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1549500

registered interest
date	07/12/2022
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: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to his oral contribution of 9 November 2022, Official Report, column 281, on Northern Ireland Elections, what plans he has to convene all-party talks with Northern Ireland party leaders to discuss (a) restoring the Executive and (b) progress on Northern Ireland Protocol negotiations.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	105412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2022 answer text <p>This Government remains absolutely committed to the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement. The Minister of State and I continue to meet regularly with the Northern Ireland political parties to deliver its vision. All-party talks took place on 15 December.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 15/12/2022 15:25:02 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris previous answer version 41844 answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1548848

registered interest
date	06/12/2022
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Streptococcus: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will have urgent discussions with the Department of Health and Public Health Agency in Northern Ireland on ensuring a robust plan to deal with Strep A cases.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Claire Hanna
uin	104370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2022 answer text <p>I am aware of the recent outbreak of strep A among children in Northern Ireland and across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>This is a devolved matter for the Northern Ireland Department of Health and the Public Health Agency in Northern Ireland to respond to.</p><p> </p><p>In the absence of an Executive, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has passed legislation that clarifies the powers for Northern Ireland Departments to maintain delivery of public services, including health services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 09/12/2022 14:41:42 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4827 label Biography information for Claire Hanna

1548607

registered interest
date	05/12/2022
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: Accountancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the (a) nature and (b) value was of all (i) contracts, (ii) consultancies and (iii) other services placed with the accountancy firms (A) Deloitte & Touche, (B) Ernst & Young, (C) KPMG and (D) PricewaterhouseCoopers in each year since 2010-11 by (1) their Department, (2) any predecessor Departments and (3) departmental agencies.
tabling member constituency	Leyton and Wanstead
tabling member printed	John Cryer
uin	102757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>Details of Government contracts from 2016 above £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder.</p><p>The Department does not hold records of contracts held before this period. Prior to 2016, the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission held the following contracts:</p><p> </p><ul><li><strong>Deloitte &amp; Touche</strong> – March 2010 – Job evaluation exercise - £2,585</li></ul><p> </p><p>Reports available from the Department’s accounting system are available from the 2017-18 financial year. The Department has not paid for services from Deloitte &amp; Touche or PricewaterhouseCoopers during this period. Amounts spent with Ernst &amp; Young and KPMG are detailed below. These were all for external training provider services.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Ernst &amp; Young (£)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>KPMG (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>20,537</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>14,836</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>22,441</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020-21</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>33,834</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021-22</strong></p></td><td><p>7,661</p></td><td><p>15,523</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2022-23 (to 31 October)</strong></p></td><td><p>2,220</p></td><td><p>665</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 13/12/2022 15:05:49 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	181 label Biography information for John Cryer

1548630

registered interest
date	05/12/2022
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Unemployment: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent steps he has taken to help reduce the cost of living for young people not in education, employment or training in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	103052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government has invested £15m in Skill Up which is delivering approximately 20,000 training places in Northern Ireland targeted at key growth sectors and supporting young people to develop the skills they need to find new employment opportunities.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government is supporting households across the UK with reduced energy bills this winter. In addition, UK households on eligible means-tested benefits will receive additional Cost of Living Payments totalling up to £900 in the 2023-24 financial year.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 13/12/2022 10:50:33 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1547497

registered interest
date	01/12/2022
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Food: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make an assessment of the (a) cost and (b) availability of foods that meet religious needs, including Kosher food, in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	101052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2022 answer text <p>The implementation of the Northern Ireland Protocol is currently presenting very significant challenges for people and businesses in Northern Ireland. These include trade disruption and diversion, significant costs and bureaucracy for traders and areas where people in Northern Ireland have not been able to benefit fully from the same advantages as those in the rest of the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>The Northern Ireland Protocol has impacted on the supply of Kosher and other products for religious observance to Northern Ireland, as traditional suppliers in Great Britain have not been willing to engage with the bureaucratic processes required under the Northern Ireland Protocol.</p><p> </p><p>It’s our preference to resolve the issues with the Northern Ireland Protocol through talks and the Government is engaging in constructive dialogue with the EU to find solutions to these problems. However, we are proceeding with legislation, which aims to fix the practical problems the Northern Ireland Protocol has created.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>One of the key things this proposed legislation would do is to create a “green channel” for goods moving and staying within the UK - so the movement of kosher and other religious products would not be subject to the complex rules with which suppliers are currently having to deal.</p><p> </p><p>In the meantime, UK Government Ministers have engaged extensively with the Jewish community in Northern Ireland to understand the challenges they face and officials have been working closely with the community to enable them to access the products they require.</p><p><br></p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris grouped question UIN 101051 101053 question first answered 07/12/2022 09:57:57 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1547498

registered interest
date	01/12/2022
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Food: 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 (a) has had and (b) plans to have discussions with the Government Equalities Office on the provision of foods that meet religious needs, including Kosher food, in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	101053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2022 answer text <p>The implementation of the Northern Ireland Protocol is currently presenting very significant challenges for people and businesses in Northern Ireland. These include trade disruption and diversion, significant costs and bureaucracy for traders and areas where people in Northern Ireland have not been able to benefit fully from the same advantages as those in the rest of the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>The Northern Ireland Protocol has impacted on the supply of Kosher and other products for religious observance to Northern Ireland, as traditional suppliers in Great Britain have not been willing to engage with the bureaucratic processes required under the Northern Ireland Protocol.</p><p> </p><p>It’s our preference to resolve the issues with the Northern Ireland Protocol through talks and the Government is engaging in constructive dialogue with the EU to find solutions to these problems. However, we are proceeding with legislation, which aims to fix the practical problems the Northern Ireland Protocol has created.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>One of the key things this proposed legislation would do is to create a “green channel” for goods moving and staying within the UK - so the movement of kosher and other religious products would not be subject to the complex rules with which suppliers are currently having to deal.</p><p> </p><p>In the meantime, UK Government Ministers have engaged extensively with the Jewish community in Northern Ireland to understand the challenges they face and officials have been working closely with the community to enable them to access the products they require.</p><p><br></p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris grouped question UIN 101051 101052 question first answered 07/12/2022 09:57:57 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1547511

registered interest
date	01/12/2022
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Planning Permission: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address the Northern Ireland Audit Office's comments in February that "Northern Ireland's planning system is not working efficiently and, in many aspects, is failing to deliver for the economy, communities or the environment"; and what impact this is having on the Levelling Up agenda.
tabling member printed	Lord Alderdice
uin	HL3924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2022 answer text <p>As the Noble Lord is aware, planning policy is a transferred matter in Northern Ireland and the Department for Infrastructure has responsibility for regional planning policy and legislation.</p><p> </p><p>We note the concerns raised about the performance of the planning system in Northern Ireland in the Northern Ireland Audit Office report. The concerns raised in the report highlight the need for functioning devolved institutions as envisaged and enabled by the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, delivering on key issues like ensuring Northern Ireland has an effective planning system that meets the needs of businesses and the public.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government is committed to growing and levelling up the Northern Ireland economy, which is why more than £3.5bn has been provided in recent years, in addition to the Northern Ireland Executive’s block grant, through the New Deal for Northern Ireland, City and Growth Deals, PEACE PLUS and the New Decade, New Approach financial package. Furthermore, following the 2021 Spending Review the Government is providing the largest funding settlement to the Northern Ireland Executive since devolution in 1998, totalling £15 billion on average per year, for the next 3 years. This means that public spending is able to be maintained at some 21% higher per capita than the UK average.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 12/12/2022 15:52:05 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	3478 label Biography information for Lord Alderdice

1547512

registered interest
date	01/12/2022
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Planning Appeals Commission Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Northern Ireland Planning Appeals Commission Annual Review 2021/22, published on 26 August, and the impact its findings are having on the Levelling Up agenda.
tabling member printed	Lord Alderdice
uin	HL3925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2022 answer text <p>Planning policy is a transferred matter in Northern Ireland and the Department for Infrastructure has responsibility for regional planning policy and legislation.</p><p> </p><p>We note the findings in the Northern Ireland Planning Appeals Commission Annual Review 2021/22. This highlights the need for functioning devolved institutions as envisaged and enabled by the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, with local decision-makers taking the action needed to ensure Northern Ireland has a planning appeals process that meets the needs of businesses and the public.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government is committed to growing and levelling up the Northern Ireland economy, which is why more than £3.5bn has been provided in recent years, in addition to the Northern Ireland Executive’s block grant, through the New Deal for Northern Ireland, City and Growth Deals, PEACE PLUS and the New Decade, New Approach financial package.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, following the 2021 Spending Review the Government is providing the largest funding settlement to the Northern Ireland Executive since devolution in 1998, totalling £15 billion on average per year, for the next 3 years.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 12/12/2022 15:50:12 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	3478 label Biography information for Lord Alderdice

1547513

registered interest
date	01/12/2022
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Planning Appeals Commission Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how the powers, responsibility, and accountability of the Northern Ireland Planning Appeals Commission compare to similar bodies in the other countries of the UK; and what impact any difference is having on the Levelling Up agenda.
tabling member printed	Lord Alderdice
uin	HL3926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>As the Noble Lord is aware, planning policy is a transferred matter in Northern Ireland and the Department for Infrastructure has responsibility for regional planning policy and legislation. The Northern Ireland Planning Appeals Commission is an independent body that deals with a wide range of land use and planning issues.</p><p> </p><p>Reviewing the powers and performance of the Planning Appeals Commission is the responsibility of the Northern Ireland Assembly and that's why it is important that an Assembly Speaker is elected and the Northern Ireland Executive is reformed in order for these decisions to be made locally, where they should be.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has responsibility for planning policy in England. The other devolved administrations take responsibility for planning policy in their respective nations.</p><p><br></p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 13/12/2022 11:58:20 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	3478 label Biography information for Lord Alderdice

1547163

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Politics and Government: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what have been their principal economic and political achievements in Northern Ireland since May 2010.
tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
uin	HL3906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2022 answer text <p>Since May 2010, His Majesty’s Government has delivered significant political and economic achievements in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>His Majesty’s Government is proud of its political achievements in Northern Ireland, including the Stormont House Agreement, The Fresh Start Agreement and the New Decade, New Approach Agreement, which most recently restored the Northern Ireland Executive in 2020 after the three-year political impasse.</p><p> </p><p>In recent months, His Majesty’s Government has taken steps through the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation, Etc.) Bill in an attempt to restore political stability once more and protect the delivery of vital public services.</p><p> </p><p>His Majesty’s Government has invested £150m in Northern Ireland as a result of the Stormont House Agreement in 2014, and a further £500m through the Fresh Start Agreement in 2015.</p><p> </p><p>In recent years, His Majesty’s Government has invested over £3.5bn in Northern Ireland through the New Deal for Northern Ireland (£400m), City and Growth Deals (£617m), PEACE PLUS (£730m) and the New Decade, New Approach financial package (£2bn) which provided for the restoration of the Northern Ireland Executive in January 2020. His Majesty’s Government is also investing over £170m in Northern Ireland through the Levelling Up Fund, UK Shared Prosperity Fund, and Community Ownership Fund.</p><p> </p><p>The unemployment rate in Northern Ireland has decreased from 6.9% in 2010 to 3% at present whilst the employment rate in Northern Ireland has increased from 66.2% in 2010 to 70.1% today. This amounts to 68,000 more working-age adults that are employed in Northern Ireland, boosting Northern Ireland’s economic vibrancy. Identifiable public spending per head in Northern Ireland stands at 21% higher than the UK average.</p><p> </p><p>As we approach the 25th Anniversary of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, His Majesty’s Government is focused on the long-term political and economic prosperity of Northern Ireland as set out under that Agreement.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 12/12/2022 17:21:59 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden