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1653651

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2023
	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: Ministers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on how many occasions a request for a meeting by an hon. Member was not agreed to by (a) a Minister and (b) their office on behalf of a Minister in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	North East Fife
	tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
	uin	194640
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2023 answer text <p>This information is not centrally collated and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. Ministers will regularly seek to engage with hon. Members, whilst balancing wider Ministerial and Parliamentary responsibilities.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 24/07/2023 09:30:36 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1658363

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2023
	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: Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) has been found within their Department's estate.
	tabling member constituency	North East Fife
	tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
	uin	197957
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2023 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) is a tenant within two UK Government Hubs; one is located at Erskine House, 20-32 Chichester Street, Belfast, BT1 4GF which is managed by HMRC. The other is located at 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ, which is managed by the Government Property Agency (GPA). In that light, NIO as tenants would not centrally hold such information.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 12/09/2023 09:31:06 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1609371

	registered interest
	date	30/03/2023
	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: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of their Department's employees are recorded as having a disability.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	177872
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>As of January 2023, of the 74.2% of staff working in the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) who have completed their disability declaration information, 9.2% shared they had a disability. 4.9% of those who have declared their information have reported they ‘prefer not to say’. This data is completed anonymously by employees via our online HR system (SOP).</p><p> </p><p>The Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy 2022 maintains our focus on mainstreaming the delivery of inclusion and achieving our key priorities as outlined in the Declaration on Government Reform. We will continue to build a more inclusive Civil Service going further than the current Equality Act provisions by building on and expanding a previous focus on Protected Characteristics to deliver for all of our people. Incorporating a broader definition of diversity (such as socioeconomic, work experience and geographic backgrounds) and embedding activity in our strategic priorities will enable the successful delivery of our corporate objectives. Disability remains a focus of this work and we continue to identify and remove barriers affecting disabled colleagues.</p><p> </p><p>Representation of disabled staff is increasing at all grades, whilst this trend is positive, we remain committed to improving the representation of disabled colleagues across our workforce and in particular at our most senior grades.</p><p> </p><p>All main Government departments have Disability Confident Leader (level 3) status on the Government’s Disability Confident Scheme, the highest level of accreditation. The scheme gives employers the tools to recruit, retain and develop disabled people, and acts as a catalyst for continuous improvement.</p><p> </p><p>The Civil Service Workplace Adjustment Service is well established, offering specialist advice and access to a review route for disabled employees experiencing difficulties in securing the adjustments they need. The service includes a Workplace Adjustment Passport to facilitate the seamless retention of adjustments on a change of line manager, job role or move between business areas or departments.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to target action where gaps persist.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 17/04/2023 13:52:13 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1544032

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2022
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Gynaecology: 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 reduce waiting times for gynaecological services in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	92314
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government is acutely aware of the pressures facing the health service and the lengthy waiting times across all services in Northern Ireland, including gynaecological services. A programme of reform at the devolved level is needed to tackle long-standing and systemic problems. Consecutive Executive Ministers have failed to adequately address this issue.</p><p> </p><p>The absence of a functioning Executive is exacerbating severe delays to healthcare reform. The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has introduced a Bill that clarifies the powers for Northern Ireland Departments to maintain delivery of public services and has set a Budget for this financial year. This Budget for Health provides £7.28bn in funding which is an increase of £228m above 2021/22 spending which included significant COVID-19 funding, or £786m if we compare to last year’s funding excluding the one-off COVID-19 funding. This will protect spending to address the critical health pressures in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s immediate priority remains facilitating the restoration of a fully functioning Executive that can progress long-term solutions to transform healthcare in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 25/11/2022 12:36:00 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1544034

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2022
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Endometriosis: 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 ensure women in Northern Ireland with suspected or confirmed deep endometriosis involving the bowel, bladder or ureter are able to attend a BSGE specialist centre in accordance with NICE guidance.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	92315
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2022 answer text <p>The provision of specialist BSGE care in Northern Ireland is a matter for the Northern Ireland Department of Health and a future Northern Ireland Executive. This is one of many examples of how the absence of a functioning Executive could delay action being taken to address pre-existing problems with healthcare in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is acutely aware of the broader pressures facing the health service. A programme of reform at the devolved level is needed to tackle long-standing and systemic problems. Consecutive Executive Ministers have failed to adequately address this issue.</p><p> </p><p>In the absence of an Executive, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has introduced a Bill that clarifies the powers for Northern Ireland Departments to maintain delivery of public services but these powers are limited. The Secretary of State has also set a Budget for this financial year. This Budget for Health provides £7.28bn in funding which is an increase of £228m above 2021/22 spending which included significant COVID-19 funding, or £786m if we compare to last year’s funding excluding the one-off COVID-19 funding. This will protect spending to address the critical health pressures in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s immediate priority remains facilitating the restoration of a fully functioning Executive that can progress long-term solutions to transform healthcare in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 25/11/2022 12:37:35 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1582900

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2023
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Electronic Travel Authorisations: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many meetings he has had with Northern Ireland Tourism Alliance on the Electronic Travel Authorisation scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	137908
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office is the lead UK Government Department responsible for the implementation of the forthcoming Electronic Travel Authorisation scheme, including sector engagement.</p><p> </p><p>As part of their day-to-day work, Northern Ireland Office Ministers continue to engage with a range of business and tourism sector organisations.</p><p> </p><p>Northern Ireland Office Ministers met with Tourism NI in January 2022, and the NI Tourism Alliance in March 2022. We are in correspondence with the NI Tourism Alliance regarding their request for a further meeting.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker grouped question UIN 137909 question first answered 06/02/2023 15:00:04 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1582901

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2023
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Electronic Travel Authorisations: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many meetings he has had with Tourism Northern Ireland on the Electronic Travel Authorisation scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	137909
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office is the lead UK Government Department responsible for the implementation of the forthcoming Electronic Travel Authorisation scheme, including sector engagement.</p><p> </p><p>As part of their day-to-day work, Northern Ireland Office Ministers continue to engage with a range of business and tourism sector organisations.</p><p> </p><p>Northern Ireland Office Ministers met with Tourism NI in January 2022, and the NI Tourism Alliance in March 2022. We are in correspondence with the NI Tourism Alliance regarding their request for a further meeting.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker grouped question UIN 137908 question first answered 06/02/2023 15:00:05 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1584587

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2023
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Integrated Schools: 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 adequacy of the number of places in integrated schools in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	140361
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2023 answer text <p>The Government firmly believes every parent should have a proper choice of schools for their children, which is not reflected in the current level of integrated education provision standing at 7% of school places in Northern Ireland. The Belfast/Good Friday Agreement is very clear that greater integration within education is an essential aspect of the reconciliation process.</p><p> </p><p>For this reason, as part of the Stormont House and Fresh Start Agreements, the Government committed to provide up to £500 million of funding to support shared and integrated education capital projects. This work is actively supporting the construction of 23 integrated schools and five shared campuses, in addition to a further £2 million in programme funding announced last year to support the development of integrated education.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 10/02/2023 11:19:42 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1584588

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2023
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Integrated Schools: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if his Department will take steps to extend Fresh Start funding for capital projects in integrated schools.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	140362
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2023 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member to the answer I gave on 16 November 2022 (UIN 83796):</p><p><a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-11-09/83796" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-11-09/83796</a></p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 10/02/2023 11:22:40 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1586847

	registered interest
	date	17/02/2023
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Integrated Schools: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the Fresh Start funding for capital projects in Integrated Schools will be extended beyond March 2026.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	147479
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2023 answer text <p>The Fresh Start Agreement reaffirmed the commitment made by the UK Government in the 2014 Stormont House Agreement to provide up to £500 million over 10 years of new capital funding to support shared and integrated education. This funding is subject to individual projects being agreed between the Northern Ireland Executive and the UK Government. A total of 23 integrated school and five shared campus capital projects are currently being supported by the package.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to work with Northern Ireland Departments on identifying and agreeing to fund projects put forward within this agreed window. We will keep progress on the delivery of the financial package within its lifespan under careful review.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 24/02/2023 11:00:11 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi