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100250

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Parades
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made on the new Parading Panel; and when this panel will begin work.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	211220
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>My discussions about the establishment of a Panel on Parading in the Twaddell/Ardoyne area of North Belfast are ongoing. I have recently written to the Executive parties seeking their thoughts on possible panel membership and am awaiting responses.</p><p>I would urge political parties and others with an involvement in the dispute to engage constructively with this process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 27/10/2014 16:15:12 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

100506

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Torbay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many visits were made by Ministers of her Department to Torbay constituency in the 12 months to October 2014; whom the invitation for each such visit was issued by; and what the cost to the public purse was of each such visit.
	tabling member constituency	Torbay
	tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Sanders
	uin	211531
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>None. I visited Torbay in April 2014 but this was a political visit which was arranged and paid for by the Conservative Party.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 29/10/2014 13:00:20 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
	tabling member	237 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Sanders

45465

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will place in the Library a list of the members of the IRA who have been beneficiaries of the use of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy.
	tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
	tabling member printed	Kate Hoey
	uin	194053
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Based on an assessment of the records held by my department, the Royal Prerogative of Mercy (RPM) was granted in Northern Ireland365 times between 1979 and 2002, but this total does not include the period between 1987 and 1997 for which records cannot currently be found. The department does not hold information which specifically confirms whether individuals who received the RPM were members of prescribed groups. There are no cases where the RPM has been granted since the current Government came to office in May 2010, and the records indicate that there are no instances where the RPM was granted after 2002.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
	tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

45468

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, who took the decision not to announce the use of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy in respect of members of the IRA in the London Gazette or the Belfast Gazette.
	tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
	tabling member printed	Kate Hoey
	uin	194052
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There have been no instances in which the Royal Prerogative of Mercy (RPM) has been issued in respect of paramilitaries in Northern Ireland since the current Government came to power in May 2010<strong>.</strong></p><p> </p><p>I am not aware of any legal requirement to publish in the media information relating to the use of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy (RPM). In England and Wales, RPMs signed by HM the Queen, on the advice of the Secretary of State, are then passed to the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery for sealing, who by convention subsequently places the notice in the London Gazette. By convention in Northern Ireland, RPMs signed by HM the Queen are not subsequently placed in the Belfast Gazette.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers grouped question UIN 194051 question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
	tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

45471

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for what reasons the use of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy granted in respect of members of the IRA was not announced in the London Gazette or the Belfast Gazette.
	tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
	tabling member printed	Kate Hoey
	uin	194051
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There have been no instances in which the Royal Prerogative of Mercy (RPM) has been issued in respect of paramilitaries in Northern Ireland since the current Government came to power in May 2010<strong>.</strong></p><p> </p><p>I am not aware of any legal requirement to publish in the media information relating to the use of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy (RPM). In England and Wales, RPMs signed by HM the Queen, on the advice of the Secretary of State, are then passed to the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery for sealing, who by convention subsequently places the notice in the London Gazette. By convention in Northern Ireland, RPMs signed by HM the Queen are not subsequently placed in the Belfast Gazette.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers grouped question UIN 194052 question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
	tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

45472

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether her Department is (a) undertaking or (b) plans to undertake a review of the check-off union subscription provision.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	194045
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>My Department's payroll services are provided by the Ministry of Justice. We would therefore inherit any changes to the contract with the payroll provider made by the MoJ in relation to this issue. My understanding is that currently the MoJ has no plans to amend provisions relating to the check-off union subscription although options for change are being kept under review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

45696

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2014
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the (a) 20 highest and (b) 20 lowest value contracts awarded by her Department were in each financial year since 2009-10.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
	uin	194227
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Because of the devolution of policing and justice functions on 12 April 2010, my Department does not hold details for the periods prior to 2010; attempting to obtain this information would incur disproportionate cost. The contracts awarded by my Department since April 2010 are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Name of Contract</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Award Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Estimated Total Value</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finance Platform – System Support Agreement</p></td><td><p>1 April 2013</p></td><td><p>£18k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finance Platform – Managed Service</p></td><td><p>2 July 2013</p></td><td><p>£6k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Preventative Maintenance for Hillsborough Castle</p></td><td><p>4 September 2013</p></td><td><p>£9.5k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hillsborough Castle Gardening</p></td><td><p>1 December 2013</p></td><td><p>£50k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Name of Contract</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Award Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Estimated Annual Value</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>File and Document Storage</p></td><td><p>January 2013</p></td><td><p>£40k</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The majority of contracts used by my Department are awarded by the Department of Finance and Personnel Central Procurement Directorate or the Central Government Procurement Service. These are generally awarded for a range of Northern Ireland Civil Service or Whitehall Departments which enable NIO to draw services from them.</p><p>Should you wish to establish details of these contracts you should contact these organisations directly at the following addresses:</p><p> </p><p>DFP Central Procurement Directorate - <a href="http://www.dfpni.gov.uk/cpd" target="_blank"><strong>www.dfpni.gov.uk/cpd</strong></a></p><p>Central Government Procurement Service - <a href="http://www.civilservice.gov.uk/networks/gps" target="_blank"><strong>www.civilservice.gov.uk/networks/gps</strong></a></p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
	tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

45746

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2014
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Randerson on 26 March (WA 124), whether the review by Lady Justice Hallett is to be purely an internal government exercise without anyone else whom the judge may summon being under any statutory legal compulsion to appear; and whether any compulsion to co-operate extends to members of Sinn Fein, the police, the recipients of the "on-the-run" letters, or others who may not be government officials or who may have retired from government service.
	tabling member printed	Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
	uin	HL6395
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The inquiry led by Lady Justice Hallett has no powers of compulsion. As recorded in my earlier Written Answer, Official Report, Column WA124, officials who are requested to appear will be expected to do so.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Randerson question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson
	tabling member	648 label Biography information for Lord Maginnis of Drumglass

45956

	registered interest
	date	31/03/2014
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of those aged under 25 years in Northern Ireland are registered to vote.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	194490
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The estimated proportion of the eligible population registered in Northern Ireland in December 2013 was as follows:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Under 20:</strong> 64.7%;</p><p> </p><p><strong>20-29:</strong> 78.2%.</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold figures relating only to those under 25.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Leicestershire answering member printed Mr Andrew Robathan question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 334 label Biography information for Lord Robathan
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

46358

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2014
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	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 she has made of dissident republican links with Al-Qaeda involving the supply of weaponry and expertise in warfare.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	194635
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I am aware of media speculation on this issue. Terrorists around the world have attempted to use online information to seek to build their capabilities in order to carry out violent attacks. Measures are in place to seek to limit access to information online which might assist in the commission of an act of terrorism, and the Government and law enforcement agencies are committed to apprehending and prosecuting those who contravene the law in this regard.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon