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1551583

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the Northern Ireland Investment Plan for the Shared Prosperity Fund is consistent with the equality requirements under Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	110857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) recognises the importance of meeting its legal obligations and giving due regard to the additional equalities considerations that apply in Northern Ireland.</p><p>It is also DLUHC's responsibility to ensure that selected projects are state aid or subsidy control compliant.</p><p>The department's proposed delivery approaches for this priority are via councils and competitions for experienced deliverers of business support, who we anticipate will have sufficient expertise to provide credible applications taking account of state aid and subsidy control.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison grouped question UIN 110858 110859 question first answered 21/12/2022 13:50:06 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1551595

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made a recent assessment of the ability of applicants to the Shared Prosperity Fund in Northern Ireland to demonstrate the compliance of their bids with state aid rules.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	110858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) recognises the importance of meeting its legal obligations and giving due regard to the additional equalities considerations that apply in Northern Ireland.</p><p>It is also DLUHC's responsibility to ensure that selected projects are state aid or subsidy control compliant.</p><p>The department's proposed delivery approaches for this priority are via councils and competitions for experienced deliverers of business support, who we anticipate will have sufficient expertise to provide credible applications taking account of state aid and subsidy control.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison grouped question UIN 110857 110859 question first answered 21/12/2022 13:50:06 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1551609

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the impact of the requirement that applications to the Shared Prosperity Fund from organisations based in Northern Ireland demonstrate compliance with State Aid requirements on the volume of applications to that fund from such organisations.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	110859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) recognises the importance of meeting its legal obligations and giving due regard to the additional equalities considerations that apply in Northern Ireland.</p><p>It is also DLUHC's responsibility to ensure that selected projects are state aid or subsidy control compliant.</p><p>The department's proposed delivery approaches for this priority are via councils and competitions for experienced deliverers of business support, who we anticipate will have sufficient expertise to provide credible applications taking account of state aid and subsidy control.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison grouped question UIN 110857 110858 question first answered 21/12/2022 13:50:06 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1551706

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were granted status under the Destitute Domestic Violence concession in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	110869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2022 answer text <p>The requested information relating to this specific group of applicants is not available as grants of status under the Destitute Domestic Violence concession are not identified separately in published statistics.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 22/12/2022 13:59:16 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1550589

registered interest
date	12/12/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	EU Law: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions his Department has had with officials from Northern Ireland Departments on the replacement of EU retained law.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	108383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to proactively engaging with devolved governments at official and Ministerial level on the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill and the REUL reform programme .</p><p> </p><p>To date, there have been regular official level discussions with the devolved governments, including the Northern Ireland Civil Service, and we will continue to engage with the devolved governments.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 20/12/2022 17:49:54 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1550590

registered interest
date	12/12/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	EU Law: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the capacity of Northern Ireland Departments and the Northern Ireland Assembly to update or replace EU Retained Law by December 2023.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	108384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Government recognises the unique challenges Northern Ireland departments are facing in delivering plans for REUL reforms in the continued absence of a functioning Executive and Assembly. The Brexit Opportunities Unit has established regular intergovernmental meetings intended to support devolved counterparts with identification of which REUL is devolved or reserved, as part of the REUL Reform Programme.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">My officials are working with the Northern Ireland Office (NIO), other Whitehall departments and Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS) counterparts to determine the overall catalogue of REUL and develop an approach that accounts for the political situation in Northern Ireland ahead of the sunset date. We stand ready to assist our NICS counterparts and NIO as and when required.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Departments will analyse their retained EU law carefully to determine what should be preserved as part of domestic law, as well as retained EU law that should be repealed, or amended.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government recognises the unique challenges Northern Ireland departments are facing in delivering plans for REUL reforms in the continued absence of a functioning Executive and Assembly. The Brexit Opportunities Unit which works closely with Northern Ireland Office, has established regular intergovernmental meetings intended to support devolved counterparts with identification of which REUL is devolved or reserved, as part of the REUL Reform Programme.</ins></p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 20/12/2022 15:53:21 question first ministerially corrected 20/12/2022 19:16:35 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani previous answer version 43770 answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1550591

registered interest
date	12/12/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	EU Law: Northern Ireland Protocol
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the replacement of retained EU law with Article 2 of the Northern Ireland Protocol.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	108385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to proactively engaging with devolved governments at official and Ministerial level on the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill and the REUL reform programme .</p><p> </p><p>To date, there have been regular official level discussions with the devolved governments, including the Northern Ireland Civil Service, and we will continue to engage with the devolved governments</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 20/12/2022 15:43:33 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1550643

registered interest
date	12/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with the Home Office Local Government Chief Executive Group on contingency accommodation for asylum seekers in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	108392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>We engage with local authority chief executives from across the UK via the Home Office Local Authority Chief Executive Group (HOLGCEX) which was established in 2018. It brings together senior representatives from the Home Office, Local Government Association and local authorities with the aim of working in partnership to improve the asylum dispersal process for the people who use this service and the communities in which they reside. We remain committed to achieving a proportionate and equitable distribution across the country.</p><p>We notify Local Authorities when new contingency accommodation is stood up in any Local Authority area. Additionally, there is a bi-weekly council engagement meeting chaired by The Executive Office, at which councils can raise any issues that they are experiencing. These meetings are regularly attended by representatives hosting contingency accommodation. This meeting would be the main meeting where engagement takes place between Local Authorities and Home Office on contingency accommodation.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/12/2022 17:41:05 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1550726

registered interest
date	12/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of creating a Northern Ireland-specific Shortage Occupation List.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	108433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>There is already a Northern Ireland Shortage Occupation List (SOL). The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) advised that each of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales have their own SOL in their last review, which the Government accepted. All jobs on the SOL apply to all four parts of the United Kingdom and we encourage the Devolved Administrations to submit evidence to the MAC when they launch their SOL call for evidence.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/12/2022 17:43:14 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1550275

registered interest
date	09/12/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Disability: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans he has to support disability employment within the Northern Ireland Investment Plan for the Shared Prosperity Fund.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	107211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2022 answer text <p>As set out in the Plan we intend to invest significantly in projects that support individuals furthest from the labour market into sustainable employment.</p><p>The Plan sets out £42 million for economic inactivity support, with projects supporting cohorts including people with a disability or health condition expected to be supported. Information regarding a competition for this economic inactivity support will be announced shortly.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison grouped question UIN 107213 question first answered 19/12/2022 13:10:34 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry