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1017290

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/12/2018
	date	29/11/2018
	date tabled	29/11/2018
	ddp created	29/11/2018 18:45:01
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	ddp modified	29/11/2018 18:51:42 10/12/2018 11:51:02
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Assembly: Elections
	house id	1
	identifier	197358
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	10/12/2018 11:19:03
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what criteria she will use in deciding to call a Northern Ireland Assembly election; and if she will make a statement.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 197358
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	197358
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The basis on which the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland shall set a date for the election is set out in the Northern Ireland Act 1998. As the Secretary of State has said, we do not believe that holding an election during this time of significant change and political uncertainty would be helpful or would increase the prospects of restoring the Executive.</p><p> </p><p>That is why the NI (Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions) Act provides for a limited period during which there is no legal requirement to call a further election and during which an Executive may be formed at any time. This will provide the time and space needed to work with the parties towards a further phase of talks to restore the Executive.</p> question first answered 10/12/2018 11:19:03 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	creator	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

1023824

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/12/2018
	date	12/12/2018
	date tabled	12/12/2018
	ddp created	12/12/2018 13:24:42
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	ddp modified	12/12/2018 13:25:20 12/12/2018 17:14:01
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	identifier	908079
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	12/12/2018 16:42:40
	question text	What discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the effect on families in Northern Ireland of the universal credit two-child limit.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 908079
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	908079
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Social Security is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland as is the implementation and administration of Universal Credit.</p><p>Differences for claimants in Northern Ireland, include twice monthly payments, split payments and managed payments of the housing element of Universal Credit. Additionally, anyone receiving a welfare supplementary payment will also continue to receive this payment under Universal Credit, to ensure that they do not lose out.</p> question first answered 12/12/2018 16:42:40 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	creator	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1020752

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/12/2018
	date	06/12/2018
	date tabled	06/12/2018
	ddp created	06/12/2018 21:19:26
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	ddp modified	06/12/2018 21:32:14 19/12/2018 11:31:00
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	identifier	199865
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	19/12/2018 10:59:29
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate she has made of the effect on the Northern Ireland economy of potential changes to the trade relationship with the rest of the UK as a result of the backstop provisions in the EU Withdrawal Agreement.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 199865
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199865
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>As was set out in paragraphs 49 and 50 in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/joint-report-on-progress-during-phase-1-of-negotiations-under-article-50-teu-on-the-uks-orderly-withdrawal-from-the-eu" target="_blank">Joint report on progress during phase 1 of negotiations under Article 50 TEU on the UK’s orderly withdrawal from the EU</a>:</p><p> </p><p>&quot;The United Kingdom remains committed to protecting North-South cooperation and to its guarantee of avoiding a hard border. Any future arrangements must be compatible with these overarching requirements. The United Kingdom's intention is to achieve these objectives through the overall EU-UK relationship. Should this not be possible, the United Kingdom will propose specific solutions to address the unique circumstances of the island of Ireland. In the absence of agreed solutions, the United Kingdom will maintain full alignment with those rules of the Internal Market and the Customs Union which, now or in the future, support North-South cooperation, the all island economy and the protection of the 1998 Agreement. 50.</p><p> </p><p>In the absence of agreed solutions, as set out in the previous paragraph, the United Kingdom will ensure that no new regulatory barriers develop between Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom, unless, consistent with the 1998 Agreement, the Northern Ireland Executive and Assembly agree that distinct arrangements are appropriate for Northern Ireland. In all circumstances, the United Kingdom will continue to ensure the same unfettered access for Northern Ireland's businesses to the whole of the United Kingdom internal market.”</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government’s assessment is that there will be minimal change to businesses as we are committed to unfettered access for Northern Ireland to its most important market, Great Britain.</p><p><br></p><p> </p> question first answered 19/12/2018 10:59:29 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	creator	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1037105

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/01/2019
	date	07/01/2019
	date tabled	07/01/2019
	ddp created	07/01/2019 22:58:33
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	ddp modified	07/01/2019 23:09:34 10/01/2019 11:09:02
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Brexit
	house id	1
	identifier	205942
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	10/01/2019 10:37:02
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many non-disclosure agreements her Department has signed with (a) companies and (b) trade associations advising the Government on preparations for contingency planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
	tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 205942
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	205942
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>I can confirm that the Northern Ireland Office has not signed any non-disclosure agreements with either companies or trade associations advising the Government on preparations for contingency planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.</p> question first answered 10/01/2019 10:37:02 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	creator	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1035356

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/01/2019
	date	04/01/2019
	date tabled	04/01/2019
	ddp created	04/01/2019 16:58:56
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	ddp modified	04/01/2019 17:07:35 14/01/2019 11:00:02
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Brexit
	house id	1
	identifier	205324
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	14/01/2019 10:28:05
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate she has made of the additional staff required by her Department in the event that the UK leaves the EU (a) with and (b) without a deal.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 205324
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	205324
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>EU exit affects a number of work areas across the Department and will therefore encompass a proportion of workload for many staff, the amount of which will vary over time. The Department has restructured its approach to the way it handles EU exit work, moving from an initial central EU exit co-ordinating team of 7 to the current position where EU exit work is distributed widely across the whole department. Many of the same staff spend a proportion of their time preparing for leaving the EU (a) with and (b) without a deal. Those proportions vary continuously over time. As such it is difficult to quantify the number of staff working on preparing for the UK to leave the EU under any one possible scenario.</p> question first answered 14/01/2019 10:28:05 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	creator	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1037109

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/01/2019
	date	07/01/2019
	date tabled	07/01/2019
	ddp created	07/01/2019 22:58:41
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	ddp modified	07/01/2019 23:09:42 14/01/2019 11:01:01
	hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	identifier	205878
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	14/01/2019 10:29:38
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she has had with the Tourist Board in Northern Ireland on promoting the benefits of Northern Ireland to foreign investors.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 205878
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	205878
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office works closely with Tourism NI and the rest of Northern Ireland government departments to ensure that the work to highlight Northern Ireland as a great place to invest provides them with the support that they want. I am a former Tourism Minister myself, and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland regularly promotes inward investment to Northern Ireland, such as on her visit to the United States in September of last year.</p> question first answered 14/01/2019 10:29:38 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	creator	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1039595

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/01/2019
	date	11/01/2019
	date tabled	11/01/2019
	ddp created	11/01/2019 15:26:59
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	ddp modified	11/01/2019 15:37:48 16/01/2019 13:12:01
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Brexit
	house id	1
	identifier	207548
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	16/01/2019 12:40:50
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much money his Department has allocated for preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a deal to date; how much of that funding has been made by way of ministerial direction; and for what functions that funding has been allocated.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 207548
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	207548
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>EU Exit affects a number of work areas across the Department and will therefore encompass a proportion of workload for many staff, the amount of which will vary over time. Many of the same staff spend a proportion of their time preparing for leaving the EU (a) with and (b) without a deal. Those proportions vary continuously over time, so calculating a specific allocation would be disproportionately difficult.</p><p> </p> question first answered 16/01/2019 12:40:50 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	creator	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

1043063

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/01/2019
	date	17/01/2019
	date tabled	17/01/2019
	ddp created	17/01/2019 18:42:07
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	ddp modified	17/01/2019 18:48:11 22/01/2019 11:50:03
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Legal Costs
	house id	1
	identifier	209816
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	22/01/2019 11:18:54
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the highest hourly rate was that (a) her Department and (b) each of her Department's arms-length bodies paid for legal advice in 2018.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 209816
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	209816
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office uses legal services from a variety of providers, however the information requested is not separately recorded. To provide this information would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>The Northern Ireland Office has three executive non-departmental public bodies – the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, the Independent Reporting Commission and the Parades Commission for Northern Ireland; and one advisory non-departmental public body – the Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland. As these bodies are independent of Government, the hon Member may wish to write to the Commissions directly on these matters – contact details are set out below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>ALB</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Status</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Contact Details</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Parades Commission for Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p><strong>Executive NDPB</strong></p></td><td><p><a href="mailto:info@paradescommission.org" target="_blank">info@paradescommission.org</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Independent Reporting Commission</p></td><td><p><strong>Executive NDPB</strong></p></td><td><p><a href="mailto:enquiries@IRCommission.org" target="_blank">enquiries@IRCommission.org</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission</p></td><td><p><strong>Executive NDPB</strong></p></td><td><p><a href="mailto:information@nihrc.org" target="_blank">information@nihrc.org</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p><strong>Advisory NDPB</strong></p></td><td><p><a href="mailto:contact@boundarycommission.org.uk" target="_blank">contact@boundarycommission.org.uk</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> question first answered 22/01/2019 11:18:54 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	creator	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1041438

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/01/2019
	date	14/01/2019
	date tabled	14/01/2019
	ddp created	15/01/2019 01:32:54
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	ddp modified	15/01/2019 01:42:09 22/01/2019 13:52:01
	hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
	house id	1
	identifier	208403
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	22/01/2019 13:20:11
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether it is the Government's policy that victims in Northern Ireland of the infected blood scandal deserve as a matter of urgency the same financial recognition as those in Scotland, England and Wales due to the scandal having taken place under direct rule; and if she will meet representatives from Haemophilia Northern Ireland to discuss their concerns.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	South Antrim
	tabling member printed	Paul Girvan
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 208403
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	208403
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>I am happy to confirm that The Infected Blood Inquiry is UK-wide and includes Northern Ireland. The contaminated blood scandal was an appalling tragedy and I urge all victims from Northern Ireland, or family members of victims, to engage with the Public Inquiry and I acknowledge the work of Haemophilia Northern Ireland to support some of those affected to do this. The Inquiry terms of reference include consideration of the question of financial assistance, including for those in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p> question first answered 22/01/2019 13:20:11 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	creator	4633 label Biography information for Paul Girvan
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4633 label Biography information for Paul Girvan

1043143

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/01/2019
	date	17/01/2019
	date tabled	17/01/2019
	ddp created	17/01/2019 18:45:40
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	ddp modified	17/01/2019 18:55:29 23/01/2019 16:25:34
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Pay
	house id	1
	identifier	209896
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	23/01/2019 15:54:22
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what information her Department holds on the rate of remuneration for (a) cleaners, (b) security guards and (c) catering staff in her Department in (i) Greater London and (ii) outside Greater London.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 209896
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	209896
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>My Department holds the following information on the rate of remuneration for (a) cleaners, (b) security guards and (c) catering staff.</p><p> </p><p>(i) Greater London - No information is held. These services are charged as part of our Landlords service charge.</p><p> </p><p>(ii) Outside Greater London - No individual remuneration rate is held. Contacts are held collaboratively, by the Northern Ireland Centre of Procurement Excellence. Within these contracts there are general clauses requiring contractors to comply with labour laws, minimum wage etc.</p><p> </p> question first answered 23/01/2019 15:54:22 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	creator	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell