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	registered interest
	date	17/10/2022
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	War Memorials Trust: Northern Ireland
	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 given on 4 July 2022 to Question 26055, on War Memorials Trust: Northern Ireland, if he will meet with the Minister for Communities to discuss (a) how to fulfil the commitment set out in the New Decade, New Approach document and (b) how to ensure that the War Memorials Trust is better promoted and understood in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
	uin	64387
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>I am always happy to meet with Northern Ireland Ministers to discuss areas of joint interest. As highlighted in the answer given on 4 July 2022 to Question 26055, my Officials have already been engaging with the Department of Communities on the approach to this commitment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 24/10/2022 08:51:23 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1537498

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2022
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Domestic Visits: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many notifications of upcoming visits to Northern Ireland by representatives of other governments have been received by the Northern Ireland Office in each of the last three years; and how many of those notifications have related to visits by the Foreign Affairs Minister of the Irish Republic.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
	uin	74995
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>The Department does not keep a record of the number of notifications of visits to Northern Ireland by representatives from other Governments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 07/11/2022 09:17:42 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1539963

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2022
	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 Assembly: Elections
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on what date the election to the Northern Ireland Assembly will be held.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
	uin	80971
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>Following the expiry of the period for the formation of an Executive, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland came under a duty to call an election in the twelve weeks from 28 October. The Secretary of State <a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2022-11-09/debates/34B1DD39-AA71-450A-B56B-14CD9DB1EF89/NorthernIrelandElections" target="_blank">announced</a> in Parliament on 9 November that he will introduce legislation to provide a short, straightforward extension to the period for Executive formation - extending the current period by 6 weeks to 8 December, with the potential of a further six-week extension to 19 January if necessary.</p><p> </p><p>I urge the Parties to use the time available to come together and restore government, in the interests of all people in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 15/11/2022 11:08:20 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1539964

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2022
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Crimes against Property
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of attacks on Orange Halls on community relations in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
	uin	80972
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2022 answer text <p>These incidents are an operational matter for the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) who I understand treat them as sectarian hate crimes. As criminal investigations continue, we await their findings.</p><p> </p><p>I utterly condemn these cowardly and pointless attacks on the halls. I would encourage everyone to work with PSNI to help track down the perpetrators. This type of activity undermines the efforts of Northern Ireland's people to establish a peaceful and prosperous society where all communities live together and thrive.</p><p> </p><p>I welcome calls from the Orange Order for calm and echo their appeal for no retaliation as such a response would be wrong and entirely counterproductive.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 14/11/2022 11:34:12 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1539965

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2022
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	British Irish Intergovernmental Conference
	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 has spent on hosting meetings of the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
	uin	80973
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2022 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office regularly publishes Annual Report and Accounts, including audited financial statements. I would refer the Honourable Lady to that resource for the information she requires.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 11/11/2022 09:46:28 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1539967

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2022
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Terrorism: 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 report entitled Paramilitary Groups in Northern Ireland, published on 19 October 2015, what recent assessment his Department has made of whether that report's assessment of links between the Provisional IRA and Sinn Fein is still accurate.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
	uin	80975
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2022 answer text <p>The ‘Paramilitary Groups in Northern Ireland’ report was published in 2015 by the UK Government in order to provide a factual assessment from the UK security agencies and the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) on the structure, role and purpose of paramilitary organisations in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>The PSNI and security partners continue to work to keep people safe. The IRA, including the Provisional IRA, remains a proscribed organisation under the Terrorism Act 2000.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 14/11/2022 11:31:06 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1539968

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2022
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Official Visits: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what protocols there are for the prior notification of visits to Northern Ireland by Ministers serving in the (a) UK and (b) Republic of Ireland Government.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
	uin	80976
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>UK Government Ministers are encouraged to notify the Northern Ireland Office in advance of their visits to receive advice on logistics and substance of their visit programmes.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government is, by convention, informed in advance of visits to Northern Ireland by members of the Irish Government, as a matter of courtesy. As expressed in our answer of 7 November (UIN 74995), records are not kept of these notifications.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 15/11/2022 16:55:57 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1539970

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2022
	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, how many times he has met with the Chief Electoral Officer in Northern Ireland in the last two months.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
	uin	80978
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2022 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has met with the Chief Electoral Officer once in the last two months.</p><p>In addition, the Chief Electoral Officer has frequent and regular communication with officials in the Northern Ireland Office to discuss operational matters.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 10/11/2022 10:07:24 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1539971

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2022
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Schools: Polling Stations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if his Department will take steps to inform school principals of whether their buildings will be required for use as polling stations on 15 December 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
	uin	80979
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2022 answer text <p>The use of schools as polling stations is an operational matter for the Chief Electoral Officer.</p><p>I am aware that following the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland’s announcement on 4 November that no election would take place during December, the Electoral Office was in direct contact with all polling station premises managers as soon as possible to inform them that their premises would not be required for a 15 December poll.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 14/11/2022 11:27:51 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1541432

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2022
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Ulster Scots Language: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether his Department plans to provide funding to the Ulster Scots language community.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
	uin	85057
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>As part of New Decade, New Approach, the Government undertook to provide funding to address Northern Ireland’s unique circumstances. In May 2021, the Government announced this funding would include £1 million for the Ulster Scots Broadcast Fund, which the Government is proud to have delivered.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to supporting Northern Ireland’s diversity of identities, languages and cultures, including the Ulster Scots. This commitment is also reflected in the Government's progression of legislation and in tandem the recent recognition of Ulster Scots as a National Minority under the Council of Europe’s Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 21/11/2022 13:13:42 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart