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1688575

registered interest
date	08/02/2024
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: Health and Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether all (a) buildings and (b) workplaces staff from their Department occupy have a suitable and sufficient risk assessment under Section 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	13759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2024 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office is co-located in two locations in London and Belfast, and these sites are managed by other government departments.</p><p> </p><p>The Northern Ireland Office follows Ministry of Justice policy, which complies with Health and Safety legislation. The Northern Ireland Office requires all its employees to undertake mandatory training in Health and Safety compliance, as well as workstation risk assessments for new starters, employees whose work environment changes, and in pregnancy.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 20/02/2024 14:12:06 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1582292

registered interest
date	31/01/2023
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 Office: Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if they will take steps to (a) publish an equality impact assessment and (b) consult with trade unions when proposing new HR policies for their Department; and if they will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	136666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2023 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) is committed to fulfilling the requirements of the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) as set out in section 149 of the Equality Act 2010, by providing employees with Inclusion in the Civil Service training, and publishing guidance on the NIO intranet for employees to understand how and when to conduct an equality impact assessment.</p><p> </p><p>There is no legal requirement to publish duty assessment documentation (often referred to as equality impact assessments).</p><p> </p><p>However, under Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, S.75 screenings are routinely published on the Departments transparency pages.</p><p> </p><p>The Northern Ireland Office always seeks to work with trade unions, through meaningful consultation and engagement to help inform decision making.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 07/02/2023 10:35:53 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1581923

registered interest
date	30/01/2023
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 Office: Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps their Department takes to comply with section 181 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992; and if they will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	135321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>There is a range of HR information which is published on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> and which is therefore publicly available.</p><p> </p><p>The Northern Ireland Office shares a range of information with their recognised Trade Unions and data where it is appropriate and in line with privacy statements. This helps inform decision-making through formal negotiation and meaningful consultation and engagement.</p><p> </p><p>The Northern Ireland Office is therefore complying with section 181 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 and we always seek to work constructively with trade unions to reach fair and reasonable settlements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 02/02/2023 11:41:23 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1579643

registered interest
date	23/01/2023
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 Office: Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many and what proportion of employees in their Department are paid at the rate of the National Minimum Wage.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	129903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>Northern Ireland Office pay is in line with Civil Service pay principles and Ministry of Justice policy. There are no employees in the Northern Ireland Office currently paid at the rate of the National Minimum Wage or below. The Ministry of Justice pay deal for the current pay remit year offer to the most junior staff grade is £19,932 (Band F/AA). The most junior grade employed by the Northern Ireland Office are Band E/AO.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 30/01/2023 11:34:19 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1568619

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
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 Office: Trade Unions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what human resources information their Department shares with trade unions on a regular basis.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	127802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2023 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office shares relevant human resources updates and information with trade unions when required as part of ongoing engagement. There is also a range of publicly available HR information, which is published on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 27/01/2023 11:34:58 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1171424

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
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: Trade Unions
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 effect of the General Data Protection Regulation on the right of recognised unions to access bargaining information in his Department in relation to section 181 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	4390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2020 answer text <p>Staff in my Department are employed under the terms and conditions of the Ministry of Justice.</p><p>The introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation has not affected the rights of unions in the Ministry of Justice in relation to bargaining information provided under section 181 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.</p> answering member constituency Skipton and Ripon answering member printed Julian Smith question first answered 24/01/2020 12:02:01 answering member 4118 label Biography information for Julian Smith
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1171427

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
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: Pay
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 his Department's compliance with section 3.1.8 of the Civil Service Management Code.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	4393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2020 answer text <p>While my Department does not currently have any Trade Union representatives, all staff are employed under the terms and conditions of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and staff have access to the services of Trade Unions in the MoJ. My Department is aware that it has an obligation to provide reasonable paid time off to recognised trade union representatives to undertake trade union duties. This includes paid time off to Health and Safety representatives as set out in section 3.1.8 of the Civil Service Management Code.</p><p>The MoJ, in line with the legislative obligation set out in the Trade Union Act (2016), annually publishes information relating to facility time for relevant union officials. Facility time is defined by the Act as including time off taken by a relevant union official that is permitted by the official’s employer, including under “regulations made under section 2(4) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974”.</p><p>The Government recognises there are significant benefits to both employers and employees when organisations and unions work together effectively to deliver high quality public services, but facility time within the public sector must be accountable and represent value for money.</p> answering member constituency Skipton and Ripon answering member printed Julian Smith question first answered 24/01/2020 12:02:56 answering member 4118 label Biography information for Julian Smith
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1035356

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
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, what estimate she has made of the additional staff required by her Department in the event that the UK leaves the EU (a) with and (b) without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	205324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 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 restructured its approach to the way it handles EU exit work, moving from an initial central EU exit co-ordinating team of 7 to the current position where EU exit work is distributed widely across the whole department. Many of the same staff spend a proportion of their time preparing for leaving the EU (a) with and (b) without a deal. Those proportions vary continuously over time. As such it is difficult to quantify the number of staff working on preparing for the UK to leave the EU under any one possible scenario.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 14/01/2019 10:28:05 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1029351

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
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: 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 were employed in her Department on (a) 20 December 2018 and (b) 23 June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	204549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>On 20 December 2018, there were 165 staff working in my Department. In July 2016, (the nearest date we have for June staff numbers), there were 115 staff working in my department.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 08/01/2019 12:59:17 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

991157

registered interest
date	19/10/2018
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: Universal Credit
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 (a) number and (b) proportion of staff employed by her Department in receipt of universal credit; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	181604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office does not record or collate information on staff in receipt of Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 24/10/2018 09:28:06 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens