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805449

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2017
	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: Families
	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 30 November 2017 to Question HL3576, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen families.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	119120
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It is our assessment that no legislation taken forward by the Northern Ireland Office since August 2014 has required the application of the Family Test by the UK Government.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The Government is committed to supporting families. To achieve this, in 2014 we introduced the Family Test, which aims to ensure that impacts on family relationships and functioning are recognised early on during the process of policy development and help inform the policy decisions made by Ministers. The Family Test was not designed to be a ‘tick-box’ exercise, and as such there is no requirement for departments to publish the results of assessments made under the Family Test.</del></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Many of the policy areas linked to strengthening families in Northern Ireland are devolved matters. The UK Government is, though, helping families with the everyday cost of living by keeping taxes low, including taking 31,000 people in Northern Ireland out of paying income tax altogether (compared to 2015-16), freezing fuel duty for the eight successive year and increasing the National Living Wage again from April 2018, delivering a £600 annual pay-rise to full-time workers in Northern Ireland.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 22/12/2017 12:02:30 question first ministerially corrected 08/01/2018 10:27:28 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 32276 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

805485

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2017
	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 Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme: Public Inquiries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of the public inquiry into the renewable heat incentive scheme in Northern Ireland; what the expected duration is of that inquiry; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
	uin	119156
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p>The Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme is a devolved matter and is currently the subject of an independent investigation. The Northern Ireland Office has made no assessment of the cost of the inquiry or of its duration.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 22/12/2017 12:00:41 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

806309

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2017
	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: Data Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many times his Department's Senior Information Risk Officer role has been vacant for a week or longer since 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	119501
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p>The role of Departmental Senior Information Risk Officer has not been vacant for any period of time since 2012.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 22/12/2017 12:03:13 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

806563

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2017
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Orchestras: 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 has made an assessment of the ability of orchestras in Northern Ireland to recruit freelance musicians from the Republic of Ireland after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	East Antrim
	tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
	uin	119639
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p>My Department has not made a specific assessment of the ability of orchestras in Northern Ireland to recruit freelance musicians from Ireland after the UK leaves the EU.</p><p>As has been made clear, we are committed to maintaining the Common Travel Area (CTA) and have agreed principles with the Commission to preserve the CTA and associated rights as included in the UK:EU Joint Report. Rights to work, study, access to social security and public services will be preserved on a reciprocal basis for UK and Irish nationals.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 22/12/2017 12:06:08 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

806564

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2017
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Orchestras: 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 promote Northern Ireland's professional orchestral sector.
	tabling member constituency	East Antrim
	tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
	uin	119640
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p>Culture policy, including the promotion of orchestras, is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland. The UK Government recognises, though, the important and hugely valued work done by orchestras and classical music organisations right across the United Kingdom.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 22/12/2017 12:04:18 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson