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522223

	registered interest
	date	26/05/2016
	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: UK Membership of EU
	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 copies of all letters, leaflets and other material from her Department circulated to (a) stakeholders and (b) members of the public on the EU referendum; what the costs of the production and distribution of that material has been since 1 January 2016; and what she estimates the cost of any further production and distribution of such material will be between 6 May 2016 and 23 June 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Hazel Grove
	tabling member printed	William Wragg
	uin	38824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon Gentleman to the answer given by my hon Friend the Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office (John Penrose) UIN 38825.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 09/06/2016 14:40:50 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4429 label Biography information for Mr William Wragg

424658

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2015
	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: Trade Unions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many civil servants in her Department are members of trades unions; how much working hours facility time is claimed by each such civil servant; and what the cost of that facility time is to her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Corby
	tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
	uin	13906
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2015 answer text <p>My Department does not hold records on the number of staff who are members of a trades union as this is a matter for the individual.</p><p>Facilities time is made available to the union representatives in the Northern Ireland Office. During the last quarter for which figures are available they used a total of two hours for meetings at a cost to the Department of approximately £37.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 03/11/2015 15:39:28 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

522222

	registered interest
	date	26/05/2016
	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: UK Membership of EU
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 25 May 2016 to Question 37198, how many of the leaflets entitled Why the Government believes that voting to remain in the European Union is the best decision for the UK have been returned to her Department; and what the postage cost to the Government has been of such returns.
	tabling member constituency	Corby
	tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
	uin	38777
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member to the Prime Minister's response of 25 May 2016. This information is not collated centrally by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 09/06/2016 14:39:38 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

385225

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2015
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Welfare State: 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 discussions she has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on welfare reform.
	tabling member constituency	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
	tabling member printed	Tom Elliott
	uin	900434
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p>My Rt hon Friend the Northern Ireland Secretary of State has held a series of bilateral and collective meetings with the Northern Ireland Executive parties to discuss possible solutions to the current impasse on welfare reform.</p><p>Welfare reform would replace a broken system with one that rewards work, protects the vulnerable and is fairer to taxpayers.</p><p>The issue will also be discussed at tomorrow’s meeting of the Stormont House Agreement Implementation review group.</p><p><br></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 24/06/2015 14:08:49 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4367 label Biography information for Tom Elliott

431405

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2015
	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 Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to page eight of the Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan, published on 17 November 2015, what the further financial support of around £500 million from the Government will consist of and for what purposes it can be used.
	tabling member constituency	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
	tabling member printed	Tom Elliott
	uin	17138
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2015 answer text <p>The financial support of around £500m consists of:</p><p>- £160m in Additional Security Funding;</p><p>- £25m to tackle Continuing Paramilitary Activity;</p><p>- £3m to establish and fund a Monitoring and Implementation body; and</p><p>- £60m for Shared Future measures.</p><p>Additionally, welfare deductions stopped when the Assembly passed a consent motion for UK legislation to implement reforms. The UK Government will refund the deduction due for the remainder of the year, which is estimated to be around £40m.</p><p>The Executive is also to develop effective Spend to Save proposals. The Treasury will work with them to finalise proposals, help fund them (up to £125m), and let the Executive keep half the savings that can be verified by the Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR). The parties project that this will generate significant savings in the next five years, taking the total package over £500m.</p><br /> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 25/11/2015 15:37:53 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4367 label Biography information for Tom Elliott

432029

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2015
	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 Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much of the Stormont Agreement's financial package of £2 billion in extra spending power to the Northern Ireland Executive is a loan to be paid back to the Government by the Executive.
	tabling member constituency	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
	tabling member printed	Tom Elliott
	uin	17419
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>Through the Stormont House Agreement the Government committed to allow the Executive to use £700 million of Reinvestment and Reform Initiative (RRI) capital borrowing to fund Voluntary Exit Schemes (VES). The Executive expect full implementation of VES to deliver around £500 million in annual savings, which can be deployed to other public services.</p><p>The Government also agreed to allow the Executive increased access to RRI borrowing to fund £350 million of capital projects, over four years. This funding is for economic projects.</p><br /> <br /> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 30/11/2015 10:10:05 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4367 label Biography information for Tom Elliott

456731

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2016
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	UK Membership of EU: 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 the potential effect on Northern Ireland of the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
	tabling member printed	Tom Elliott
	uin	29177
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government has published three papers which explain why the UK, including Northern Ireland, would be stronger, safer and better off remaining as a member of a reformed EU. The papers are available at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/publications" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/publications</a>.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 08/03/2016 15:39:23 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4367 label Biography information for Tom Elliott

530714

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2016
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Electoral Register: 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 the potential effect of the proposed closures of electoral offices in Northern Ireland on voter registration and turnout.
	tabling member constituency	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
	tabling member printed	Tom Elliott
	uin	41568
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2016 answer text <p>No decisions have been taken about the future structure of the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland.</p><p>A full public consultation will take place later this year and the views of all stakeholders will be fully considered as part of the consultation and policy development process.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 41573 question first answered 07/07/2016 10:23:07 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4367 label Biography information for Tom Elliott

530716

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2016
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the proposed closure of regional electoral offices in Northern Ireland, what steps she plans to take to ensure that all people in Northern Ireland will be able to continue to exercise their right to vote.
	tabling member constituency	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
	tabling member printed	Tom Elliott
	uin	41573
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2016 answer text <p>No decisions have been taken about the future structure of the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland.</p><p>A full public consultation will take place later this year and the views of all stakeholders will be fully considered as part of the consultation and policy development process.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 41568 question first answered 07/07/2016 10:23:07 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4367 label Biography information for Tom Elliott

453823

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2016
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	UK Membership of EU: 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 the potential effect of a UK withdrawal from the EU on security in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	27751
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>The Government's view is that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off remaining in a reformed EU. ‘The best of both worlds’, published on 22 February, sets out how membership of the EU enhances our ability to co-operate with other EU Member States to combat crime and terrorism and keep all parts of the United Kingdom safe, including Northern Ireland.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The paper is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-best-of-both-worlds-the-united-kingdoms-special-status-in-a-reformed-european-union" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-best-of-both-worlds-the-united-kingdoms-special-status-in-a-reformed-european-union</a><strong>.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 25/02/2016 12:58:33 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake