged intensively with the Northern Ireland Civil Service to set the Northern Ireland Budget for the 2022-2023 and 2023-24 financial years. The Secretary of State has consistently prioritised funding for health, allocating £7.28 billion in 2022/23 to the Department of Health, representing an increase of £228m above 2021/22 spending which included significant COVID-19 funding, and £7.3 billion in 2024-2-25, an increase of £20 million above 2022/23. In the absence of an Executive, it is for each Northern Ireland department to manage its funding from within the allocated budget.</p><p>Whilst the Secretary of State has taken action to ensure governance can continue, including through setting two Northern Ireland budgets, this position is not sustainable. The Secretary of State has used his powers in the Northern Ireland (Interim Arrangements) Act 2023 to commission advice from the Northern Ireland Civil Service on the options for budget sustainability including options to raise additional revenue which is needed to progress much needed and long-promised public service transformation. It remains the UK Government’s firm view that the right people to set a budget and make spending decisions are locally elected politicians in a fully functioning devolved administration.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 11/09/2023 08:58:01 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4827 label Biography information for Claire Hanna

1656601

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which representatives of political parties in Northern Ireland the Government plans to invite to the Northern Ireland investment conference in September 2023.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	196390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>Invitations were extended to the party leaders of each of the five main political parties: Alliance, DUP, SDLP, Sinn Fein and UUP. The invitation was extended to an additional member of each party for the Titanic welcome reception and ICC main summit, with the additional place allocated at parties’ discretion.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 11/09/2023 08:55:20 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1657041

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps they are taking to reduce backlogs of Member correspondence in their office.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	196685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government attaches great importance to the effective and timely handling of correspondence, particularly from Parliamentarians. As per the Cabinet Office’s Guide to Handling Correspondence on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">gov.uk</a>, departments and agencies should aim to respond to correspondence within a 20-working day target deadline.</p><p> </p><p>With regards to timeliness of responses to enquiries received by members, the Cabinet Office published data on this for 2022 for all government departments on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> in March 2023, and will be publishing data for Q1 and Q2 2023 shortly. The 2022 data can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/data-on-responses-to-correspondence-from-mps-and-peers-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/data-on-responses-to-correspondence-from-mps-and-peers-2022</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Northern Ireland Office make every effort to reply to correspondence promptly and within the original deadline. However, if the matters raised in the correspondence require substantial investigation, it might not be possible to provide a substantive reply to a case within the departmental deadline.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker grouped question UIN 196708 question first answered 11/09/2023 16:36:52 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1657064

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what data their Department holds on the average response time to enquiries by Members; and what assessment they have made of the adequacy of that response time.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	196708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government attaches great importance to the effective and timely handling of correspondence, particularly from Parliamentarians. As per the Cabinet Office’s Guide to Handling Correspondence on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">gov.uk</a>, departments and agencies should aim to respond to correspondence within a 20-working day target deadline.</p><p> </p><p>With regards to timeliness of responses to enquiries received by members, the Cabinet Office published data on this for 2022 for all government departments on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> in March 2023, and will be publishing data for Q1 and Q2 2023 shortly. The 2022 data can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/data-on-responses-to-correspondence-from-mps-and-peers-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/data-on-responses-to-correspondence-from-mps-and-peers-2022</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Northern Ireland Office make every effort to reply to correspondence promptly and within the original deadline. However, if the matters raised in the correspondence require substantial investigation, it might not be possible to provide a substantive reply to a case within the departmental deadline.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker grouped question UIN 196685 question first answered 11/09/2023 16:36:52 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1657084

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps their Department is taking to improve response times to written parliamentary questions.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	196728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government attaches great importance to the effective and timely handling of Written Parliamentary Questions.</p><p>There are three types of Written Parliamentary Question. The Cabinet Office’s Guide to Parliamentary Work sets out the timelines departments should seek to meet.</p><p>This can be found here:</p><p><strong><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1116933/2022-10-11_-_Guide_to_Parliamentary_Work___1_.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1116933/2022-10-11_-_Guide_to_Parliamentary_Work___1_.pdf</a></strong></p><p>Departmental performance on Written Parliamentary Questions is published at the end of each session by the Procedure Committee and is therefore publicly available.</p><p>You can find details of the last session's PQ performance here:</p><p><strong><a href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5803/cmselect/cmproced/385/report.html" target="_blank">https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5803/cmselect/cmproced/385/report.html</a></strong></p><p>This year's data will be published by the Procedure Committee when the session concludes.</p><p>The Northern Ireland Office make every effort to reply to Written Parliamentary Questions within original deadlines by ensuring strict internal deadlines are in place, regular guidance is issued to all staff and monthly corporate reporting.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker grouped question UIN 196751 question first answered 11/09/2023 13:01:06 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1657107

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what data their Department holds on the average response time to written parliamentary questions in the last six months; and what assessment they have made of the adequacy of that response time.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	196751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government attaches great importance to the effective and timely handling of Written Parliamentary Questions.</p><p>There are three types of Written Parliamentary Question. The Cabinet Office’s Guide to Parliamentary Work sets out the timelines departments should seek to meet.</p><p>This can be found here:</p><p><strong><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1116933/2022-10-11_-_Guide_to_Parliamentary_Work___1_.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1116933/2022-10-11_-_Guide_to_Parliamentary_Work___1_.pdf</a></strong></p><p>Departmental performance on Written Parliamentary Questions is published at the end of each session by the Procedure Committee and is therefore publicly available.</p><p>You can find details of the last session's PQ performance here:</p><p><strong><a href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5803/cmselect/cmproced/385/report.html" target="_blank">https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5803/cmselect/cmproced/385/report.html</a></strong></p><p>This year's data will be published by the Procedure Committee when the session concludes.</p><p>The Northern Ireland Office make every effort to reply to Written Parliamentary Questions within original deadlines by ensuring strict internal deadlines are in place, regular guidance is issued to all staff and monthly corporate reporting.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker grouped question UIN 196728 question first answered 11/09/2023 13:01:06 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1657128

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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: Cybersecurity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps his Department is taking to (a) enhance cybersecurity and (b) protect personal data.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	196772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>Being cyber secure and protecting personal data underpins everything we do in the Northern Ireland Office. In accordance with the Government Cyber Security Strategy we are working to ensure that our critical functions will be significantly hardened to cyber-attack by 2025, with all government organisations across the whole public sector being resilient to known vulnerabilities and attack methods no later than 2030.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 11/09/2023 09:01:44 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1657151

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps their Department is taking to improve the response time to FOI requests.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	196795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office utilises a case tracking system to monitor the timeliness of FOI requests, tracking internal and external deadlines and issuing reminders on late cases where necessary. Furthermore, the department also offers training sessions to staff on the appropriate handling of information requests which emphasises the importance of responding within the time limits set by the FOI Act.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 11/09/2023 09:03:06 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight