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1639574

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has had recent discussions with hauliers in Northern Ireland on the impact of the Windsor Framework on that industry.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	186347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland meets regularly with Northern Ireland stakeholders, including representatives of the road haulage industry to discuss a range of relevant issues, such as the Windsor Framework.</p><p> </p><p>The Windsor Framework restores the free flow of trade from Great Britain to Northern Ireland, with a first-of-its-kind green lane that will enable goods destined for Northern Ireland to move easily without burdensome customs bureaucracy.</p><p> </p><p>Customs paperwork will be scrapped and replaced with data sharing of ordinary, existing commercial information. This information will be provided from sales invoices and transport contracts – information that businesses will already hold and use for the movement of goods.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 01/06/2023 09:37:28 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1639731

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Sewage: Waste Disposal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many sewage leaks have been recorded within their Department's estate in the last twelve months.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	186487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2023 answer text <p>We do not hold the information requested as we are tenants within multi-occupancy government hubs; Erskine House Hub is managed by HMRC and 1 Horse Guards Road is managed by the Government Property Agency (GPA).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 01/06/2023 13:07:43 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1639195

registered interest
date	22/05/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Police Service of Northern Ireland: Finance
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 adequacy of the level of public funding for policing in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	186067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2023 answer text <p>Policing is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland and the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s main budget is allocated by the Department of Justice from the Northern Ireland Executive block grant.</p><p>The recent Budget that the Secretary of State set for Northern Ireland provides the Northern Ireland Department of Justice with a total resource allocation of £1.2 billion. It is for the Department of Justice now to determine the allocation of funding to the Police Service of Northern Ireland from its overall budget.</p><p>In addition to the block grant, the UK Government provides the Police Service of Northern Ireland with additional security funding to tackle the SEVERE threat from Northern Ireland related terrorism. In the financial year 2022-23 this was circa £32 million and this figure is confirmed through to 2024-25.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 31/05/2023 09:11:06 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1627123

registered interest
date	11/05/2023
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 Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent steps his Department has taken to (a) help maintain the peace process in Northern Ireland and (b) uphold the Good Friday Agreement.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	184602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>The Government remains of the view that a devolved power-sharing government, in line with the vision of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, is the best framework to deliver good governance, peace and prosperity in Northern Ireland. The Government is working tirelessly towards that effect.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the recent events to mark the 25th anniversary of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, the Government highlighted the courage and foresight of those who contributed to the peace process and the need for that same leadership today.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will always work to maintain the peace process in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 15/05/2023 13:46:32 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1626568

registered interest
date	10/05/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Training for Women Network
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he last met with the Training for Women Network.
tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
uin	184393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2023 answer text <p>My ministerial team, officials and I regularly meet organisations from the women's sector in Northern Ireland. In recent months, we have met members of the Women's Policy Group, the Women's Aid Federation, and women's organisations working in Derry/Londonderry and Belfast. In regards to the Training Women's Centre specifically, Lord Caine visited the Training Women's Centre early last year, and my officials have met with them at various points over the last year. The Training Women's Centre also attended a roundtable with me at NICVA on 3 May 2023.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 17/05/2023 14:31:06 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

1625907

registered interest
date	05/05/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Churches: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much funding has been provided by the Department of Communities in Northern Ireland to Christian places of worship excluding cathedrals in each of the last five financial years.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	183847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2023 answer text <p>Support for the voluntary and community sector is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland. The Northern Ireland Department for Communities has the responsibility for matters relating to the provision of funding to Christian places of worship in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>As the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland set out in his Written Ministerial Statement to Parliament on 27 April, Northern Ireland Office officials and the Secretary of State have worked intensively with the Northern Ireland departments to set a budget for Northern Ireland for the 2023-24 financial year.</p><p> </p><p>The right people to make these decisions are locally elected politicians in a fully functioning Northern Ireland Executive and Northern Ireland Assembly. In the absence of these, it will be for the relevant Northern Ireland department, in this case, the Department for Communities, to manage its funding.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 11/05/2023 09:53:57 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1625940

registered interest
date	05/05/2023
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much funding his Department plans to allocate to fulfilling the Fresh Start Agreement; and what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of changes in funding levels on that Agreement's implementation.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	183989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2023 answer text <p>The Fresh Start Agreement reaffirmed the commitment made by the UK Government in the 2014 Stormont House Agreement to provide up to £500 million over 10 years of new capital funding to support shared and integrated education. This funding is subject to individual projects being agreed between the Northern Ireland Executive and the UK Government. A total of 23 integrated schools and five shared campus capital projects are currently being supported by the package.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to work with Northern Ireland Departments on funding arrangements and projects under the Agreement. Funding allocations are subject to HM Treasury approval and Northern Ireland Office officials also continue to engage with HM Treasury on delivering the Northern Ireland Budget for 2023-24 as set out in the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland’s Written Ministerial Statement on 27 April.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 12/05/2023 09:28:31 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1625941

registered interest
date	05/05/2023
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 Human Rights Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of the functioning of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	183990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>An independent review of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) concluded in December 2022. The Government is reviewing the recommendations made in this report and these and the Government’s response will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Guarantees of equality and rights, which recognise the unique circumstances of Northern Ireland, are a fundamental part of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, to which the Government is firmly committed.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 15/05/2023 13:47:29 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1625956

registered interest
date	05/05/2023
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 Human Rights Commission: Finance
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 of 24 February 2023 to Question 148864 on Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission: Finance, whether he plans to publish (a) that report's findings and (b) his Department's response to that report.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	183991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>We continue to work with the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) and colleagues across Government following the completion of the review and to consider the recommendations made. The recommendations and the Government’s response will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 15/05/2023 13:47:56 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1625839

registered interest
date	03/05/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	NHS: Drugs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to reform the Northern Ireland Drug Tariff.
tabling member printed	Lord Rogan
uin	HL7651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2023 answer text <p>The Government is acutely aware of the broader pressures facing health services in Northern Ireland and remains committed to supporting the restoration of the Executive in Northern Ireland as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p>As such, a locally elected, accountable and effective devolved government is, and will remain, the right way to address this issue. The Government stands ready to work with a restored Executive, but we have a responsibility to ensure public services and management of public funds can continue in its absence.</p><p> </p><p>As such, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has introduced the Northern Ireland (Interim Arrangements) Bill to ensure continued clarity on the powers for Northern Ireland Departments to maintain delivery of public services. This will mean that decisions in crucial areas - such as to ensure the maintenance of public services - can continue to be taken in the absence of an Executive.</p> answering member printed Lord Caine grouped question UIN HL7652 question first answered 11/05/2023 14:11:46 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	2478 label Biography information for Lord Rogan