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1692108

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2024
	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: Apprentices
	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 (a) paid in apprenticeship levy fees and (b) spent from its apprenticeship levy funds between September 2021 and August 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	15918
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) has contributed £83,000 in apprenticeship Levy funds between September 2021 and August 2023.</p><p>During the same period, the department has had no spend from the apprenticeship Levy fund. All NIO apprenticeships during this period were covered through the Civil Service-wide apprenticeship schemes, therefore the NIO specifically has not spent any levy funds.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 06/03/2024 14:11:38 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1606044

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2023
	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: Billing
	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 proportion of invoices his Department paid to small and medium-sized enterprises within five days in (a) the 2021-2022 financial year and (b) each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	170625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>All Government Departments publish payment performance quarterly showing the percentage of invoices paid in 5 days, the percentage of invoices paid in 30 days, and net debt interest liability. This is available on GOV.UK. The Northern Ireland Office’s payment performance is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/transparency-and-freedom-of-information-releases?parent=northern-ireland-office&amp;keywords=prompt%20payment&amp;organisations%5B%5D=northern-ireland-office&amp;order=updated-newest" target="_blank">NIO Prompt Payment Data Link</a></p><p> </p><p>In addition, in accordance with regulation 113 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015, Contracting Authorities are required to publish annually the percentage of invoices paid in 30 days online. This is available as part of the annual report for 21/22:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-northern-ireland-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2021-to-2022" target="_blank">Annual Report and Accounts 21/22</a></p><p> </p><p>The Procurement Bill, currently passing through Parliament, will create a simpler and more transparent procurement regime that will further open up public procurement to SMEs. The Bill includes a new duty on contracting authorities to have regard to the particular barriers facing SMEs. Specifically, the Procurement Bill will imply 30 day payment terms into every sub-contract that is substantially for the purpose of performing a public contract. This will ensure SMEs at every tier of the public supply chain can benefit from faster payments, even if 30 day terms aren't explicitly written into the contract.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 28/03/2023 10:37:17 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1177787

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2020
	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: Work Experience
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people aged (a) 16 and under and (b) over 16 years old undertook work experience in his Department in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	715
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2020 answer text <p>During the last three years there has been no formal work experience undertaken in the Northern Ireland Office by anyone over 16 years old.</p><p>Informal work experience for people below the age of 16 was undertaken on seven occasions over the last three years.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 17/02/2020 11:31:15 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1167820

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2019
	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: Honours
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of staff in his Department in receipt of each category of Honour in (a) December 2018 and (b) June 2019 were (i) from ethnic minority backgrounds and (ii) female aged (A) under 30, (B) 31 to 40, (C) 41 to 50 and (D) aged over 50.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	8605
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that the honours system is fully representative of UK society. The proportion of women and people from ethnic minorities receiving recognition on each honours list is available on GOV.UK as is a breakdown of ethnicities of recipients is published on the Ethnicity Facts and Figures website at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/honours-recipients-by-ethnicity</p><p>Information on ages is not correlated with other diversity factors. We also publish the proportion of honours by independent committee on GOV.UK. The numbers of honours recipients in the Northern Ireland Office are very small and vary from year to year. Releasing the requested data would identify the individuals and they have given permission for their data to be used for statistical purposes only.</p> answering member constituency Skipton and Ripon answering member printed Julian Smith question first answered 05/11/2019 16:39:41 answering member 4118 label Biography information for Julian Smith
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1140428

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	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: Ethnic Groups
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many BAME staff are employed at (a) grade 7, (b) grade 5 and (c) grade 3 in her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	279056
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>I can confirm there are no BAME staff employed at Grade 3 within the Northern Ireland Office. Fewer than five staff have declared as BAME at both Grades 7 and 5 and in order to comply with Data Protection Act requirements, I am unable to disclose this number as a full answer would risk the identification of individuals.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 22/07/2019 12:45:10 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

984929

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2018
	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: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether she plans to publish her Department's preparations for no deal.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	177721
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>We firmly believe it is in the interests of both the EU and the UK to strike a deal. That remains the goal on both sides and we are confident that this will be achieved. But it is the job of a responsible Government to prepare for all scenarios, so we have already carried out very significant ‘no deal’ preparations for the unlikely event that we reach March 2019 without agreeing a deal.</p><p> </p><p>We have already published over 100 technical notices so that businesses and citizens have time to prepare in the event of a 'no deal' scenario. These are available on Gov.uk in a centralised location that is easy for people to access and use.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 19/10/2018 11:36:31 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

984949

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2018
	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: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what change there has been in staffing levels in his Department since June 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	177738
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The headcount in the Northern Ireland Office is currently 152 with 44 vacancies. In 2016, the headcount was 110 with 16 vacancies.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 15/10/2018 12:09:38 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

797712

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2017
	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: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the (a) number of officials to be employed by his Department and (b) his Department's payroll in (i) 2018, (ii) 2019, (iii) 2020, (iv) 2021 and (v) 2022 as a result of the UK leaving EU.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	116675
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>EU exit affects a number of work areas across my Department and will therefore encompass a proportion of workload for many staff, the amount of which will vary over time.</p><p>The number of officials employed by my department is kept under regular review to ensure we have the appropriate resources to manage the departure from the EU.</p><p>Given the interactions between EU exit work and the Department’s other priorities, it would not be possible to give a year by year figure.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 05/12/2017 17:44:23 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

777899

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	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: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether his Department was consulted by the Department for Exiting the European Union on the economic impact assessments conducted for the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	109540
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government is carrying out an ongoing programme of comprehensive analytical work that will inform our negotiating position with the EU, to define our deep and special partnership with the EU and inform our understanding of how Brexit will affect the UK’s domestic policies and frameworks.</p><p> </p><p>My officials are working with officials across government, in close coordination with the Department for Exiting the European Union, to ensure the delivery of a holistic programme of analysis across government.</p><p><br></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 01/11/2017 13:30:32 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra