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date	31/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces Covenant: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress has been made in Northern Ireland on the implementation of the Military Covenant; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	110569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department continues to improve the support offered to our Service personnel, their families and veterans through engagement with statutory providers and the charitable sector with a view to ensuring none are disadvantaged through service in or living in Northern Ireland (NI). The recent launch of the Veterans' Gateway is a positive example of developing this collaborative approach. In addition, the bespoke Ulster Defence Regiment and Royal Irish Aftercare Service provides support to those personnel referred through the regional Personnel Recovery Unit within 38 (Irish) Brigade.</p><p>Any veteran whose needs are not met by statutory bodies or the charitable sector is looked after by a Veterans' Support Office (VSO), linked to each of the veterans champions established in every local authority. There is an intention to provide additional resources to strengthen the VSOs and improve NI's capacity to identify projects that could draw from the Covenant Fund.</p><p>A further update on our initiatives in NI will be published in the next Covenant Annual Report to Parliament in December 2017.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 08/11/2017 15:48:39 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

781332

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date	31/10/2017
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Food Banks: North Down
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will visit the Storehouse North Down food bank; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	110571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2017 answer text <p>I commend the work undertaken by foodbanks across the UK. I will certainly consider any formal invitation to visit the Storehouse North Down food bank that may be forthcoming. However, my primary focus at present is to continue working intensively with the Northern Ireland parties and the Irish Government to secure the restoration of inclusive, stable, devolved government in the interests of the entire community in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 09/11/2017 13:52:45 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon