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1675476

registered interest
date	05/12/2023
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: Official Hospitality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much their Department spent on hospitality in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	5202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>We do not routinely publish this data, as has been the case under successive administrations. All Business Units within the Northern Ireland Office have a responsibility to keep official hospitality costs as low as possible and demonstrate good value for money.</p><p>Details of ministerial and senior official hospitality are published on a quarterly basis, and are available on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 14/12/2023 09:55:28 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1523034

registered interest
date	17/10/2022
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: Taxis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department spent on taxi cabs for (a) ministers and (b) civil servants in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	63955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>My Department has spent to following on taxi cab travel:</p><p><br></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Ministers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Staff</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year 2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>£4,425.14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year 2020/21</strong></p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>£43.34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year 2021/22</strong></p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>£728.73</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><br> <br></p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 24/10/2022 13:37:01 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1521336

registered interest
date	12/10/2022
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: Railways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department spent on first class train travel for (a) ministers and (b) civil servants in (i) 2020, (i) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	61760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>My Department has spent to following on first class train travel:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Ministers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Staff</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p>£822.20</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2022</strong></p></td><td><p>£433.20</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 18/10/2022 10:16:15 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1491481

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
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: Agency Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department has spent on (a) agency workers and (b) agency retainer fees in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	41949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2022 answer text <p>The amount spent by the Department on:</p><p>(a) Agency workers is:</p><p>(i) <strong>2020 - </strong>£741,407</p><p>(ii) <strong>2021 - </strong>£728,137</p><p>(iii) <strong>2022 -</strong> £1,634,083; and</p><p>(b) Agency retainer fees is nil for each of the three years.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 07/09/2022 07:23:36 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1488896

registered interest
date	13/07/2022
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: Aviation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much their Office has spent on air travel for (a) Ministers and (b) officials in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	35851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2022 answer text <p>The amount spent by the Department on air travel is:</p><p><strong>(a) </strong><strong>Ministers</strong></p><p>(i) <strong>2020</strong> - £163,557</p><p>(ii) <strong>2021</strong> - £36,845</p><p>(iii) <strong>2022</strong> - £79,474</p><p><strong>(b) </strong><strong>Officials</strong></p><p>(i) <strong>2020</strong> - £350,749</p><p>(ii) <strong>2021</strong> - £24,981</p><p>(iii) <strong>2022</strong> - £198,316</p><p><br> Please note that the Officials totals include Special Adviser air travel costs and that the spend reported does also not distinguish between commercial and non-commercial air travel.</p><p>Ministers commercial air travel is captured in departmental transparency returns and published on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 19/07/2022 09:46:40 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1488236

registered interest
date	12/07/2022
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: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much their Department has spent on advertising in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	34823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office spent the following on advertising:</p><p><strong>(a) 2020 - </strong>£72,110</p><p><strong>(b) 2021 - </strong>£26,353</p><p><strong>(c) January-May 2022 - </strong>£19,572</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 14/07/2022 09:13:50 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1487857

registered interest
date	11/07/2022
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: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department has spent on consultancy fees in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022; and what the name is of each consultancy contracted.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	33711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2022 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office spent the following on consultancy fees:</p><p>(a) <strong>2020:</strong> £745,278</p><p>(b) <strong>2021:</strong> £787,452</p><p>(c) <strong>January-May 2022:</strong> £794,190</p><p>In relation to naming consultancies, in accordance with this Government’s transparency requirements, I have listed only those suppliers with payments of £25,000 or above, as to name others could potentially breach their data protection rights or have an adverse effect on their commercial activity:</p><p>Active Communities Network LTD</p><p>AV Browne Advertising LTD</p><p>Cabinet Office</p><p>Cinemagic LTD</p><p>Co-Operation Ireland</p><p>Department of Finance</p><p>Education Authority</p><p>Epam Systems LTD</p><p>Government Estates Management</p><p>Groundwork Northern Ireland</p><p>Holywell Trust</p><p>Ipsos Mori</p><p>Ministry of Defence</p><p>Ministry of Justice</p><p>North West Cultural Partnership</p><p>Passionist Peace &amp; Reconciliation Office</p><p>Playhouse the NW Play Resource Centre</p><p>Youth Action NI</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 19/07/2022 09:42:33 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1486922

registered interest
date	06/07/2022
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: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much their Department and its associated agencies spent on legal disputes in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	31738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information in a form that can readily be interrogated to provide a response. The accompanying physical invoice for each recorded financial transaction related to legal expenditure would have to be examined to determine the nature of the expense and whether it relates to legal disputes.</p><p> </p><p>Therefore, the information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 12/07/2022 14:01:34 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1486568

registered interest
date	05/07/2022
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: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total value has been of contracts held by their Department with (a) G4S, (b) Serco and (c) Capita in each year since 2020.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	31018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) makes use of collaborative contract frameworks where possible for its procurements. These contracts are held collaboratively with the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS), with the NIO one of several parties.</p><p>The NIO was part of a NICS collaborative contract with G4S for security services until March 2022. The value held by the NIO was £317,619 in 2020, £284,047 in 2021, and £71,012 in 2022.</p><p>The NIO has not held contracts with Serco or Capita for this period.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 12/07/2022 13:34:41 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1486095

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
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: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many contracts that are worth (a) between £1 million and £3 million and (b) over £3 million their (i) Department and (ii) Department’s agencies and non-departmental public bodies (A) have agreed since 2010 and (B) are due to agree within the next 12 months; how much their Department has spent on monitoring each contract in each year since 2010; and how many officials have been working on that monitoring in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	29893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>Details of Government contracts from 2016 above £10,000, and £25,000 in the wider public sector, are published on <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">Contracts Finder</a>. As Contracts Finder was implemented in 2016, not all records before this time are held centrally.</p><p>With regards to contracts due to be agreed within the next 12 months, the information requested is not held centrally for the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. Of the NIO’s agencies and non-departmental public bodies, the Crown Solicitor’s Office is due to agree two contracts with a value of between £1 million and £3 million in the next 12 months.</p><p>The NIO does not hold records on expenditure on monitoring each contract in each year since 2010, or on how many officials have been working on monitoring contracts in each year since 2010.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 12/07/2022 13:42:23 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett