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1002216

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
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: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have determined the budget for the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland for the financial year 2019–20; and if so, what settlement has been agreed.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL11237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office is committed to ensuring that all of its sponsored bodies have the necessary resources to deliver their statutory functions and budgets are therefore reviewed annually.</p><p> </p><p>Northern Ireland Office officials are currently engaging with the Chief Electoral Officer to confirm the allocation for the next financial year and I expect that this will be determined in early 2019.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 12/11/2018 12:50:16 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

968789

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Health Services: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have temporarily to return health powers from the Northern Ireland Assembly to Westminster to avoid any winter health crisis.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL10073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to temporarily return health powers to Westminster. As the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland stated in Parliament on 6 September, the Government intend to bring forward legislation to support Northern Ireland Departments to continue making decisions in the absence of Ministers where it is in the public interest to do so.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 17/09/2018 14:48:06 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

944904

registered interest
date	19/07/2018
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: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have received from the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland regarding the implications of the current budget allocation for its activities.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL9687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>Officials regularly hold discussions with the Chief Electoral Officer and her staff on this and a range of other issues.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 25/07/2018 11:48:22 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

944905

registered interest
date	19/07/2018
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with local councils in Northern Ireland about the transfer of some of the functions of the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland to local authorities.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL9688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>The delivery of elections in Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland and there is no suggestion that that will change. If the Chief Electoral Officer wishes to pursue the possibility of local authorities assisting in the delivery of some aspects of elections, under her direction, that will in the first instance be a matter for her.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 25/07/2018 11:48:15 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

944906

registered interest
date	19/07/2018
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness and uptake of the new system of online registration of voters in Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL9689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>Electoral registration is an operational matter for the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>The Electoral Office report that for the first month of the digital service being in operation, 18 June to 17 July 2018, approximately 79% of all applications to register to vote in Northern Ireland were made using the online service.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 25/07/2018 11:48:03 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

932047

registered interest
date	27/06/2018
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 Assembly Members: Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to make a determination on the salary levels of Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL9020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has made clear that she is carefully considering all the details and will set out the next steps on this matter in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 06/07/2018 09:56:27 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

931624

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Children: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Northern Ireland Executive about the establishment of a children's fund for Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL8972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>Children’s funding in Northern Ireland is a devolved matter. The Government have therefore not held discussions on the establishment of a Children's fund for Northern Ireland.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 06/07/2018 09:35:25 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

931625

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have applied to join the electoral register in Northern Ireland by online registration in each of the eighteen Parliamentary constituencies.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL8973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>Between 18 June 2018 and 29 June 2018, 4,439 people applied online to join the electoral register in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>The following information shows the figures for the number of people who have applied online by constituency. These figures have been provided by the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Number of online applications received between 18 June 2018-29 June 2018</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Constituency</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of online applications</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belfast East</p></td><td><p>280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belfast North</p></td><td><p>334</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belfast South</p></td><td><p>331</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belfast West</p></td><td><p>300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Antrim</p></td><td><p>209</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Londonderry</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fermanagh and South Tyrone</p></td><td><p>167</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Foyle</p></td><td><p>245</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lagan Valley</p></td><td><p>242</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mid Ulster</p></td><td><p>161</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Antrim</p></td><td><p>201</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Down</p></td><td><p>224</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newry and Armagh</p></td><td><p>233</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Antrim</p></td><td><p>304</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Down</p></td><td><p>253</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Strangford</p></td><td><p>192</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Upper Bann</p></td><td><p>248</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Tyrone</p></td><td><p>177</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not yet associated to a constituency*</p></td><td><p>188</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>4,439</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*This figure relates to applications received relating to new properties in NI which need to be added to the system or where applicants have incorrectly filled in address fields in application and the system has not automatically recognised the constituency. EONI are working to confirm the constituencies.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 06/07/2018 09:55:46 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

927318

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with European bodies regarding the application of Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights in relation to deaths related to terrorism in Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL8765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>The UK Government provides regular updates to the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers on legacy cases in Northern Ireland, most recently on 6 June.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 02/07/2018 12:33:15 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

909621

registered interest
date	22/05/2018
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the absence of a First and deputy First Minister for Northern Ireland, who is the Head of the Northern Ireland civil service currently accountable to.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL8116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>The Head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service is primarily accountable to the First Minister and deputy First Minister. This line of accountability has not been altered or replaced as a consequence of the ongoing lack of an Executive. This Government is committed to redoubling our efforts to restore the Executive and Assembly as soon as possible.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 05/06/2018 11:41:35 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey