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786274

registered interest
date	07/11/2017
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
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 development of the Northern Irish ex-gratia support scheme for people affected by the contaminated blood scandal.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	111923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>The design and implementation of the scheme to support those affected by the issues caused by the contaminated blood scandal in Northern Ireland is a devolved matter. It is therefore not appropriate for me to make any assessment or judgment as to the approach taken, though I understand that, in December 2016, the Northern Ireland Health Minister at the time announced increased financial support for people affected by contaminated blood prior to September 1991.</p><p> </p><p>As to the public inquiry announced in July, I and my officials have remained in close contact with Government colleagues to facilitate discussions with the Northern Ireland Civil Service and with key stakeholders on the subject. Most importantly I know that those affected in Northern Ireland were made aware of the process, in particular the extension to the period of consultation to 18 October. More than 800 written responses across the United Kingdom were received and will be analysed thoroughly by the Cabinet Office, to whom responsibility for setting up the independent inquiry has transferred from the Department of Health.</p><p> </p><p>As my Rt Honourable Friend the First Secretary of State made clear in his written statement on 3 November, this process will be taken forward as a full statutory public inquiry, created under the 2005 Inquiries Act, and a further announcement will follow before the end of the year on the next steps.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 111924 question first answered 13/11/2017 16:03:21 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

786275

registered interest
date	07/11/2017
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what representations he has received from the (a) Regional Business Services Organisation, (b) former North Irish Executive and (c) Northern Irish political, parties on the (i) inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal and (ii) ex-gratia support for people so affected by that scandal.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	111924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>The design and implementation of the scheme to support those affected by the issues caused by the contaminated blood scandal in Northern Ireland is a devolved matter. It is therefore not appropriate for me to make any assessment or judgment as to the approach taken, though I understand that, in December 2016, the Northern Ireland Health Minister at the time announced increased financial support for people affected by contaminated blood prior to September 1991.</p><p> </p><p>As to the public inquiry announced in July, I and my officials have remained in close contact with Government colleagues to facilitate discussions with the Northern Ireland Civil Service and with key stakeholders on the subject. Most importantly I know that those affected in Northern Ireland were made aware of the process, in particular the extension to the period of consultation to 18 October. More than 800 written responses across the United Kingdom were received and will be analysed thoroughly by the Cabinet Office, to whom responsibility for setting up the independent inquiry has transferred from the Department of Health.</p><p> </p><p>As my Rt Honourable Friend the First Secretary of State made clear in his written statement on 3 November, this process will be taken forward as a full statutory public inquiry, created under the 2005 Inquiries Act, and a further announcement will follow before the end of the year on the next steps.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 111923 question first answered 13/11/2017 16:03:21 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

785003

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff appointed after 24 June 2016 in his Department hold a post that includes work on the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	111804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2017 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 recently restructured its approach to the way it handles EU exit work, moving from a central EU exit co-ordinating team of 7 to a position in which core EU exit work is distributed more widely across the whole department.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 14/11/2017 10:05:20 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

783249

registered interest
date	03/11/2017
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: Nurseries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what childcare facilities his Department makes available for its staff; how much his Department spent (a) overall and (b) per child on those facilities in the last 12 months; and how many of his Department's staff use those facilities.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	111298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>My Department does not provide childcare facilities for staff. London based staff have access to a holiday playscheme run by HM Treasury and eligible staff can use the Parliament nursery at Westminster.</p><p> </p><p>My department has not made any contribution to the holiday playscheme in the last 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, staff are also entitled to avail of a salary sacrifice childcare voucher scheme administered by the Ministry of Justice, under whose terms and conditions the staff in my department are employed.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 13/11/2017 17:50:42 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

782859

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
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: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he plans to respond to the letter of 4 July 2017 from the British Association of Social Workers on universal credit specific circumstances and the Criminal Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1967.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	111057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>A response to the British Association of Social Workers will issue this week.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 07/11/2017 10:44:40 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

782861

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
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 assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's preparations for the UK leaving the EU with (a) an agreement on future partnership and (b) no agreement with the EU; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North East Somerset
tabling member printed	Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg
uin	111216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>The role of the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) is to ensure the smooth working of the political settlement in Northern Ireland. It represents Northern Ireland interests within the UK Government and represents the UK government interests and policy in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>Accordingly, responsibility for relevant policies including border, customs and immigration is held by other Whitehall Government Departments and the Northern Ireland Executive rather than by NIO. My officials however are working with officials across government, in close coordination with the Department for Exiting the European Union, to ensure that appropriate preparations have been made and plans are in place for all scenarios.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government is determined to make a success of Exit for the whole of the UK, including Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 13/11/2017 10:58:58 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg

782012

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Stormont House Agreement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to launch a public consultation concerning the institutions proposed by the Stormont House Agreement to address the legacy issues of Northern Ireland's past.
tabling member printed	Lord Dunlop
uin	HL2793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to the implementation of the Stormont House Agreement to introduce new legacy institutions that will be under legal obligations to be fair, balanced, transparent and proportionate and will be fully consistent with the rule of law. The Government believes that the Stormont House Agreement is the right way to address the past in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to consulting on the legacy proposals and it is the intention of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland to bring forward a formal public consultation as soon as possible.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 14/11/2017 12:31:44 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	4534 label Biography information for Lord Dunlop

782186

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
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: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether his Department holds a central list of the IT and digital assets of its arm's-length bodies.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	110733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2017 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally as the management of IT and digital assets is an operational matter for individual arms-length bodies which operate independently from central government.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 09/11/2017 17:40:37 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

782187

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
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 Assembly: Petition of Concern
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 potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to reform the Northern Ireland Assembly's petition of concern; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	110745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>There are differing views among the political parties in Northern Ireland on reforming the Petition of Concern mechanism. The Government would like to see the issue resolved on the basis of consensus between the parties.</p><p> </p><p>The parties agreed as part of the Stormont House Agreement that changes will be made to the operation of the Petition of Concern mechanism through a protocol agreed between the parties.</p><p> </p><p>The Government remains committed to the full implementation of the Stormont House Agreement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><br> <br></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 06/11/2017 12:12:34 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

781331

registered interest
date	31/10/2017
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Borders: Republic of 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 Prime Minister's oral contribution of 23 October 2017, on the European Council, Official Report, column 35, what assessment he has made of which technological devices for monitoring the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland would be excluded in the event that there is no physical infrastructure at that border after the UK leaves the EU; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	110570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The UK wants a customs arrangement with the EU that facilitates the freest and most frictionless trade in goods possible, and which, crucially, avoids a hard border and any physical border infrastructure on the island of Ireland. The Government has been clear that avoiding any physical infrastructure is an essential aim and welcomes the European Commission’s agreement on this.</p><p> </p><p><br></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 06/11/2017 12:25:39 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon