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1418621

registered interest
date	01/02/2022
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: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy, published July 2021, what recent steps his Department has taken to (a) encourage and support workplace disability networks, (b) achieve and maintain the highest level of Disability Confident accreditation, (c) ensure responsive and timely support to meet workplace adjustment needs and (d) develop and embed flexible working.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	115970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2022 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) has the following arrangements in place:</p><p>a) The NIO does not have its own disability networks, but works with the Ministry of Justice to ensure our staff have access to the MOJ’s well established networks;</p><p>b) We are in receipt of the Disability Confident leader status following our submission to be accredited in 2018;</p><p>c) Requests for reasonable adjustments are implemented wherever possible, reasonable and practicable. The NIO also supports Workplace Adjustment Passports;</p><p>d) All staff have a right to submit a request for flexible working regardless of their length of service, and this is offered to all new starters. Where possible, the requests are accommodated, such as through providing term-time working, compressed hours, or 9-day fortnights.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 09/02/2022 11:01:48 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1418062

registered interest
date	31/01/2022
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 his Department's average response time was to an enquiry from a hon. Member to the MP (a) hotline and (b) account management team in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	114687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2022 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office does not have an MP hotline or an account management team.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 04/02/2022 10:33:08 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1418225

registered interest
date	31/01/2022
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	UK Shared Prosperity Fund: 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 his Department is taking to help ensure that Northern Ireland receives an equitable share of funding allocated through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund following the UK's departure from the EU.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Stuart Anderson
uin	114933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2022 answer text <p>The Secretary of State and I are working closely with our colleagues in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on the design and delivery of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund in Northern Ireland. The Fund will make available a mixture of both revenue and capital funding to invest in local priority projects.</p><p> </p><p>The funding will be allocated by formula rather than by competition, and the Government has pledged that it will at least match EU receipts. All allocations will be conditional on Government approval of investment plans. More detail on the allocation formula, including local allocations, will be made available in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 08/02/2022 16:45:30 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4742 label Biography information for Stuart Anderson

1416704

registered interest
date	26/01/2022
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Economic Situation: Merseyside and 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 he has made of the economic connections between Northern Ireland and Merseyside; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	905218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2022 answer text <p>This Government is protecting and enhancing the connections between Northern Ireland and Merseyside through the Union Connectivity Review. We have accepted the Review’s primary recommendation, for the establishment of a strategic UK-wide transport network which will improve access to our ferry ports.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 26/01/2022 15:49:14 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1416705

registered interest
date	26/01/2022
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	NHS: 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 he has made of the adequacy of resources for tackling NHS waiting times in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	905219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2022 answer text <p>The Executive has committed to transforming the health service through its Elective Care Framework, and to reducing waiting lists by 2026. In support, the Government is providing £445 million for the transformation of public services in Northern Ireland. This is in addition to the £15 billion per year we provide on average for this purpose, which is the largest funding settlement since devolution.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 26/01/2022 15:50:07 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1416706

registered interest
date	26/01/2022
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Skilled Workers: 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 his Department is taking to improve skills in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
tabling member printed	David Simmonds
uin	905220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2022 answer text <p>While responsibility for skills is devolved to the Northern Ireland Executive, we are also investing in Northern Ireland’s skills as we level up the UK. Made possible through £15 million of Government funding from the New Deal for Northern Ireland, the ‘Skill Up’ initiative will fully fund further education colleges and universities to deliver approximately 15,000 training places to support key growth sectors. The Government has also committed £617 million through City &amp; Growth Deals, with skills a key part of the Belfast Region City deal.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 26/01/2022 15:51:02 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4872 label Biography information for David Simmonds

1417151

registered interest
date	26/01/2022
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 (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) Bill
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they held in relation to amending the Northern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) Bill to allow an MP to (1) seek a dual mandate as an MLA, and (2) hold both mandates for the duration of the current Parliament; which political parties participated in these discussions; what agreement was reached; and (a) when, and (b) by whom, the decision was taken not to move any relevant Government amendments at Report stage in the House of Lords on 19 January.
tabling member printed	Lord Rogan
uin	HL5715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2022 answer text <p>The subject of dual mandates was debated extensively in the House of Lords during Committee Stage of the Northern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) Bill, following the tabling of an amendment by Lord Alderdice, which was supported by a number of noble Lords. At the conclusion of the debate, I undertook to consider the matter further with a view to returning to it at Report Stage. Following this, I carried out broad engagement in parliament, and spoke to representatives from a number of political parties setting out the Government's proposed approach.</p><p> </p><p>After the Government tabled the amendment, however, the majority of Northern Ireland parties made clear that they did not wish to see any change to the current arrangements. As a result of this widespread opposition, the Prime Minister announced to the House of Commons on 19 January the Government’s decision not to move its amendment.</p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 02/02/2022 15:36:00 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	2478 label Biography information for Lord Rogan

1416642

registered interest
date	25/01/2022
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent steps they have taken to help support Northern Ireland's recovery from the COVID-19 outbreak.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL5680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2022 answer text <p>This Government has taken unprecedented action to support individuals and businesses in Northern Ireland. That is why we committed in the 2021 Spending Review to provide, on average, £15 billion per year to the Northern Ireland Executive, marking the largest funding settlement for Northern Ireland since devolution in 1998/9.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this, the UK Government has also provided the Northern Ireland Executive with over £5 billion during the pandemic to support the Executive’s response. This has helped to protect over 350,000 jobs in Northern Ireland through the furlough and self-employed income support schemes.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to work closely with the Executive to strengthen the Northern Ireland economy, laying the foundations for economic growth to ensure continued recovery from the pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>The scale of the UK Government's support to Northern Ireland throughout the pandemic provides yet more evidence of the great strength and security that Northern Ireland gains as part of the world's fifth largest economy.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 03/02/2022 15:28:25 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1415728

registered interest
date	24/01/2022
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: Legislation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many post legislative reviews (a) their Department or (b) their predecessor Department has undertaken on (i) primary and (ii) secondary legislation in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
uin	110392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2022 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office has not undertaken any post legislative reviews on primary and secondary legislation within the last ten years.</p><p> </p><p>This information is only held for internal administrative reasons and may not be exhaustive, for example, due to machinery of government changes to departmental structure in the past decade.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns grouped question UIN 110409 question first answered 01/02/2022 16:47:01 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

1415745

registered interest
date	24/01/2022
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: Legislation
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 the (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation sponsored by (i) their Department or (ii) their predecessor Department has undergone a post legislative review in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
uin	110409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2022 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office has not undertaken any post legislative reviews on primary and secondary legislation within the last ten years.</p><p> </p><p>This information is only held for internal administrative reasons and may not be exhaustive, for example, due to machinery of government changes to departmental structure in the past decade.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns grouped question UIN 110392 question first answered 01/02/2022 16:47:01 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman