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1143882

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Economic Situation: 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 data paper on Northern Ireland’s trade and investment under no deal, published by the Northern Ireland Department for the Economy, whether the figure of up to 40,000 jobs losses within key industries in the event that the UK leaves the EU without an agreement is the Government's current assessment; and what estimate his Department has made of the effect on Northern Ireland's (a) economy, (b) unemployment rate and (c) key industries of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	285091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Overall, the cumulative impact from a ‘no-deal’ scenario is expected to be more severe in Northern Ireland than in Great Britain, and to last for longer. In a no-deal scenario there is an expectation of disruption to closely interwoven supply chains and increasing costs that would affect the viability of many businesses across Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>I have been working closely with colleagues across Government and engaging with the Northern Ireland Civil Service in our exit preparations.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to uphold the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement in all circumstances; it will continue to maintain existing Common Travel Area arrangements for British and Irish citizens between Ireland and the United Kingdom; and it is committed to doing everything in its power to preserve an open border in Northern Ireland, under no circumstances will it put in place infrastructure, checks, or controls at the border between Northern Ireland and Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Skipton and Ripon answering member printed Julian Smith question first answered 09/09/2019 11:22:23 answering member 4118 label Biography information for Julian Smith
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1126174

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
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, how many staff of her Department who were transferred or seconded to work (a) in other departments and (b) on other departmental briefs on preparations for the UK to leave the EU have since returned to her Department.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	253468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2019 answer text <p>I can confirm that no members of staff in my Department were transferred or seconded to work (a) in other departments or (b) on other departmental briefs on preparations for the UK to leave the EU.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 17/05/2019 09:06:47 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

994516

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
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 Office: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many citizens of non-UK EU countries work in (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	183825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office does not hold information relating to non-UK EU nationals. From the data held at October 2018 on 121 staff, 28% have declared as British citizens, 14% have declared as Northern Irish and 2% have declared as other nationalities. The remaining 56% either prefer not to say or have not declared their nationality.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has no agencies.</p><p> </p><p>It 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><p> </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>Executive NDPB</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>Executive NDPB</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>Executive NDPB</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>Advisory NDPB</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> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 31/10/2018 11:17:30 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

988636

registered interest
date	16/10/2018
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Cross Border Cooperation: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if the Government will ensure the ongoing alignment of the six areas of cross-border cooperation set out in the Good Friday Agreement in the event that the backstop arrangement for the Northern Ireland border comes into force.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	180317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to the Belfast Agreement in all its parts, including the institutions and areas of cross-border cooperation set up following the Agreement, no matter what the outcome of the negotiations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 180079 question first answered 23/10/2018 10:26:11 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

988691

registered interest
date	16/10/2018
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 Office: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether gagging clauses have been used in contracts drawn up between his Department and any charities, voluntary sector organisations, social enterprises or companies with the intention of stopping any criticism of Ministers of his Department.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	180074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office has not used gagging clauses in any contracts with charities, voluntary sector organisations, social enterprises or companies.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 24/10/2018 09:18:24 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

988755

registered interest
date	16/10/2018
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Cross Border Cooperation: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will ensure that the six areas of cross-border cooperation outlined in the Good Friday Agreement continue to be aligned in the event of a no-deal scenario.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	180079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to the Belfast Agreement in all its parts, including the institutions and areas of cross-border cooperation set up following the Agreement, no matter what the outcome of the negotiations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 180317 question first answered 23/10/2018 10:26:11 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

982505

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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 Office: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Written Statement of 13 March 2018 on Spring Statement, HCWS540, how much of that funding she has allocated to (a) programmes, (b) administration and (c) staffing in her Department.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	175818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>HM Treasury has allocated over £2 billion of additional funding to departments and the Devolved Administrations for EU exit preparations so far. This breaks down as:</p><p> </p><p>£412m of additional funding over the spending review period for the Department for Exiting the European Union, Department for International Trade and the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office at Autumn Statement 2016.</p><p> </p><p>£286m of additional funding for 17/18 (a full breakdown of which can be found in Supplementary Estimates 17/18).</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Over £1.5bn of additional funding for 18/19. A full breakdown of which can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS540, laid on 13 March.</p><p>(<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/</a>).</p><p> </p><p>The Northern Ireland Office was allocated £0.4m for costs arising as the UK leaves the EU in the Spring Statement 2018. The final breakdown between programme and administration spend will be confirmed in the Supplementary Estimates.</p><p> </p><p>All of the funding allocated to the Department has been allocated to provide additional staff resources for EU Exit preparations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 15/10/2018 12:04:28 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

964433

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	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 the total cost to the public purse of her Department’s work preparing for the UK to leave the EU has been since 23 June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	168893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>HM Treasury has allocated over £2 billion of additional funding to departments and the Devolved Administrations for EU exit preparations so far. This breaks down as:</p><p> </p><ul><li>£412m of additional funding over the spending review period for the Department for Exiting the European Union, Department for International Trade and the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office at Autumn Statement 2016.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>£286m of additional funding for 17/18 (a full breakdown of which can be found in Supplementary Estimates 17/18).</li></ul><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><ul><li>Over £1.5bn of additional funding for 18/19. A full breakdown of which can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS540, laid on 13 March.</li></ul><p><a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 11/09/2018 14:17:26 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

964449

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	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 estimate she has made of the cost to her Department of leaving the EU in accordance with (a) the proposals set out in the Government’s White Paper and (b) a no-deal scenario.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	168909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>At Autumn Budget 2017, the Chancellor set aside £1.5 billion of additional funding for EU Exit preparations in 2019/20. Departments will be invited to bid for 2019/20 EU Exit preparation funding later in the year. Details of timings and process will be announced in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 11/09/2018 14:18:28 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

964532

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	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 the cost to the public purse has been of her Department hiring additional staff to cover issues related to the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	168940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>This information is not available as we do not account for costs in that way. Details of the Department’s expenditure is available in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 11/09/2018 14:19:20 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake